The state government of Kerala in India has given an in-principle approval to raise auto-rickshaw, bus and taxi fares due to an increase of INR 5 (US$0.10) per litre in diesel prices.
November 30, 2012
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The state government of Kerala in India has given an in-principle approval to raise auto-rickshaw, bus and taxi fares due to an increase of INR 5 (US$0.10) per litre in diesel prices.
A new report examines how aggressive government belt-tightening and financial market deleveraging restrained worldwide infrastructure investments for 2012 and probably for the next five years. In the US, for instance, Infrastructure2012: Spotlight on Leadership, released by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Ernst & Young, says that constrained public budgets and a growing recognition at the local level of the importance of infrastructure, combined with lack of action at the federal level, are causing state
In the first of a two-part article, Jack Opiola, a prominent global expert on transport policy and a leading member of IRF Geneva's Policy Committee on ITS, introduces the urgent need to develop new, more equitable revenue mechanisms to replace fuel taxes as a means of funding and maintaining road infrastructure
Engineering and technology must remain a long-term priority for the UK Government, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has said in response to Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.
Among Tory Chancellor George Osborne’s many eye-catching announcements in yesterday’s key Autumn Statement were the pledge of a US$613.45 billion [£375 billion] investment in energy, transport, communications, and water projects; £40 million [$65.43 million] funding for 20,000 more Higher Apprenticeships; the scrapping
German crane provider Auto-Klug has taken delivery of a Grove GMK4100L-1 all-terrain crane, the first in the country to come with a K-100 synthetic rope.
Made from a combination of high-performance synthetic fibres, the K-100 is 80% lighter than wire rope and boasts torque-neutral construction that eliminates load spin and cabling, according to Grove.
The new hoist material also makes for easy handling, reeving and installation, and because it does not require lubrication with heavy grease, it is environm
