World Cities Day 2024: Cities should be for people, not cars
Too often, cities are destroyed before they get a chance to deliver a decent life through their overemphasis on mobility, particularly the movement and storage of cars and other…
Transportation
Thailand ranks 5th in most nerve-racking nations to drive in; India takes the top spot: Survey
The survey was conducted among more than 2,000 motorists, who were asked to score between one and 10 how nervous they would be to drive in each country (1 being not nervous at…
How LG Energy Solution’s bold bet paid off with Tesla, Mercedes deals
South Korea’s top battery maker will start producing the batteries at its Korean plant in December this year, with US production set for 2026. The first batch of the batteries…
China celebrates maiden flight of home-grown ARJ21 jetliner
The flight took off from Indonesia and arrived in Guangzhou around 9 am on Tuesday. It is the longest commercial route for China's first home-grown regional jetliner that meets…
Thai PM Paetongtarn chairs new EV board
PM Paetongtarn has appointed a new national committee in charge of promoting the electric-vehicle industry and has decided to chair the so-called EV board by herself, the chief of…
Take outdated vehicles off the road in six months, Bangladeshi government asks transport owners
Removing outdated vehicles will significantly improve the air quality of Dhaka, which is crucial for safeguarding public health, Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan told…
Seoul unveils plan to move 68km of railways underground
Above-ground railways and station buildings to be transformed into parks and commercial spaces. Construction set to begin in 2028.
Deaths in vehicular crashes rising as roads remain unsafe in Bangladesh
Experts attributed this to the anarchy and indiscipline that developed in the road transport sector during the rule of the previous Awami League government.
Japanese automakers team up on software development; aim to compete with US, China in SDV market
Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., will standardize the basic platform for an application programming interface, which serves as the link between the…
Huge opportunities with North-South Vietnam high-speed rail
Once completed, the electrified railway will include 23 passenger stations and five freight stations, with connections to major cargo hubs across the country.