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DART appoint Nadine Lee as President and CEO
DART has appointed former LA Metro Chief of Staff Nadine Lee as its CEO, who will take over from David Leininger in July of this year.
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Keolis given Gothenburg electric bus contract
Transport operator Keolis has been given the contact to run fully electric bus fleet in the Swedish city, as it continues to test autonomous shuttles in Gothenburg.
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Half a million ultra-low emissions vehicles on UK roads say new DfT figures
New statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT) suggests electric vehicles are on the rise, as more and more motorist turn away from fossil-fuel power towards greener cars.
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Contactless payment launched in Helsinki and Tampere
Finland is embracing tap-to-pay on transport in two of its biggest cities as contactless payments in Nordic countries continue to thrive.
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Moscow Metro announces construction of Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line
Moscow Metro has announced the construction of another metro line, which the authority hopes will drastically reduce journey times for the residents of certain districts.
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MBTA continues to fund bus improvements through Transit Priority Group
The MBTA will commit to funding the Transit Priority Group for another year, as it looks to improve bus travel in Boston through bus lanes and signal priority.
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Dubai’s RTA and Visa sign Memorandum of Understanding
Dubai’s RTA and financial company Visa will work together to improve Dubai’s ticketing system and make it easier for passengers to pay for their travel.
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Could we see self-driving cars on UK roads this year?
Self-driving cars could be seen on the UK’s motorways this year as the DfT looks set to allow new automated technology to be used in slow moving traffic.
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FirstGroup to sell its US divisions to investment firm
FirstGroup has entered into discussions to sell the US divisions of its business to investment firm EQT Infrastructure.
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USDOT respond to President Biden’s climate change call
The USDOT has sought to withdraw a rule that would have made it harder for individual states to set their own climate goals.
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DfT announces smart motorway changes
The Department for Transport and Highways England have announced an acceleration in adopting radar technology to detect stationary vehicles on smart motorways.
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RABus: the autonomous bus trial underway in Baden-Württemberg
Dr Martin Kagerbauer and Christian Klinkhardt explain the thinking behind the new autonomous bus trial underway in Germany and explain what the next steps for the project are.
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Polly Trottenberg sworn in as Deputy Secretary of DOT
The restructuring of the US Department of Transportation continues after the election of President Biden with the appointment of another senior member of staff.
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MTA’s LIRR to test battery power on Oyster Bay branch
The Long Island Rail Road will test battery-powered trains on a shot branch of its network, with a view to rolling the technology out more widely if it is successful.
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Hong Kong’s Octopus Card to launch payment card for mainland China
Hong Kong’s Octopus transit card is set to be rolled out across mainland China, offering users the means to pay for travel with one card in hundreds of cities.