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India’s newest metro systems in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai | 16.08.2011

In order to ease the congested roads in India, the government of India has always been very ambitious in developing their public transport system since the 1990s. As a result, India’s public transport systems are among the most...» more


Dutch bicycle industry revives | 04.08.2011

Cycling is a low CO2 transport mode and traditionally popular in the Netherlands. With a total of 18 million bicycles in a population of less than 17 million, the Dutch bike market is completely saturated. In 2010, 7% less bikes...» more


Amsterdam Metropolitan Area energy neutral by 2040 | 28.07.2011

Many more governments develop concrete policies on the issues of decarbonisation (CO2 reduction) and energy neutrality. One of them is the Metropoolregio Amsterdam/MRA (in English: Amsterdam Metropolitan Area) that recently...» more


Etihad Rail starts construction of railway network | 21.07.2011

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will start the construction of a national rail network later this year, as announced by Etihad Rail (formerly Union Rail) last week. The construction of the rail network will take place in three...» more


Greenest public transport concession in the Netherlands awarded | 14.07.2011

Arnhem Nijmegen City Region has announced that the public transportation concession of Arnhem Nijmegen City Region is awarded to Hermes, a wholly owned subsidiary of Connexxion. This 10-year concession under the product name of...» more


PT tenders to be launched in three major cities | 07.07.2011

Liberalization of public transport market is at the moment not applied at the Dutch cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. The metro, trams and buses in these cities are operated by municipal transport companies. This will...» more


Second report M55 IJmeer connection delivered! | 22.06.2011

The second report of the M55 project, which is called Temporary Design Concept, has been delivered on June 15th to the client (Werkmaatschappij Almere-Amsterdam, in English: Operating Company Almere-Amsterdam). It followed the...» more


 
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