THE American Public Transportation Association (Apta) says that 10.8 billion journeys were recorded on public transport services, including rail and bus, in the United States in 2014, the highest level in 58 years.
PUBLIC services began operating on the latest addition to the metre-gauge Valencia metro network on March 6, with the inauguration of Line 9.
WARSAW celebrated the opening of its second metro line on March 8 when the city's mayor Mrs Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz launched a day of free rides on the initial 6.5km section of the east-west Line M2 from Dworzec Wileński with Rondo Daszyńskiego.
STOCKHOLM Local Transport (SL) and Bombardier unveiled artist's impressions of the forthcoming C30 train for the city's metro network at the EurasiaRail exhibition in Istanbul on March 5.
MRT Jakarta has awarded Sumitomo Corporation and Nippon Sharyo a contract worth around Yen 13bn ($US 1bn) to supply 16 trains for Indonesia's first metro line.
ST PETERSBURG Metro has awarded OOO Vagonmaš, the Russian subsidiary of Škoda Transportation, a Roubles 3.8bn ($US 61m) contract to supply eight six-car trains for metro Line 3.
TEST operation was launched on the latest phase of the Sofia metro network at the end of February, when Bulgaria's transport minister Mr Ivailo Moskowsky, mayor of Sofia Mrs Jordanka Fandakova and the chairman of the city metropolitan council Mr Stoyan Bratoev inspected two extensions to Line 1 .
EGYPT's National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) signed infrastructure contracts on February 25 for Phase 4A of metro Line 3, which will extend the line 5.7km from Haroun station in Heliopolis to Al-Nozha 1.
AT a meeting on February 17 Turin City Council approved the final design for the western extension of metro Line 1 from Fermi to Cascine Vica.
QATAR Railways sent a conditional letter of acceptance on February 20 to its preferred bidder for a turnkey contract to supply electrical and mechanical systems including rolling stock for the first phase of the Doha metro network.