Lána Pennycook
Sydney is Australia’s largest and most densely populated city, with a population of 4.6 million. The city’s central business district... continue

Sir Peter Hendy , Commissioner of Transport for London is set to become the new president of UITP, The International Association of Public... continue

Though Paris and London have attracted attention by developing their regional heavy rail networks to supplement existing tube/metro lines through new... continue

Peter Stonham and Dan Wright
The majority of the world’s population now live in urban areas. That point was reached in 2008, according to official UN statistics, as the... continue

IIn quitting London bus operations, UK-based transport group First has made good on its promise to raise £100m through disposal of non-core... continue

Peter Stonham
Passenger transport does not operate in isolation. People travel for reasons, and transport systems provide a vital ingredient to economic and social... continue

Lee Baker
Any City can become a cycling city but only if action is taken to increase the popularity of the bicycle as a mode of transport, according to... continue

François-Xavier Perin (pictured) has been appointed Chief Executive of RATP Dev. He previously served as a member of the supervisory board and... continue

London’s transport commissioner Peter Hendy has been knighted for services to transport and the community in the Queen’s New Year’s... continue

Global technology analyst ABI Research is predicting that 2.1bn contactless ‘credentials’ – a combination of smartcards and radio... continue

The Opal smartcard system for public transport currently being installed in Sydney by the Cubic-led Pearl consortium for regional agency Transport... continue

The international airline community is hoping to bring in a new distribution system that provides a comprehensive price and service offer. The... continue

Ford, Renault-Nissan and Daimler have agreed to jointly develop a fuel cell system in a bid to bring forward mass-market zero-emission vehicles. The... continue

Alain Flausch, Secretary General UITP Why is he on the list? The International Union of Public Transport has become a big... continue

Malcolm Bulpitt, Loose, Maidstone, Kent ME15
I was interested to see the two-page spread that was devoted to the ‘Man from MasterCard’ promoting the use of his product as an... continue

Andrew Forster
London mayor Boris Johnson this week called on ministers to examine whether man-made global warming theory is flawed. Johnson said it was time... continue

Rail Plus Australasia has launched a new Europe-wide business class rail booking tool. Aimed at encouraging wider take-up of expanding European... continue

Australian transit agency Transport for New South Wales has had to take emergency action to minimise the risk of fare evasion following the success... continue

Peter Stonham
Along with tram-train, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is one of the longest established ‘blended’ modes of transport. It’s also one of the... continue

Andrew Forster
Transport consultants should be penalised for producing “significantly inaccurate and misleading” forecasts of transport project costs... continue