SOUTHWEST Ohio Regional Transportation Authority (Sorta) has awarded Transdev Services a five-year contract to operate and maintain the initial 5.8km phase of the Cincinnati Streetcar network, which is due to open in September 2016.
THE French city of Grenoble inaugurated the second phase of light rail Line E on July 13 with the launch of commercial services on the 6.7km extension from Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux Town Hall to Saint Égrève and Fontanil Cornillion.
ODENSE Letbane, the public company responsible for developing the first light rail line in Denmark's third-largest city, has invited prospective bidders to prequalify for contracts to supply rolling stock and railway systems for the project.
AMSTERDAM public transport operator GVB has issued an international tender for a contract to supply 63 low-floor LRVs, which will replace the oldest vehicles in service on the city's 161km tram network.
THE first of 32 Alstom Citadis low-floor LRVs for the 28km Porto Maravilha light rail network was unveiled on July 5 by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro Mr Eduardo Paes.
SACRAMENTO Regional Transit District carried out the first test runs on the 6.9km southern extension of the light rail Blue Line from Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River College on June 29.
THE French city of Caen has awarded a contract to provide design and project management services for its planned light rail network to ASyAS, a consortium of French companies Artélia, Setec, Attica, and Signes.
A fleet of five type 71-911 City Star low-floor trams has entered passenger service on the 91km tram network in the in the Russian city of Tver.
THE German city of Augsburg is planning to construct a new tram line and a tram/rail interchange beneath the main station as part of its wider Project Augsburg City urban regeneration project.
SUNSHINE Coast, Australia, is to carry out further studies into the development of a light rail network after a public consultation revealed 87% of residents endorse the project.
