The NSW Government is likely to assign the task of managing the public transport ticketing service called Tcard to Pearl Consortium. Pearl Consortium enjoys the membership of Commonwealth Bank and Cubic Transportation Systems and delivered a similar ticketing service in Queensland. The province's transport ministry has shared that the final negotiations are being pursed between the two.

Tourist authorities of Thailand have urged travelers from Britain to not cancel their vacation plans in wake of the state emergency being declared in Bangkok, post anti-Government demonstrators ended up briefly storming the Parliament during this week.

It was told by Brendan O'Connor, the Federal Minister for Home Affairs, that if the new facial recognition technology is introduced in the airports it would speed up passengers' arrival process at the Gold Coast Airport.

Any person who has travelled would know that there are various scenic watercourses in the world, but only one Inside Passage.

Cruise companies are standing against a proposal to form a low-emissions buffer zone around the United States and Canada, citing that it sets arbitrary demarcations based on faulty science that overstates the health benefits.

Melbourne's train operator Metro has been forced to shut down numerous services for the second day in a row as rail operator Metro posed underperformance.

Mr. Brumby posted that he was unhappy learning that the company had failed to fulfill contractual timetable obligations since taking over from the deeply unloved Connex.

The NSW government is revealed to consider imposing fine on private bus operators if they fail to meet agreed performance benchmarks, after a stinging report on the bus transport sector by the state auditor-general.

It has been reported that the cabbie association in Edmonton wants the business of cab dispatching to be taken over by the city Government. This protest has broken out right after a cab company in that local area had increased the surcharges for collision by a lot of money which was actually thousands of dollars.

The San-Francisco-based startup TripIt, the 'intelligent' travel organizer that helps travelers manage their plans to ensure a smooth trip, recently raised $7 million in a third funding round; led by new investor Azure Capital Partners, along with O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, which also participated in the company's earlier two funding rounds.

The Toronto Transit Commission has revealed the customer service panel. It comprised of nine panelists, which includes Yves Devin, the head of Société de Transport de Montreal; WestJet Vice-President Tyson Matheson; Sue Motahedin, Telus manager; Spacing Magazine publisher and founder Matthew Blackett and Ryerson University Marketing Professor Roy Morley.