The $1.5 billion operation addresses South Africa’s twin economic challenges of low growth and high unemployment by easing infrastructure constraints in the energy and freight transport sectors, which have severely impacted businesses and households in recent years, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration on Monday approved the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus ...
PHILADELPHIA — James Kpou was clutching his “senior citizen” fare card for this city’s vast network of buses, subways and light rail trains when he heard the announcement this week over the intercom ...
MSN: Philadelphia mass transit agency gets OK to use project money to avoid bus, trolley and rail cuts
Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration on Monday approved the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus, trolley and ...
Philadelphia mass transit agency gets OK to use project money to avoid bus, trolley and rail cuts
The Business Journals: Michelin Guide inclusion 'first step of something bigger' for Philadelphia
Official website of the City of Philadelphia, includes information on municipal services, permits, licenses, and records for citizens and businesses.
The World Bank is supporting countries in their transition to electric mobility. Since 2016, the World Bank has enabled 32 countries to develop essential infrastructure, expand electric vehicle fleets (particularly e-buses), and identify opportunities to accelerate electrification of passenger transport.
The World Bank supports countries in building safe, sustainable, and inclusive transport systems—connecting people to jobs, markets, and opportunities.
Air transport is an important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Air transport facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, and international scale. It helps generate trade, promote tourism, and create employment ...
Improving Transport Connectivity for Food Security in Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains examines the continent’s food production and distribution. The report scrutinizes transport routes over land and water, the efficiency of ports and border crossings, and the adequacy of storage capacity to several key questions:
A new World Bank report, Transport for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains, proposes several priority actions to reduce transport costs and improve food security across the continent. These recommendations can help transform Africa’s hunger zones to places where food is more abundant and easily distributed.
The World Bank has approved a $200 million project to modernize transport infrastructure in Uzbekistan’s Surkhandarya region, supporting job creation, regional connectivity, and sector-wide reforms.
The Assam Inland Water Transport Project improved ferry infrastructure and services in the state of Assam, India, making water transport safer, more accessible, and reliable. Key barriers for women ferry users included poor terminal access, inadequate amenities, harassment risks, and ineffective complaint mechanisms.
Shrinking the economic distance, or reducing transport prices and time related costs, between people and firms can greatly benefit developing economies by boosting productivity, creating jobs, raising incomes, enhancing food security, and lowering carbon emissions. Achieving these benefits requires efficient, high-quality transport.
Transport Infrastructure Investment Planning (TIIP) for Ulaanbaatar Advance Efficient and High-Quality Public Transport Development in Metro Manila Transport Connectivity Assessment for Serbia - Towards a Green Resilient Recovery Tanzania Climate Resilience Strengthening of Dar es Salaam Isaka Railway Line
India’s transport network is one of the largest and densest in the world. Its roads rank third in terms of length, next only to China and the United States.
MSN: Philadelphia transit agency will use project reserves to avoid cuts. Pittsburgh's might do the same
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration on Monday approved the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it ...
Philadelphia transit agency will use project reserves to avoid cuts. Pittsburgh's might do the same
News 12 Networks: Philadelphia transit agency will use project reserves to avoid cuts
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Philadelphia transit cuts pose challenges for workers, students
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier than normal on Monday and scrambled to avoid being late as they navigated service reductions that the region's public transit ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Philadelphia’s mass transit cuts foreshadow possible similar moves by other agencies across US
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier than usual on Monday to navigate service reductions that the region’s public transit agency has called more drastic than ...
Philadelphia’s mass transit cuts foreshadow possible similar moves by other agencies across US
The New York Times: Deep Transit Cuts in Philadelphia Set Commuters and Parents Scrambling
A budget shortfall has led the city’s transit authority to cut its bus and rail services by 20 percent, with fare increases and more cuts to come. By Sonia A. RaoDavaughnia Wilson and Vicky ...
The New York Times: Federal Agency Faults Philadelphia Transit Agency Over Train Fires
The National Transportation Safety Board said hundreds of aging rail cars should be taken out of service until they can be replaced or retrofitted. By Billy Witz The National Transportation Safety ...
The Washington Post: Philadelphia transit hits ‘death spiral.’ More cities could follow.
News4Jax: Philadelphia's mass transit cuts foreshadow possible similar moves by other agencies across US
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier than usual on Monday to navigate service reductions that the region's public transit agency has called more drastic than any ...
Philadelphia's mass transit cuts foreshadow possible similar moves by other agencies across US
It’s well after midnight, pitch-black somewhere on Interstate 10 in the Florida panhandle. A Greyhound bus that left Mobile, Alabama late the night before takes up most of the right lane on an ...
Less than 48 hours after landing in Orlando from Lexington, the team was back on a bus heading to Jacksonville and the Gators had to refocus.
“Oh with all the motor homes and RVs and fans everywhere, people throwing stuff at your bus, it was cool. Georgia people were throwing beer cans, Jack Daniel’s bottles, rocks, you name it ...