In an effort to improve road safety at night, the town of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China has installed a smart zebra crossing, which has LED lights embedded in the road alongside it, reports GB Times.
The lights begin to flash when pedestrians step on to the crossing, while a traffic sign with the words ‘Yield to pedestrians’ lights up. A warning notice autonomously warns drivers that they are approaching the crossing.
According to a new report by Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center (CIC), the major economies in Asia-Pacific are investing over US$2.86 trillion in road and railway projects in the coming years. China - as the leading economy - heads the 13 countries analysed by CIC with projects valued at over US$1.15 trillion, followed by India at almost US$500 billion and Australia with US$289 billion.
China, apart from investing within its own borders, is also expanding its influence in the region with the re
Transport in the urban centres of emerging economies is becoming a major battleground for combating climate change.
Projections presented by ITF Economist Aimée Aguilar Jaber during the COP 20 climate change negotiations in Lima, Peru indicate that big cities in China, India and Latin America with over 500,000 inhabitants will more than double their share of world passenger transport emissions by 2050 to 20 per cent, from nine per cent in 2010, if current urban transport policies remain unchanged. 38 pe
An island which is home to the Netherlands’ first National Park is about to launch Europe’s cleanest bus fleet. The city of Schiermonnikoog in the province of Friesland, Netherlands is nestled on this 16 km long island and is virtually car-free. While home to about 1000 residents, over 350,000 people visit the island every year and will now ride in six new, long-range, all-electric BYD buses set to launch on Schiermonnikoog early next year. In a European legal tender and open bid supported by four major bus
