Urban transport

Cambodian students have developed and designed a prototype drone from a school chair by adding a structure with eight propellers which is able to...

Singapore’s urban rail network is being taken over by robots, but not in the dystopian sense. The robots will be deployed at coffee kiosks...

The new Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway The government of Vietnam will build 4,000 kilometers of expressways as part of...

Onion Mobility's electric tuk tuk Cambodia is set to enter the vehicle manufacturing industry with locally produced electric...

Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek officially launched its operations in Thailand on February 27 as part of its expansion into Southeast Asia. Under the brand...

A consortium of Japanese and Filipino firms has bagged the contract to design and build the first three stations of the Metro Manila subway...

China has proposed to fund a $1.5-billion elevated railway project in Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd (CREEC) made...

Bangkok-based family conglomerate Central Group, which is active in retail, real estate, hospitality and restaurants and operates Thailand’s biggest shopping mall, plans to invest...

Indonesia’s Go-Jek suffered a setback to its expansion plans on January 9 after the transport regulator in the Philippines rejected its application to launch...

Singapore is launching a six-month trial of an on-demand public bus service on December 1, using technology to reduce congestion and costs in what...

Singapore is set to begin test flights with flying taxis in the second half of 2019, the German company behind the technology said in...

A Philippine inventor has constructed a large drone suitable for passenger transport and found a partner for mass production in Australia. Former dancer and camera...

The Hanoi Department of Transport is considering collecting tolls for private vehicles traveling into the inner-city areas which often face traffic jams. Vu Van...

Singapore ride-hailing company Grab, which claims it holds 65 per cent of Indonesia's ride-hailing market, will invest $250 million through its newly launched unit...

Indonesia's fast-growing ride-hailing service Go-Jek launched its first International operations in Vietnam, with the brand Go-Viet now available on Google Play Store and Apple...

Indonesia's first mass rapid transit (MRT) rail system is on track to start operations in March next year, giving around 170,000 commuters a day...

Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek revealed the names and branding for the separate units it is establishing in Thailand and Vietnam, two countries which are...

The launch of two new ride-hailing apps brings the current number of such companies in the small city state of Singapore to five. The...