Nine more cities to have bus rapid transit system

September 8th, 2009 SF bridge reopens after repairs completedSAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened Tuesday just in time for the start of the work week after transit officials hastily announced that crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule. "Traffic seems to be flowing smoothly," California Department of Transportation spokesman Bart Ney said after the bridge reopened just before 7 a.m.

September 6th, 2009 MIDRAND - The South African government is fast-tracking the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system negotiation process with the taxi industry, BUaNews reported Sunday. "The negotiation process will continue.

August 31st, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The authorities here have launched a new public bus service to help commuters to travel around the city. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system would also be launched at other South African cities in phases, BuaNews reported Monday.

August 25th, 2009 SF Bay area rail union voting on contractSAN FRANCISCO — Members of a commuter rail union in the San Francisco Bay area are voting on a new contract aimed at averting a strike. Union president Jesse Hunt says he's confident the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's train operators and station agents will ratify the agreement.

August 16th, 2009 Negotiations on between SF rail union, managementOAKLAND, Calif. — Talks aimed at averting a commuter rail strike in the San Francisco Bay Area are ongoing, with negotiators intent on hammering out a deal before Monday's commute.

August 15th, 2009 SF rail union, management to resume negotiationsOAKLAND, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system and the union representing its station agents and train operators are resuming negotiations to try to avert a strike Monday.

August 15th, 2009 Bay Area rail, union resume negotiationsOAKLAND, Calif. — A top Bay Area Rapid Transit official said he was "cautiously optimistic" of averting a crippling commuter train strike as BART and transit union negotiators worked Sunday toward brokering an 11th-hour deal.

August 14th, 2009 Bay area's commuter rail system union plans strikeOAKLAND, Calif. — The union representing train operators and station agents for the San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system says it's planning go on strike at the close of business Sunday.

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For the bus rapid transport (BRT) system to be effective in tackling congestion in Indian cities, emphasis must be laid on how the system operates rather than just design and planning, experts said here Saturday. The main constraints of the BRT in India is that the investment and planning focuses on infrastructure and design rather than operational plans, said O.P.

June 25th, 2009 DC mayor concedes subway system needs improvementWASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty says this week's deadly crash of a Metro subway train dramatizes the need for officials who operate the system to upgrade and modernize the fleet. Fenty said in a nationally broadcast interview Thursday that while federal safety investigators are still searching for the cause of the crash that killed nine and injured scores of others, there's no question that the issue of rail car safety is a valid one.

June 23rd, 2009 Transit bus, car collide in Calif.; 10 injuredPASADENA, Calif. — A fire official says 10 people were injured when a public transit bus collided with a car and rammed into obstacles on a Southern California street.

June 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - To ease traffic problems and provide better transport facilities to commuters of the tri-city of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali, a Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS), including metro rail, is on the anvil, an official said Friday. "The proposed MRTS project will include metro rail, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and Commuters Rail Service (CRS).

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - To boost urban transport under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), states have placed orders for buying 7,815 buses under the one time economic measure of funding of buses by the Ministry of Urban Development. Government has so far sanctioned the purchase of 14,695 buses for the various mission cities under JNNURM.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Japan Friday committed itself to a Rs.7,158.32-crore ($1.43 billion) loan to India for four infrastructure projects, making the country the largest cumulative recipient of Tokyo's overseas development assistance programme. The bulk of the assistance, amounting to Rs.4,061.81 crore, is for the second phase of Delhi's mass rapid transit system to help India's national capital cope with increasing traffic, an official statement said.

February 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - Kolkata is slated to get the country's first elevated light rail transit system with the West Bengal government Wednesday inking an agreement with non-banking finance company SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited for the Rs.60 billion project. The 40-km Light Rail Transit System (LRTS) project, slated to be completed in four to five years, will be implemented by a SREI-led consortium that includes Czech-based Amex International as the technology partner and the state government's West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Limited.