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Chile’s updated shared-taxi rules permit vehicles with up to nine seats, including the driver. The change expands permitted passenger capacity and revises fleet-age rules while retaining technical and safety requirements for operators.
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South Korea’s winter energy voucher supports several heating fuels through bill deductions or a payment card.
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Otago Central Lakes councils and New Zealand’s government have signed a regional deal linking growth with housing, transport, energy and essential services.
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Monterrey's El Cuchillo II aqueduct expands water conveyance from an existing reservoir to metropolitan treatment facilities.
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Singapore’s operational Tengeh floating solar farm links renewable electricity with water treatment and reservoir protection.
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Fortaleza collected 807.82 tonnes from 34 streets and avenues over four September Sundays.
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Rooftop rainwater harvesting can reduce demand for treated water and ease storm runoff when storage, reuse, and maintenance are designed together.
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Spain's RedCyTI program will support 52 local and regional projects with more than €94 million, using data platforms, digital twins, laboratories and sector testbeds to connect urban digitization with productive development.
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Jiangsu's new urban-infrastructure rules combine asset surveys, risk assessment, sensors, shared data, warnings and departmental duties.
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Japan’s infrastructure-management consultation moves beyond maintenance technique to a harder question: how shrinking municipalities should reorganize assets and services they can no longer manage one by one.
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