An ambitious road sector project of the Republic of Cape Verde has got a second shot of additional financing by the World Bank to the tune of US$10 million equivalent. The project, called the Road Sector Support Project (RSSP), with a maturity period of 35 years and a grace period of 10 years, aims to increase the mobility of the ...
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Public Transport : The smart green solution
Public Transport : The smart green solution The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) unveiled its vision for urban transport in 2025 at the UITP Dubai 2011 World Congress in April. It compared the economic, environmental and social impact of urban transport in a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario and in a ‘PTx2’ scenario. Based on well-documented urban economic and technological development ...
Future green cars from pineapples and bananas
Aclides Leão and his team of scientists in Brazil have developed a renewable plastic that could revolutionise the manufacture of automobiles. The team described its work recently at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The nano-cellulose fibres developed by the scientists are about 30-40% lighter but about three to four times stronger than the conventional plastic used in ...
New railway lines between Thane and Kurla
After a long delay of nearly 20 years, the Central Railway has laid out the fifth and sixth railway lines connecting the important railway stations of Thane and Kurla in Mumbai. With these lines, which also connect the long distance Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) with Thane and Kurla railway stations, lakhs of commuters using the Central Railway should see a ...