Daniel Grabauskas, the new executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)(Hawaii, USA), last month pledged greater transparency for the Honolulu rail transit project.

Globaltrans Investment this week announced that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of LLC Metalloinvesttrans (“MIT”), the captive freight rail transportation operator of Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and HBI producer based in Russia.

Veolia Transdev has published the first results of the biggest multi-country survey to date of transit authorities in eight major markets. Chosen for their size and the way they organize transit, they include the USA, Australia-New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

VIA Rail Canada and Green Couch Productions will host a musical train journey this June, 2012.  The project, called “Tracks on Tracks” will feature Canadian musicians performing on the Canadian train, and various station platforms, as they travel from Vancouver to Toronto to perform at the NXNE Festival.

USA Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood last month announced a final locomotive safety rule that eliminates unnecessary regulatory burdens, facilitates the use of new technologies and incorporates existing industry and engineering best practices.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has welcomed the latest performance figures for London Underground (United Kingdom), which confirm that the Tube reached record levels of performance and improved reliability over the last twelve months.