2010-05-19

Jamaica's Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is scheduled to start operating 50 new buses by June 1 and another 50 will start operating in July, government information service JIS reported.   In total, the government will spend J$6.5bn (US$72.7mn) this year to purchase 100 new buses from Belgian fi...

2010-05-19

A down payment from the future concessionaires of Mexico City's Periférico elevated highway will be used to fund line 4 of Mexico City's Metrobús mass transportation system, according to the federal district (DF) government's public works head, Fernando Aboitiz.   Two new stretc...

2010-05-19

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) between Chile's public works ministry (MOP) and private firms will be essential to achieve the Chiloé plan's 2014 deadline, a MOP official told BNamericas.   The new government analyzed the plan which currently requires an investment of over US$850mn,...

2010-05-17

Puerto Rico's metropolitan bus authority AMA has purchased 40 new hybrid electric buses for US$22.5mn, local paper El Vocero reported.   The buses will start operating next month and, even though they are 100% electric, they can also function with diesel.   The resources were provided ...

2010-05-17

A delegation of Chilean public and private sector representatives will present logistics investment opportunities in region VIII in Spanish capital Madrid on May 27, Spain's chamber of commerce said in a release.   A project to implement a logistics platform next to regional capital Concepci&...

2010-05-17

Argentine Formosa province has launched a tender to rehabilitate a stretch of the Belgrano railway, the provincial government said in a release.   The section runs approximately 702km between Formosa and Embarcación cities.   The rail stretch was last in operation two decades ag...

2010-05-17

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is recommending that El Salvador's national ports authority Cepa operate La Unión port for at least three years before signing a concession contract with a private operator, local paper La Prensa Gráfica reported.   Foreign inves...

2010-05-13

A state-of-the-art vehicle will drive from Mexico's Puebla state to Panama City in May and June to evaluate the conditions of approximately 3,244km on the Pacific highway network, Costa Rican paper La Nación reported.   The vehicle is equipped with special software, sensors and high-re...