News about transport

Polluted Paris forces thousands of cars off the road Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels by introducing alternate driving days for the first time in nearly two decades.
17 March 2014 11:45
Paris makes public transport free to tackle severe pollution Paris authorities said Thursday they would make public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution caused by unusually warm weather.
14 March 2014 17:12
Astana to start constructing BRT system in June 2014 Astana will start constructing its Bus Rapid Transport system in June 2014.
24 February 2014 16:18
Philippine capital braces for traffic nightmare Residents of the Philippine capital got the first taste Monday of a traffic nightmare that will likely worsen and drag on for four years.
17 February 2014 15:32
48-hour strike begins on London Underground Workers on London's Underground train system kicked off a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2100 GMT) on Tuesday, threatening chaos for commuters on Wednesday and Thursday.
05 February 2014 10:47
Astana to reinvent transport infrastructure by 2017 In three years, a new train station and two bus stations will be completed and put into service in Astana.
30 January 2014 19:27
China's Baidu paints New Year travel map from mobiles Pale blue, fibre-optic-like lines linking dots in an outline of China emerging from darkness -- technology giant Baidu has launched an astronomical chart-style image of the country's New Year travels.
29 January 2014 09:45
Bombardier to expand into Kazakhstan market Bombardier, a Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company, plans to expand into the Kazakhstan market.
27 January 2014 15:56
British expat leaves job after Singapore 'poor people' remark A Singapore-based British wealth adviser who set off a firestorm by publicly insulting Singaporeans who have to rely on public transport has "parted ways" with his former employer, the firm said Saturday.
25 January 2014 14:00
Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure: IEA Executive Director Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure and take a hard stance of pricing talks in the region: Maria van der Hoeven.
21 January 2014 13:48
Kazakh-Iran economic and trade cooperation to ease tension in the region Iranian Deputy Minister Valiola Afkhami visited Astana to meet with his Kazakhstani counterpart at the 3rd sitting of the Kazakh-Iranian Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation.
11 January 2014 12:08
350 buses to be equipped with wheelchair lifts 350 public buses are going to be equipped with wheelchair lifts in Astana.
28 December 2013 11:12
European Society for Quality Research awards Almaty Subway again Almaty Subway has won another award from the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR).
27 December 2013 13:53
Yermegiyayev speaks of Bus Rapid Transit cost The head of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company Talgat Yermegiyayev has commented on the cost of Bus Rapid Transit for Astana.
10 December 2013 20:52
60% of Almaty public transport to become ecologically-friendly in Q1 2014 60% of public transport will become ecologically friendly by the end of the 1st quarter of 2014 in Almaty, Mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov said.
03 December 2013 16:28
Despite rising demand, Brazil ethanol sector struggles Hobbled by rising production costs and low prices, Brazil's ethanol sector is in crisis, with many sugar mills closing despite rising demand.
01 December 2013 15:19
No Light Rail Transport for Astana Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev believes that Light Rail Transport project by French Alstom is overly expensive for Astana, so the city will get a bus rapid transit network instead.
28 November 2013 15:09
Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 November 2013 13:20
New tariffs set for KazTransOil pipeline oil pumping Kazakhstan Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies (Anti-Monopoly Agency) has approved new tariffs on oil pumping through the KazTransOil pipeline.
27 November 2013 17:53
Rosneft to transit crude to China across Kazakhstan Late October Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said that Rosneft was negotiating oil transits across Kazakhstan to China via the Kazakh-Chinese Atasu-Alashankow pipeline.
12 November 2013 15:15
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