The trackless tram in Indonesia's new capital

The Future Southeast Asia Newsletter features transport and urban development news in Southeast Asia, edited by James Clark.

Hello from Vang Vieng in Laos. I took a quick trip to Laos to ride the new Udon Thani-Vientiane rail service. There are only a few international rail services in Southeast Asia, so I wanted to see how this service works. I will link to my review once it is published.

This week’s feature article is about the Nusantara Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) in the new capital city of Indonesia. There is very little information about it, so I have started this page to collect information in one place.

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• Nusantara Autonomous Rail Transit (ART)

The Nusantara Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) is a transit system under trial in Nusantara, the new capital city of Indonesia.

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News

• Southeast Asia's old air hubs are revving back to life (archive)

“Region's airlines seek business travelers willing to pay up for convenience.”

🇰🇭 Cambodia

• Cambodia resolves Phnom Penh airport tensions with new rights grant

• Developer of controversial Cambodian canal comes with baggage

🇮🇩 Indonesia

• Indonesia's Independence Day celebrated in planned new capital

• The building of Nusantara

• Bali gives a snapshot of what ‘overtourism’ looks like in the developing world

🇱🇦 Laos

• Oudomxay province in Laos makes strides in planned solar energy projects

• Vietnam’s Investment in Laos Hits USD 5.5 Billion

🇲🇾 Malaysia

• ECRL project reaches 70pc completion

• ART in KL soon? Putrajaya says also planning to expand bus lanes, BRT and last mile connectivity

• Malaysia’s ambitious River of Life project struggles to meet deadline despite $1.2 billion spent

• Skyscrapers no longer priority in Malaysia says prime minister

• KL's choice: A concrete jungle or a future paradise?

• No application for aerodrome licence to build new airport in Kuantan, says Loke

• Construction progresses on ART Red Line from Kuching Sentral to Pending

 🇵🇭 Philippines

• SMC unit set to take over NAIA operations

• SMC eyes completion of Bulacan airport development by end-2028

• Privatization eyed for Metro Manila Subway, North-South Commuter Railway

• DPWH to fast-track bridge, road network projects

🇸🇬 Singapore

• NDR 2024: Singapore to have accessible 120km southern coastline; new homes in Nicoll, Marina East

🇹🇭 Thailand

• Thai-Chinese high-speed railway 36% behind schedule

• Expropriation for Bangkok's new Orange Line to begin

• Bangkok’s public bus operator slapped with THB1.3 billion lawsuit

"BMTA sued for damages stemming from allegedly defaulted payments under the purchasing and maintenance contract for 489 NGV buses"

• B8mn study for 40-storey ‘New Landmark’ in Phuket Town faces scrutiny

• Step by Step: Phuket's concrete jungle, the price of ‘progress’

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste

• Timor-Leste moves forward with its airport upgrade

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Hanoi plans 15 metro lines by 2045 at $55B cost

• Vietnam, China sign 14 agreements during top leader’s visit to Beijing

“A meeting with President Xi ended with pledges to develop infrastructure, including railways.”

• The geopolitics of the AIIB’s $5 billion investment pledge to Vietnam

"The agreement suggests that the development bank, and its main backer China, is willing to finance infrastructure in Vietnam at concessional rates."

• Infrastructure shrinks Mekong Delta’s major floating markets

• China takes lead in number of FDI projects in Vietnam in 7 months

• Construction of bridge connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Dong Nai to finish earlier than planned