Successful bidders for a pair of level crossing removal contracts will have to prove their worth with the first half of removals, before the Victorian Government will award them the rest of the
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Turnbull’s report card on urban transport projects reveals narrow economic focus
COMMENT: One year on, the Turnbull government is touting the economic benefits of an infrastructure agenda that neglects the other important functions of transport projects, Brian Feeney writes.
Growing
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Albo slams Turnbull’s ‘reinvented wheel’
Shadow minister Anthony Albanese says the Coalition’s plans to publish a report on major cities in 2017 is “simply reinventing the wheel” after the Coalition abolished the former Labor Government’s
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EoIs opened for “on-demand” public transport ideas
Transport for NSW has opened the Expressions of Interest period for developers interested in generating a series of pilots based around ‘on-demand’ public transport services, that turn up where and
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First AdeLINK work goes to market
The South Australian Government has put the first stage of the massive expansion of Adelaide’s tram network out to market.
The $50 million investment announced on Monday will extend the existing tramline
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Savings on new Waratahs to go to locally-built XPTs
NSW transport minister Andrew Costance has awarded a $1.7 billion contract to deliver 24 new 8-car trains to the Sydney rail network, and says $300 million in savings derived from the tender process
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Rail a focus of Hitachi’s $1.25bn plan
Hitachi has announced it will invest heavily to accelerate collaborative creation with its Australian partners across several industries, including rail.
In June this year, Hitachi established a
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New TAIC commissioner appointed
A new chief commissioner has been named to lead New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission.
Former chief legal advisor for the Treasury Jane Meares was named as TAIC’s new chief commissioner
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Why transport projects aren’t as good for your health as they could be
Transport infrastructure projects are conceived, planned and assessed in a way that makes it difficult to properly consider their major public health impacts, Patrick Harris, Emily Riley and Jennifer Kent
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QR staffing investigation stepped up after documents not received
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has upgraded an independent investigation into Queensland Rail’s Train Crewing Practices to a Commission of Inquiry so it can secure documents from the former
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