After metro rail, Dhaka’s buses should be the next megaproject
Implemented correctly and supplemented with human-scale pedestrian and bicycle facilities, a mass transit ecosystem that consists of buses and metro rail working in tandem could…
Transportation
Indonesia’s high speed rail Whoosh to have dynamic pricing based on customer demand
Rather than charging a fixed price for all tickets, the firm will set higher prices for peak hours, weekends and holiday seasons.
Korea unveils W134tr rail plan to cut Seoul commutes to 30 minutes
The GTX, or Great Train Express, will comprise six lines covering the Greater Seoul area, as well as potentially parts of Gangwon Province and South Chungcheong Province in the…
Porsche picks Singapore to unveil electric Macan SUV to world
The battery-powered Macan retains the name of its combustion-engined predecessor, the first-generation Macan that was launched in 2014. It is slightly bigger, and like most…
Shelving of SimplyGo plan: What are other cities doing with public transport payments?
With account-based ticketing, travel records are held in a back office and transactions are processed there. In contrast, a card-based ticketing scheme stores transaction data on…
Changi Airport’s 2023 passenger traffic rebounds to 86% of pre-Covid-19 levels
December was the busiest month of the year for Changi Airport, with 5.8 million passengers moving through it. This was 91 per cent of traffic levels in December 2019.
First JAL A350-1000 flies from Haneda Airport
Japan Airlines began flying the Airbus A350-1000 on Wednesday, the first upgrade of JAL’s mainline international aircraft in 20 years.
JR Nanao line resumes services 3 weeks after massive earthquake
Services between Hakui and Nanao stations on JR Nanao Line resumed on January 23. The Nanao Station on the namesake line was seen crowded with commuters. Residents of the…
Hokkaido: Winter steam locomotive through Kushiro Wetlands starts annual service
The locomotive, manufactured in 1940, whistled as it departed Kushiro Station just after 11 a.m. on Saturday, attracting many railroad fans along the line.
DP World CEO ‘expressed interest’ in land bridge in meeting with PM
The land bridge project involves the construction of deep-sea ports in Chumphon and Ranong provinces and railway and highway links between the two ports, connecting the Gulf of…