| News compiled by PSUTA (in chronological order) |
| India: Cabinet clears multi-modal transit system | Apr 03, 2006 | The Delhi Cabinet today cleared an Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System — having 43 corridors over a 575 km route — for public transport. (Express News Service) more |
| Bangladesh: Body on cards for subway in capital | Apr 02, 2006 | The government is considering setting up an independent Metro Rail Authority (MRA) to install an underground railway system in the capital. (Rafiq Hasan, The Daily Star ) more |
| Asia in General: Grad student judges walkability of cities | Apr 02, 2006 | Developing cities need to do more to address the needs of pedestrians, according to MIT graduate student Holly Krambeck, who is working on a walkability ranking system for cities. (MIT News Office) more |
| Malaysia: Highest number of vehicles registered | Feb 19, 2006 | A total of 1.02 million new vehicles were registered last year, making it an all-time high for the Road Transport Department (JPJ) and the first time it breached the million figure mark. (The Star Online) more |
| Asia in General: Lessons learned from Asia's three MRT systems | Feb 17, 2006 | The experiences of three major Asian cities indicate a mass rapid transit (MRT) system will not work effectively unless there is great political will to integrate the system on a level playing field with cars, buses and other rail projects. (The Jakarta Post) more |
| Jakarta: Garages recruited for clean-air drive in Jakarta | Jan 19, 2006 | A sign has been placed at a strategic spot near the entrance of an auto workshop on Jl. Buncit Raya in South Jakarta to catch the attention of pedestrians and passing motorists. (Adianto P Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) more |
| Jakarta: NGO to monitor emission tests, certificate issuance | Jan 19, 2006 | The Jakarta administration's independent auditing team may still be in the pipeline, but non-governmental organization Generasi Peduli Udara Bersih (GPUB) said it would monitor the 80 auto workshops authorized to perform emissions tests and issue certificates. (Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) more |
| Jakarta: Vehicle emission rule to take effect on Feb. 4 | Jan 17, 2006 | In another bid to clean up Jakarta's notoriously polluted air, the city administration is looking to clear the streets of fume-spewing vehicles. (Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) more |
| Jakarta: New busway routes up and running | Jan 16, 2006 | Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso did the honors on Sunday at City Hall on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, sounding a siren to launch the opening of two more busway corridors in the capital. more |
| Indonesia: Medan tightens seat belt rule | Jan 05, 2006 | In an unannounced operation, Medan traffic police have started ticketing drivers not wearing seat belts. (Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) more |
| Jakarta: Jakarta Monorail ends rift, starts work | Jan 04, 2006 | The internal rift in monorail construction consortium PT Jakarta Monorail has (JM) been mended, easing the way for it to finalize financial backing for the project. (Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) more |
| Malaysia: KL bus and rail overhaul | Jan 03, 2006 | The public transport system here and in Petaling Jaya will be overhauled at a cost of RM2 billion and work will commence this year. (Minderjeet Kaur, New Straits Times) more |
| Jakarta: Pedicab drivers protest against restrictive bylaw | Dec 08, 2005 | More than 300 pedicab drivers staged a protest on outside the Bandung municipal council building here, demanding that the government revoke a bylaw that bans pedicab drivers from operating in 15 areas in the city. (The Jakarta Post) more |
| Jakarta: Jakarta Monorail warned for sluggish progress | Dec 06, 2005 | Governor Sutiyoso chided PT Jakarta Monorail (JM) on Monday over its sluggish progress in the construction of two monorail lines in the capital, which are scheduled to be completed in the middle of 2007. (The Jakarta Post) more |
| Asia in General: National freeway to launch e-toll system | Dec 02, 2005 | The National Sun Yat-sen Freeway is a month away to launching its first electronic toll-collecting system, but six million commuters, potential users of the new system, are not happy because the Far Eastern Toll Collecting Company has no intention of lowering the retail price of its electronic sensors. (Taiwan News) more |
| Bangkok: Genius signs brighten up city roads | Nov 29, 2005 | The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration launched a new electric traffic management system that is expected to reduce congestion in the city and help drivers find faster routes. (Thai Day) more |
| Global: India, US discuss bilateral issues in shipping, road sectors | Oct 27, 2005 | India and the US today reviewed the progress on issues of infrastructure sector under the Memorandum of Cooperation signed in April this year at New Delhi and agreed to consider suggestions for setting up Working Groups to formulate the modalities for future course of action. (New Kerala) more |
| Asia in General: Asia's Cities Face Gridlock | Oct 25, 2005 | Motorists make their way on a Bangkok street during an afternoon rush hours
Transport analysts say the solution to easing congestion in Asia's huge cities lies with mass bus transport systems replacing private cars. (Voice of America) more |
| Europe and Central Asia: Road ahead clear for tax breaks on cleaner diesel | Oct 21, 2005 | The Commission has unveiled a document giving EU member states guidance on tax incentives to reduce particle matter emissions from diesel cars. French and German plans helped trigger the initiative. (EuroActiv) more |
| Metro Manila: New bus scheme gets mixed reviews | Oct 18, 2005 | The MMDA's Organized Bus Route (OBR) system, aimed at reducing traffic volume on Edsa by limiting bus trips based on commuter volume at a given time began. (Inquirer) more |
| Delhi: Cameras to update on traffic jams | Sep 26, 2005 | If this ambitious plan of the Delhi Police works out well, soon cameras positioned at strategic points in city will feed you live traffic updates. You could use this intelligent input to plan a hassle-free drive. The police has started a programme of putting cameras at various intersections across the city to monitor the movement of traffic. Real-time images from the cameras will also be made available on the Internet. So the next time you fear that you may be caught in a jam, you can simply browse the website on your computer or a GPRS-enabled mobile phone to know about the situation on your route. Initially, ten cameras will be installed at important traffic intersections close to the heart of the city including CP, ITO and Rajghat, an officer said. The system will be extended to almost all parts of the city with about 100 cameras. (Times of India) more |
| India: City to get smart traffic system | Sep 25, 2005 | The Bangalore police will set up an intelligent traffic management system as a long-term plan to handle growing traffic. This includes installation of electronic surveillance, synchronised traffic signals and automation systems. Participating in the inaugural edition of Times Round Table on ‘Traffic: How To Decongest Bangalore' at the Windsor Sheraton Hotel and Towers on Saturday, police commissioner Ajay Kumar Singh said steps have been initiated in this direction. (Times of India) more |
| Philippines: Truck firms urged to use GPS | Sep 23, 2005 | The Calabarzon police office has asked the association of trucking companies in the region to immediately install global positioning system (GPS) gadgets in their trucks to thwart hijacking and highway robberies, a police official said yesterday. Senior Supt. Rodolfo Magtibay, operations chief of the Calabarzon police, said that although the number of reported hijackings had declined in the past months, the threat was still high. Marlon Ramos (Inq7.net) more |
| China: Beijing Officials to Use Remote Sensing Technology to help Clean Air for 2008 Olympics | Sep 22, 2005 | Officials with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB) will be using advanced Remote Sensing technology to target polluting vehicles and help clean the air as Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2008. Environmental Systems Products Holdings (ESP) has delivered 5 Remote Sensing Devices (RSDs) the BEPB will deploy throughout Beijing in the coming weeks. The RSDs will identify motor vehicles that are polluting the air. When those vehicles are repaired, tailpipe pollution drops dramatically. (Environmental News Network) more |
| China: Misdirecting GPS maps | Sep 22, 2005 | Yang Lifei, Shanghaidaily.com (22 Sep 2005) PR China: A NUMBER of people are having trouble with GPS navigation systems in their cars, because they are installed with counterfeit electronic maps, but authorities are doing nothing about the problem as there are no laws regulating the industry. Over the past six months, the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping has granted eight companies across the country a certificate allowing them to produce electronic navigation maps. Industry sources, however, say the number of fake maps on the market far exceed the number of genuine ones. (ShanghaiDaily.com) more |
| India: Consultative commitee endorses national urban transport policy | Sep 21, 2005 | A meeting of the consultative committee attached to the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India was held at Srinagar under the Chairmanship of Sh. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Urban Development. The subject of discussion was the draft National Urban Transport Policy. In his opening address, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the members about various achievements and policy decisions taken during the intervening period and said that Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is actively involved in the construction/reconstruction activities in Afghanistan. He also referred to the approval given to Phase-II of Delhi MRTS project and also the finalizing of National Urban Renewal Mission and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns and the National Urban Information System. (Press Information Bureau) more |
| Metro Manila: QC to start issuing own traffic tickets | Sep 21, 2005 | THE implementation of Quezon City’s new traffic code.
Beginning Oct. 1, Quezon City’s “yellow boys” would be issuing the city’s own ordinance violation receipts (OVRs) to traffic violators, as the Traffic Management Code takes effect.
Approved by the City Council in June, the code is a copy of the uniform ordinance that Metro Manila cities and municipalities agreed to adopt, reverting the traffic ticketing role to the local governments from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). (DJ Yap, Inquirer News Service) more |
| China: China Railway to Deepen its Investment and Financing Reform | Sep 21, 2005 | With China's economy growing rapidly, the demands on rail transport also are increasing fast. To address the strains on the railways and clear bottlenecks in the system, the government is introducing further reforms in railway investment and financing so as to push forward railway construction. (ChinaBroadcast.cn) more |
| Bangkok: High oil bills drive more people to skytrain, subway | Sep 15, 2005 | Higher oil prices have prompted Bangkok commuters to get out of their cars and turn to mass transit, with ridership on both the subway and elevated skytrain up sharply in recent weeks. (by Charoen Kittikanya Bangkok Post) more |
| Metro Manila: Metro mayors to review MMDA plan for C5 traffic | Sep 15, 2005 | Metro Manila Council (MMC) will evaluate the traffic management plan of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for the disputed C5-Kalayaan intersection in Makati City. (by Tarra V. Quismundo Inquirer News Service) more |
| India: Climate Change Set to Affect Indian Agriculture, Health and Infrastructure, Study Reveals | Sep 08, 2005 | Results from a three year UK/India climate change research programme were today unveiled at the EU-India Summit in Delhi.
The £450,000 study, which looked at the impacts of climate change, found that India was likely to face significant adverse effects in a range of sectors, including agriculture, health, forestry and infrastructure. (noticias.info) more |
| Malaysia: Malaysia to Roll Out Biofuel by October 2006 - Official | Sep 07, 2005 | Malaysia, the world's top producer of palm oil, will be ready to sell a green fuel made from the commodity at domestic pumps and also export it by October 2006, an industry official said. (Barani Krishnan, Reuters, Planet Ark) more |
| Global-Asia in General: Do Your Town's Signs Pass the Safety Test? | Sep 05, 2005 | Ruth W. Stidger, (Better Roads Magazine) Street signs designed to increase safety can also present obstacles, doing away with just that goal when a vehicle hits them. Does your town use signs as safely as it can? more |
| Metro Manila: Secondary roads eyed for bike, pedestrian lanes | Aug 19, 2005 | Tarra V. Quismundo, Inquirer News Service (19 Aug 2005) METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES: SECONDARY roads in Metro Manila would play a primary role if and when plans for the creation of bicycle and pedestrian lanes push through. more |
| India: Pillion-riding eves needn't wear helmets | Aug 18, 2005 | IMES NEWS NETWORK (18 Aug 2005) AHMEDABAD, INDIA: In an interim order, the Gujarat High Court exempted women and children riding pillion from wearing helmets. Moreover, those riding vehicles with engines of 50 cc capacity or below were also exempted. more |
| Malaysia: Malaysian Firms Set No Fires in Sumatra -Minister | Aug 17, 2005 | REUTERS, PLANET ARK (17 Aug 2005) KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Malaysian plantation firms operating in Indonesia say they had no role in starting forest fires that wafted a choking haze over peninsular Malaysia on August 2005. more |
| Metro Manila: Bike lanes planned for Metro Manila | Aug 16, 2005 | Tarra V. Quismundo, Edson Castro Tandoc Jr., Inquirer News Service (16 Aug 2005) METRO MANILA, PHIIPPINES: BICYCLE lanes in the metropolis?
Why not, if it means big savings on fare or fuel expenses, says the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
In the midst of soaring oil prices, the MMDA Tuesday said it has begun mapping out a network of bike lanes and pedestrian walkways throughout the metropolis.
“We are in the planning stage right now, identifying locations where it would be viable to create the bike lanes,” said MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno. “The idea is to create lanes where people can both walk and bike to short distances, instead of taking their cars.” more |
| Hanoi: Hanoi on track for elevated railway | Aug 09, 2005 | VIR, VNECONOMY (09 Aug 2005) HANOI, VIETNAM: The initial study for setting up the first elevated railway system between Hanoi, Yen Vien (Gia Lam) and Ngoc Hoi (Thanh Tri) was finalised last week, according to a statement from the Ministry of Transport. more |
| Philippines: Clean Air Awareness Materials Launched | Aug 05, 2005 | August 5 - 31, 2005 PHILIPPINES: US-AEP's clean air campaign has started running radio and TV public service advertisements and jingles, and distributing comics to raise awareness of air quality issues in Lucena City. more |
| China: Survey reveals just how mobile Chinese are | Jul 29, 2005 | Xinhua (29 July 2005) BEIJING, CHINA: The past several years have seen more and more Chinese people buy cars and go on outings as China expands its highway networks and public transport, while promoting tourism. What it all boils down is the increased mobility of the population. more |
| Philippines: Lawmaker wants traffic education in elementary, high schools | Jul 27, 2005 | Business World (27 July 2005) METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Alarmed by an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study showing that the Philippine economy is being set back by the growing number of motor vehicle traffic-related deaths and injuries, a lawmaker is pushing new legislation that would require the teaching of road safety rules in all elementary and high schools. more |
| India: Plan for bicycle riders | Jul 25, 2005 | The Tribune (25 July 2005) Chandigarh, India: The Municipal Corporation, today, initiated a significant step to make the city bicycle-friendly. Ms Anu Chatrath, Mayor, signed the Velo Mondial (London, Amsterdam) charter and action plan for bicycle-friendly communities, on behalf of the city today. Mr Christopher Huggins countersigned the charter on behalf of Velo Mondial. more |
| Jakarta: Impose progressive taxes on private transport: Experts | Jul 22, 2005 | Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, (July 22, 2005) Jakarta, Indonesia: Transportation experts on Thursday welcomed the city's plan to impose progressive taxes on cars and motorcycles and urged the administration to use the funds collected from higher taxes to expedite the development of a public transportation system in the capital. more |
| Bangladesh: US co keen to construct sky rail line in Bangladesh | Jul 21, 2005 | BSS, The New Nation (21 July 2005) DHAKA, BANGLADESH: A US private transport company has Expressed its keen interest to set up sky rail lines from Narayanganj to Joydevpur and Sadarghat to Savar to facilitate transportation system of the country.
American Transport System Corporation (ATSC) has already talked to the authorities of Equalizer, a local private company, to implement the project in a partnership basis, said Chairman of Equalizer Md. Younusuzzaman here on Thursday. more |
| Japan: Japan Seeks Better Way to Introduce Bio-Gasoline | Jul 20, 2005 | Ikuko Kao, Reuters (20 Jul 2005) TOKYO, JAPAN - After a delayed attempt, Japan's government is seeking a better way to blend gasoline with environmentally friendly ethanol and put such fuel on the retail market in as early as 2008 to cut greenhouse gas emissions. more |
| Vietnam: Viet Nam to apply European standards for vehicle emission in 2007 | Jul 20, 2005 | VNECONOMY (20 July 2005) VIETNAM: Vietnamese policy makers and managers put forward an itinerary for the application of European standards for vehicle emission in 2007 at a seminar held by the Viet Nam Registration Department on July 19.
The emission standards will be applied to cars, motorbikes, and light and heavy vehicles, with the aim to alleviate air pollution caused by motorised vehicles. more |
| Malaysia: Snap a picture of a traffic offender | Jul 19, 2005 | The Star (19 July 2005) PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA: The next time you see a traffic offence being committed, snap it on your handphone or camera and send it to the Hall of Shame section of a newly launched road safety website. more |
| Mumbai: Bidding starts for traffic system | Jul 15, 2005 | ASHLEY D'MELLO, TIMES NEWS NETWORK (25 JULY 2005) MUMBAI, INDIA: The city's efforts to give itself a modern traffic-control system looks to have hit the expressway. Several multinational firms have bid for the Rs 60-crore advanced traffic control system (ATCS) that is being planned to improve traffic movement in the city. World Bank officials in Delhi are going through the bids made by Siemens, Telement CMS (Spain), Tyco (Singapore), CET Technologies (Malaysia) and others. more |
| Asia in General: ASEAN Avoids Tough Issues, Touts Biofuel as Oil Fix | Jul 13, 2005 | Reuters, Planet Ark (13 July 2005) SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA - Southeast Asian nations pledged on Wednesday to pursue alternative energy to blunt the future impact of $60 oil, but sidestepped any political measures that might provide more immediate relief. more |
| Delhi: Sheila wants to tax your second car | Jun 30, 2005 | From Times News Network (30 Jun 2005) NEW DELHI, INDIA: Planning to buy a second car? You may have to pay much more than the market price, if Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit has her way. more |
| India: Mass rapid transit system sought for Shimla | Jun 29, 2005 | From webindia123.com (29 Jun 2005) New Delhi, India: Himachal Pradesh has urged the central government to consider a suitable mass rapid transit system for Shimla to reduce traffic congestion in the popular hill resort. more |
| Metro Manila: Decongesting EDSA | Jun 27, 2005 | METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES: The country is finally inching closer to what could be the biggest foreign investment in recent years that will not only rid EDSA of its mammoth traffic jams but also decongest the metropolis. From Mary Ann Reyes, The Philippine Star, 27 Jun 2005 more |
| Metro Manila: New bicycle lane opens in Marikina | Jun 27, 2005 | From Edson Castro Tandoc Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer (27 Jun 2005) MARIKINA CITY, PHILIPPINES: FINDING the price of oil too high? Get a bicycle, especially if you live in Marikina City.
The city inaugurates Tuesday a new 377-meter bicycle lane in Barangay Sto. Niño, connecting Sumulong Highway and the Katipunan Access Road near Cainta, Rizal. more |
| Metro Manila: Bike lanes proposed in Manila | Jun 27, 2005 | METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Bike lanes may be what Manila residents need to ease the burden of the P2 fare increase. From Evelyn Macairan, The Philippine Star, 27 Jun 2005 more |
| China: China Mulls Smog Tax for Big Cars, Report Says | Jun 27, 2005 | BEIJING — China is considering imposing new taxes on buyers of big cars to persuade drivers to buy environmentally friendly vehicles, a news report said Monday. From Associated Press, 27 Jun 2005 more |
| India: Go multi-modal | Jun 24, 2005 | From VINITA A SHETTY, TIMES NEWS NETWORK (24 Jun 2005) INDIA: Which is the better mass-transport system for the city? Experts say a multi-modal system will work best... more |
| Vietnam: World Bank funds road safety project | Jun 24, 2005 | HA NOI, VIET NAM: The World Bank on Wednesday approved a US$31.7 million loan to support a project to boost safety on Viet Nam’s roads.
From: Vietnam News (11 Jun 2005) more |
| Malaysia: Malaysia Biofuel to Get Green Light Soon | Jun 24, 2005 | Reuters KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Malaysia, the world's largest palm oil producer, could announce by the end of this month a green scheme to blend the commodity with diesel sold at pumps, a minister said on Thursday.
From: Barani Krishnan, PlanetArk.com (24 Jun 2005) more |
| Global: Carmakers must do more to cut CO2 pollution - EU | Jun 23, 2005 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Car manufacturers need to step up efforts to meet their pledge to cut carbon dioxide pollution from vehicles by 2008, the European Commission said Thursday.
From: Reuters (Jun 23, 2005) more |
| Bangkok: Siemens, Alstom Vie for $14.6 Bln in Thai Transport Contracts | Jun 22, 2005 | Siemens, Alstom Vie for $14.6 Bln in Thai Transport Contracts
BANGKOK, THAILAND: Siemens AG, the supplier of $1 billion in trains and equipment to Bangkok in the past decade, is facing competition from Alstom SA to win 601 billion baht ($14.6 billion) in contracts from Thailand for subways, railroads and highways by 2010.
From: Arijit Ghosh , Bloomberg (22 Jun 2005) more |
| Delhi: Urban transit: The challenges | Jun 21, 2005 | from Deccan Herald (21 Jun 2005) The third of the five part series on Mass Urban Transit, puts under the microscope financial aspects like fixing costs and meeting expenses. N P Singh explains. more |
| India: Time to step on the gas | Jun 19, 2005 | INDIA: Ongoing reforms in transport have substantially augmented public resources and created opportunities for public-private partnerships in developing transport infrastructure. These innovations, however, will have limited effect unless there is a more fundamental shift in the way the government does business.
From: Indianexpress.com (19 Jun 2005) By: N K SINGH more |
| Global: Fuel from corn an alternative to gasoline | Jun 16, 2005 | SINGAPORE/LONDON :Traders pondering how the world’s growing number of motorists will fill up their tanks in the coming decades may want to focus a bit less on fields of oil and more on those of corn.
From: Business World (16 Jun 2005) more |
| Malaysia: A danger to pedestrians | Jun 13, 2005 | PENANG. MALAYSIA: CROSSING the road near the Macalister Road-Perak Road junction in Penang is a nightmare for many pedestrians due to the heavy traffic flow there.
From: Penang The Star (13 Jun 2005) more |
| India: Gowda cries halt to Metro | Jun 11, 2005 | BANGALORE, INDIA: Former PM H.D.Deve Gowda has now trained his guns on the Rs 6,207-crore Bangalore Metro Rail project and has opposed stating it would land Karnataka "into a total financial, environmental and social chaos".
From: TIMES NEWS NETWORK (11 June 2005) more |
| Philippines: Commuters’ group seeks to block P2 jeepney fare hike | May 20, 2005 | Beverly T. Natividad, Business World: The expected implementation of a P2.00 fare increase starting May 26, which should bring jeepney fares to P7.50 from P5.50, may be held in abeyance as a commuters’ group is seeking to block the effectivity of the new fares. more |
| Philippines: Romblon leads way in producing cheap diesel fuel | May 20, 2005 | David Dizon, abs-cbnNEWS.com, Tablas Island, Romblon: Romblon province, the second biggest coconut producer and exporter in the country, leads the way in providing poor provinces alternative fuel to fight-off rising oil prices through the inaugural of its first-ever 'coco diesel' or coconut methyl ester (CME) plant in Tablas Island. more |
| China: Chinese auto makers pursue clean energy sources | May 19, 2005 | Hu Maoyuan, president of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC), China's biggest car producer, said Tuesday that Chinese auto makers will introduce more clean energy sources, instead of more expensive and shrinking petrol. The new clean auto energy will include hydrogen, mixed fuel and liquefied natural gas (LNG), said Hu at the 2005 Fortune Global Forum held in Beijing from May 16 to 18. more |
| Philippines: Toll hike seen in 2007 | May 18, 2005 | Iris Cecilia C. Gonzales, Business World: The North Luzon Expressway toll rates may be increased in 2007 depending on inflation. more |
| Philippines: Malacañang rejects proposed increase in LRT, MRT fares | May 18, 2005 | Judy T. Gulane, Business World: Malacañang has decided to freeze a proposal to increase fares in both the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), in consideration of commuters who will pay higher jeepney and bus fares starting May 26. more |
| Beijing: Price of China Phase III gasoline will rise RMB 200 per ton in Beijing (in Chinese) | May 18, 2005 | According to Fengyin Liang, Chief Engineer General of Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. under Sinopec, the company will start to produce China Phase III gasoline from next month. The monthly production could be 80,000-100,000 ton and the cost per ton will rise RMB 200. The price rise will not transfer to consumers until government price authority approves it. more |
| India: West Bengal Bans Pre-1990 Commercial Vehicles from Calcutta | May 17, 2005 | The state government of West Bengal in India is ordering all commercial vehicles manufactured before 1990 off the roads of the Calcutta (Kolkata) Metropolitan Area unless they convert to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) by the end of the year. more |
| Global: NREL: Rethinking Biodiesel and NOx | May 16, 2005 | from Green Car Congress: Martin Tobias, a venture partner at Ignition Partners, private investor and consultant who has a strong affinity for biodiesel and biodiesel projects, posts a report that a current NREL research project indicates that biodiesel may not increase NOx emissions compared to petroleum diesel. more |
| Delhi: Delhi Considering Fleet of Solar/Electric Buses | May 13, 2005 | The Delhi government is studying a proposal to introduce a fleet of solar-powered battery electric buses in the city prior to hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Reva Electric Car Company (earlier post) is developing a 16-seat prototype. more |
| Japan: Japan should share expertise | May 12, 2005 | Tadayoshi Sakaguchi, Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer: The growing number of vehicles in use in Asia and the rapid industrialization of the region are posing serious environmental risks, highlighting the need for Japan and the nation's automakers to extend technical assistance to maintain clean air. more |
| Asia in General: Myanmar Conversions and CNG Infrastructure Increasing | May 10, 2005 | NGV Global: Myanmar's natural gas vehicle programs are progressing, following the opening last week of the ninth CNG station of Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise in Yangon and the delivery of 500 CNG conversion kits from Omnitek Engineering (USA). more |
| Philippines: Jeepney fare up by P2 | May 10, 2005 | Clarissa Batino, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Inquirer News Service: Starting May 26, the minimum fare in Metro Manila will go up by P2 to P7.50 for jeepneys and to P8 for non-airconditioned buses, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). more |
| Hyderabad: ITDP`s roadmap to cool traffic | May 07, 2005 | Business Standard: A pre-feasibility study on Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) for Hyderabad conducted by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), a non-government organisation, with the financial support from USAID, has observed that any new mode of public transport to be added will not be effective enough in controlling the traffic problem unless it is accompanied by restraining private vehicle use and improving conditions for cycling and walking. more |
| Metro Manila: MMDA to appeal SC ruling; BF unaware of the case | Apr 26, 2005 | The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday said it will appeal the Supreme Court (SC) ruling clipping its powers to issue traffic-violation receipts and confiscate drivers' licenses more |
| Jakarta: Women drivers join TransJakarta buses | Apr 21, 2005 | City News, The Jakarta Post: Three of 12 women recruited to drive busway buses will report to work Thursday, the day the country celebrates the anniversary of the birth of national heroine Kartini on April 21. more |
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