23 April 2018
Baidu unveils new version of autonomous driving open platform
Baidu has introduced ‘Apollo 2.5’, the latest iteration of its open autonomous driving platform to enable autonomous driving on geo-fenced highways.
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23 April 2018
Sogea-Satom wins two road contracts in Cameroon
Vinci subsidiary Sogea-Satom has secured two road building contracts valuing €214m in Cameroon for the Public Works Ministry.
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23 April 2018
Philippines unveils $5.16bn plan to build eight bridges
The Philippine Government has planned to build eight major bridges with an estimated cost of PHP269.19bn ($5.16bn) to connect the islands of the Visayas with each other, as well as...
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20 April 2018
Connecticut launches autonomous vehicle testing pilot programme
The US state of Connecticut has launched a pilot programme to test fully autonomous vehicles, an initiative that follows a passage of legislation that aims to bring the state to...
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20 April 2018
Study finds traffic congestion in four Indian cities costs $22bn
A new survey has found that traffic congestion in the Indian cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore costs more than $22bn per year.
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20 April 2018
UK’s Liverpool City Council to invest £200m to transform city roads
Liverpool City Council in the UK has planned to invest an additional £200m in road repairs to improve the highways network in the city.
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20 April 2018
Deals this week: Telensa, Naza EC, Government of India
The Highways Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) has awarded a contract to Telensa for the installation of a smart street lightning system in Yuen Long...
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19 April 2018
Final phase of Broadland Northway in UK becomes operational
The UK’s Norfolk County Council has announced that the third and final phase of Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR) has become operational.
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19 April 2018
Sterling Construction Company wins road contract in Texas, US
Sterling Construction Company’s subsidiary Texas Sterling Construction (TSC) has received a $60.2m contract to rehabilitate and widen a section Interstate 10 in Boerne in the US state of Texas.
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19 April 2018
Toyota and Lexus to deploy intelligent systems in US vehicles
Toyota and its luxury vehicle division Lexus are planning to install Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) systems on their vehicles sold in the US from 2021.