News New York plans $45bn, decade long transport spend The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced a $45bn investment blueprint for the region’s airports, bus infrastructure, railways and ports between 2026 and 2035. The so-called…
News Design-builders sought for rail station under Poland’s new airport The Polish megaproject Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has launched a tender for the design and construction of a railway station, tunnel and platform hall underneath the country’s new international airport,…
News Tutor Perini to redevelop New York’s Midtown Bus Terminal for $1.8bn Tutor Perini has won a $1.87bn contract to construct the Staging and Storage Facility and Ramp Structure components of the Midtown Bus Terminal Redevelopment Program in New York City. Tutor…
News Budapest to get its first airport rail link Hungarian economy minister Márton Nagy has unveiled his government’s plan to build a €1bn railway between Nyugati rail and metro station in western Budapest and Ferenc Liszt International Airport to…
News Poland seeks contractor for its new international airport The company behind Poland’s national transportation upgrade – Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) – is now seeking a contractor to build the 450,000-sq-m terminal building for a new international airport. CPK…
News Transport secretary orders probe into California High-Speed Rail US Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy yesterday ordered the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate whether $4bn pledged by the Biden administration for the California High-Speed Rail project should…
News Australia to invest $620m on Sydney transport An investment of US$620m (A$1bn) has been announced for building a transit corridor from the suburb of Liverpool to the new Western Sydney International Airport. Jointly funded by local and…
News Japan weighs Chinese ‘road tram’ to take visitors up Mount Fuji Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times reports. Yamanashi Prefecture had been considering a light railway but, at a…
News Alstom to upgrade people mover at Las Vegas’ international airport French engineer Alstom has won an $84m contract to upgrade the automated people mover at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Alstom will integrate 10 additional vehicles in the…
News Tutor Perini team to build $1bn automated people mover in California A consortium containing US companies Tutor Perini and Parsons have been selected for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a 2.6km automated people mover for Inglewood in southwest…
News Alstom inaugurates joint venture for Hefei’s metro expansion French rail engineer Alstom has inaugurated a joint venture in Anhui Province, near Shanghai, where it will build a factory and offer project management and maintenance services. Hefei Alstom Rail…
News Ukraine’s Dnipro hopes to get metro extension back on track Dnipro Metro is hoping to attract companies willing to help restart a 4km metro extension that was suspended after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The 7km system now consists…
News Webuild and NGE chosen for €1.4bn section of Grand Paris Express French civil engineer NGE and Italian contractor Webuild have been chosen to build a section of Metro Line 15 – otherwise known as the Grand Paris Express – a circular…
News Flatiron joint venture to build $446m Texas bus route A joint venture between Colorado contractor Flatiron and Missouri infrastructure specialist Herzog has been selected to build a 19km, $446m bus route in Texas. The two were selected by the…
News Balfour Beatty starts $340m Jacksonville airport expansion Balfour Beatty US has started work on the $340m Concourse B project at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) in Florida. As general contractor, it will deliver a new concourse and an…
Markets Cambodia asks South Korea for help with $37bn transport masterplan Cambodia has invited South Korea to invest in its $37bn, 10-year programme of infrastructure improvements, the Khmer Times reports.
News Contreras Earl reveals second Melbourne vertiport as air taxis “to fly next year” Australian architect Contreras Earl has revealed its design for a second “vertiport” in Merlbourne. This will handle flying taxis at Batman Park and follows an earlier design for the city’s…
News Car park of the future designed for Hangzhou London-based architect Daniel Statham Studio has designed a futuristic car park for the city of Hangzhou, southwest of Shanghai, that combines an automated stacking system with an event space. Future…