Expanded and branded: RER Vélo bike project
Connected up cycling is becoming more important in France as the way to keep cyclists from giving up their COVID habit of pedalling to work and for pleasure. David Arminas reports.
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National Highways to use P-AMS from TRL
TRL will integrate its pavement management system P-AMS, based upon iROADS, into England’s asset management progamme, replacing HAPMS.
Italian highway construction project
A major Italian highway construction project is commencing.
Yunex Traffic management for Hamburg
More than 150,000 vehicles pass along the A7 in Hamburg, Germany, every day – increasing regularly. To ensure continued safety on the route, highway operator Die Autobahn launched an extensive renovation project on the A7. Traffic technology on the city highway will be optimised, digitised and connected in 18 construction phases.
Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway opens
The 8.5km expressway, in which Cowi was owners engineer for the client Metro Pacific Tollways, incorporates the longest and tallest bridge in the Philippines.
COWI acquiring FINLEY Engineering Group
COWI is acquiring the Finley Engineering Group.
New UK road projects
Progress is being seen for new UK road projects
Stockholm Bypass project faces delays
The Stockholm Bypass project is facing delays.
Yunex creates a green wave in Darmstadt
Yunex’s assistant, incorporated into Darmstadt’s DAnalytics project, will inform road users via the Signal2X smartphone app the correct speed to travel to ride the green wave.
Brazilian road deal awarded
An important Brazilian road package has been awarded.
Demand for off-road equipment featuring state-of-the-art technologies to fuel rising unit sales to US$481bn this year
According to a new report by Freedonia, investment in new and replacement off-road equipment featuring state-of-the-art technologies will fuel unit sales growth of 5.5% between 2021 and 2022 to $481 billion, slightly above 2019 levels.
Vietnam sees a road safety gain
Vietnam is seeing a gain in road safety.
Norway’s many deficient bridges
Norway’s many deficient bridges need repairs.
Volvo CE sees sluggish growth for Q1
Volvo CE is experiencing sluggish growth for Q1, 2022.
Thailand’s dangerous roads kill
Thailand’s dangerous roads are killers.
Scottish trial for OTT HydroMet’s ecoLog 1000
An OTT ecoLog 1000 water level logger with cellular data connection to Hydromet Cloud was trialled upon the Vales Burn Bridge in Scotland.
Streetlight control with Urban Node 324
Each Urban Node 324 Cellular city streetlight LED luminaire controller includes the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 multi-mode NB-IoT/LTE-M System-in-Package (SiP) and plugs into an industry-standard Zhaga LED lighting socket.
New Pakistan ring road project
Work is commencing on a new ring road project in Pakistan.
Earth Day inauguration for US animal crossing
Construction starts today, Earth Day, on the 67m-long Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon in the US state of California and which will be the biggest in the world .
New Paraguay-Argentina bridges discussed
New bridges linking Paraguay and Argentina are being discussed.
