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The cost of the Swiss road tax vignette will more than double to US$106.50 per year from just over $40 at present. With the extra money raised, the Swiss Federal Council wants to tackle congestion on the roads throughout the country and also extend the road network.

The array of initiatives such as the ‘Plugged-in Place’ project and eco incentive programmes in diverse locations of the United Kingdom, have made the ownership and the use of electric vehicles a reasonable option.

The authorities in the Peruvian city of Lima are planning the construction of a tunnel to connect with Huancayo. A budget of US$1.86 million has been set to pay for a feasibility study into the project.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Azerbaijan with some US$750 million for road repairs.

Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS), a specialist the optical character recognition and computer vision systems market, has sold 120 licence plate recognition (LPR) systems for integration into an automatic parking system in Hong Kong.

Indonesia has been selected as the partner nation for the bauma 2013 construction equipment exhibition from April 15 to 21, 2013 in Munich.

Six German companies - BMW, Bosch, Daimler, EnBW, RWE and Siemens - have come together to form a joint venture to harmonise billing and authentication systems and charging processes for electric vehicles. Currently, public charging station providers use different, and incompatible authentication and billing systems, so the aim of the JV will be to create a software-based platform open to all EV mobility providers. Apart from supporting different billing systems, the new platform will cross-link different ac

Rising volumes of truck traffic counteracts the eco benefits of alternative fuels and energy efficient engines, a report by the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has found.

Iteris has been awarded a US$1.5 million, five-year contract by the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), in cooperation with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), to operate and maintain the Inland Empire's 511 traveller information system.

CS Communication & Systèmes has announced the inauguration of the first Fast ETC lanes which the company developed on the A5 Expressway (Ruta Del Maipo) that links Puerto Montt in South Chile with Santiago Del Chile.

China is to provide a loan to Cambodia during 2012 for infrastructure development.

Jenoptik Robot has won an order from Malaysia, valued at over US$53 million, to install up to 550 stationary and mobile systems for monitoring red-light and speed violations and support the operation with comprehensive on-site services for a period of five years.

The authorities in Russia’s Krasnodar Region intend to boost financing for regional highways and rural roads in 2012.