March 22, 2012
Turkey recently unveiled ambitious targets towards improving its transportation infrastructure for 2023, the year the country will celebrate its…
March 22, 2012
Worldwide new vehicle sales in 2012 are expected to rise 6.7 per cent over 2011 volumes to 77.7 million vehicles, according to Polk, a leading global…
March 22, 2012
The Nepalese Government is pushing ahead with its road network improvement programme The government has managed to upgrade roads in 72 of the country…
March 22, 2012
Effective yestereday, a new US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule prohibits an estimated four million commercial truck and bus…
March 22, 2012
Funding worth some €177.5 million from the European Commission (EC) will pay for a highway construction project in Romania. This non-refundable…
March 22, 2012
The UK Government is now working on a plan to address the road safety issues caused by driving under the influence of drugs. A panel of experts has…
March 22, 2012
In the US state of Texas, work is in hand to build new bridges carrying US-281 over the Colorado River at Marble Falls. The Texas Department of…
March 22, 2012
Plans are in hand in Russia to improve the main highway that connects the country with Finland and the Scandinavian nations of Sweden and Norway.
March 22, 2012
Official statistics from Taiwan's Ministry of Interior show that in the first 11 months of 2011, there was a 3.28% increase in the number of road…
March 22, 2012
The latest official statistics from the Italian authorities show an improving road safety situation. Italy's statistics institute Istat has data…
March 22, 2012
The Colombian authorities have launched 17 road infrastructure tenders worth a total of US$1.89 billion. The tender process is remaining open until…
March 22, 2012
Carillion has been awarded a US$16 million contract to transform another section of the UK’s M6 in Birmingham, between Junctions 5 and 8, into a…
March 22, 2012
Russia’s road building and upgrading programme is now gathering pace. Russia's Federal Highway Agency plans to bring over 85% of federal roads into…
March 22, 2012
Video detection specialist Traficon has been awarded a contract to provide video image processors for traffic monitoring inside the Södra Länken and…
March 22, 2012
A fresh set of problems has hit the long planned Messina Straits Bridge in Italy.
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