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A UK firm has struck a major deal with China Highway Engineering Consulting Group Company (CHECSC) for road maintenance materials.

Three major new expressway projects will be offered under the PPP model in the Philippines.

Indonesia's Government is planning to launch 100 public private partnership projects worth a total of US$473 billion. The projects have been announced at the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on PPP for Infrastructure Development 2010.

Tougher testing standards are being introduced in the US to measure vehicle crash performance. The new tests are focusing strongly on side impacts, with the introduction of a new pole impact category.

Road safety continues to improve according to the latest figures from the US Department of Transportation. The recorded data shows that in 2009 the US had the lowest level of traffic fatalities since 1954.

Efkon Group’s subsidiary in South Africa, Tollink, has been awarded a major contract to install and operate an intelligent transportation system on freeways in South Africa.

US-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Australia's major investment bank Macquarie Group, have announced today that they will purchase Redflex Holdings for US$304 million.

RouteMatch Software has announced its acquisition of RouteShout, an award-winning traveller information systems (TIS) product developed by interactive mobility pioneers Deeplocal, a Carnegie Mellon University spin-out.

Austria Telekom is undertaking a project to turn its public telephone boxes, which are in danger of becoming obsolete because of mobile phones, into battery charging stations for electric cars (EVs), scooters and bikes.

Q-Park, one of the three leading providers of parking facilities in Europe, has won the bid to take over 14 car parks in the heart of London.

The 4th Annual Inrix National Traffic Scorecard reveals gridlock and longer commute times returning to America’s roads.

ASK has announced the delivery of the first batch of one million contactless cards for public transport in Dubai.

A consortium coordinated by Better Place and including Renault SA, Continental, Ernst & Young, TÜV Rheinland, KEMA and five leading European institutions has announced formal approval from the European Commission for an R&D programme to make it easier for European automobile and battery manufacturers to build electric cars with switchable batteries.

Leading global standards organisations ITU and ISO have announced the creation of a partnership in the field of intelligent transport systems.