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Norway's bridge meets tough environmental targets
May 2, 2012
One of the world's longest bridges is being built in Norway – for traffic volumes of just 2,000 cars/day reports Adrian Greeman. The stunning landscape of the long sea fjords in Norway is one of its glories, attracting thousands of tourists every summer. But the high mountains and deep sea inlets are also one of the great obstacles to transport and development.
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Hertz expands electric bike offer to Spain
May 2, 2012
The Hertz Corporation has announced a new electric bicycle offering in several tourist areas of Spain following a successful launch in London earlier this year.Hertz customers in Spain now have a choice of nine different Swiss Flyer electric bikes available from 24 euros (US$32) a day.
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Q-Free wins contract extension and comments on Kapsch share purchase
May 2, 2012
The Swedish Road Administration (Transportstyrelsen) has extended the contract, announced on 27 October, 2010, appointing Q-Free to service and maintain the congestion charging infrastructure in Stockholm which was delivered by Q-Free in 2006.
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Tunnels and bridges, improving Argentina's major road link
May 2, 2012
A road improvement plus tunnel and bridge building contract in an area once inhabited by dinosaurs in northern Argentina, is a small but key part of an ambitious project to complete a road that will eventually link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Latin America - Adriana Potts reports. Remote, rough and spectacular are words that come to mind when describing the mountains of Ischigualasto in Argentina's northern province of San Juan This is the only place in the world where an undisturbed sequence of rock
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Streetline parking platform deployed in Sausalito
May 2, 2012
The city of Sausalito, California, has deployed Streetline's smart parking platform, including its free smartphone app, Parker, giving the city's residents and visitors real-time insight for finding open parking spaces in this picturesque waterfront community.Available for iPhone, Android or compatible tablet, users see an instant map showing real-time availability of 530+ spaces along local streets and in parking lots, with icons noting more than four spaces available (plenty of parking available), more th
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HTS Americas established
May 2, 2012
HTS (Hi-Tech Solutions), a specialist in the optical character recognition (OCR) and computer vision systems market, has established a wholly-owned US subsidiary, HTS Americas, based in New York, and named John Whiteman as its CEO.
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Astec developing European facility
May 2, 2012
Astec Industries is setting up Astec Mobile Machinery, which will be based at Hameln in Germany. The new facility will help the firm's international growth, particularly in Eastern Europe and Russia where the firm already has a strong sales presence and where road construction is strong at present.
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Major bridge widening project going to plan
May 2, 2012
When built it was determined that a vital US road/rail bridge would always be widened.
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Mexican tender deals
May 2, 2012
Mexico's Government is launching the tender process for maintenance works to 734km of roads in the states of Mexico and Michoacan. The deal will be for a seven year period and this is the third of 43 tenders being launched by the Secretary of Transport and Communications (SCT)
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Russian road rules
May 2, 2012
Russia's state-owned company Avtodor has approved a massive new road development programme that stretches to 2019. The firm plans to build over 1,900km of roads, of which 1,200km will be tolled. Avtodor expects that its income will reach US$2.92 billion from the tolled roads. The investment programme will be jointly funded by state and private sources.
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