Monday, July 5th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – Charging motorists for each mile they travel is “inevitable” if future traffic gridlock is to be avoided, a report from the RAC Foundation said today. A “pay-as-you-go” system could be the answer to congestion, said the report from the foundation’s director Professor Stephen Glaister. What was needed was a fundamental shift
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
OPTI-CAL SURVEY – A world authority in technical environmental construction and surveying has been appointed the eleventh chairman of the Construction Industry Council (CIC).Gordon Masterson OBE has taken on the role from former chairman, Keith Clarke. He brings to the position a wealth of practical industry knowledge, gained from his extensive career which currently sees
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
NORWAY POST – In the period leading up to 2020, Norway’s Statnett is planning to establish four new cable connections between Norway and continental Europe, with a total capacity of up to 4200 MW. The projects will be self-financed, and profits will help reduce grid tariffs for Norwegian households. Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
GFZ POTSDAM – Inkaba yeAfrica is a German-South African collaborative Earth Science initiative that is both multidisciplinary and intercultural, dovetailing next-generation science and technology with a strong training and capacity-building component that is aligned with the R&D strategies of both nations. Three teams of earth scientists from leading institutes in both countries are taking on
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
GIS & AGENT BASED MODELING – “The game…”teaches players about interactions between natural hazards and human decisions in a Gulf Coast barrier island community. It is a strategy and negotiation computer game intended for use in undergraduate classes, and is designed for four players who are connected to one another via the Internet.” Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has unveiled plans to construct two “Rolling Highway” or “Ro-La” terminals, a combined system allowing the transport of trucks by rail. The first such Rolling Highway terminal will be constructed at the train station at the town of Dragoman in Western Bulgaria, which is located between Sofia and the Serbian border on the major
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – The credit crisis and collapse of the office property market has led Amsterdam city council to order an immediate halt to all building projects in the city, the Parool reports on Friday. Read More
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
ALL AFRICA . Similarly to other major towns in Tunisia, the Kairouan Regional Transportation Company has started outfitting its bus fleet with the latest cutting edge global satellite positioning (GSP) system. This system will allow more efficient exploitation of its 120 buses. The company also digitized electronic passenger information and it is currently working to
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
VIET NAM NEWS – General director of the Hanoi Department of Transport Nguyen Quoc Hung said transport infrastructure couldn’t be expanded because the city had only designated 6-7 percent of the capital’s total urban land area for use by the department. To deal with the city’s over 3.6 million motorbikes and 302,000 automobiles, the
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
GLASGOW HERALD – Ten turbulent years have passed since the Maltese-born Scot catapulted himself on to the world stage by taking the race leader’s yellow jersey with a win in an opening time trial at Futuroscope. Catching up with the 33-year-old this week, though, is to encounter a confident and mature presence, comfortable in his
