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Malaysian Government will Contribute Funds to Johor’s Urban Mobility Development

Malaysian Government will Contribute Funds to Johor's Urban Mobility Bus Rapid Transit BRT Development Iskandar Johor Malaysia

The Development of RM2.56 Billion Bus Rapid Transit in the Iskandar Region ISKANDAR PUTERI, Oct 7 (Bernama) — The federal government will contribute RM1 billion towards the development of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) while the rest, amounting to RM1.56 billion, would be financed via a Private Public Partnership, according to the National News Agency. Announcing this, Prime Minister Datuk

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Ballard Signs LOI to Power First-Ever Fuel Cell Tram-Buses With Van Hool in France

Ballard Signs LOI to Power First-Ever Fuel Cell Tram-Buses With Van Hool in France sustainable urban mobility public transport

VANCOUVER and PAU, France, Sept. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that the company has accepted a Letter of Intent to provide FCveloCity®-HD 100-kilowatt fuel cell engines to power 8 ExquiCity tram-buses being built by Van Hool NV (“Van Hool”; www.vanhool.be), a Ballard partner in Europe, for delivery in Pau, France to the SMTU-PPP (Syndicat Mixte de Transports urbains – Pau Portesdes

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Why Malaysia Urban Mobility Focuses on Public Transport, not Electric Vehicles

Malaysia urban mobility approach focus on Transit Oriented Development by Prasarana

Incentives for electric vehicles and subsidies for green technology companies define many countries’ pursuit of reduced urban traffic congestion and lower greenhouse gas emissions. But Malaysia is taking a different tack — it wants urban commuters to live closer to the land public transport (LPT) network instead. The agenda is to get 80% of the nation’s urban population to dwell

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