Air Quality & Weather Systems

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MapQuest, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AOL, has announced that it has integrated traffic and road condition cameras into its maps and directions.

Slalom Consulting's NYC Station Finder has won the special Large Organisation Award in the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's App Quest Challenge.

A new traffic management solution is attempting to bridge the gap in information available on freeways and arterial roadways. Andrew Bardin Williams reports. Agencies responsible for national networks of roads around the world have the ability to measure, analyse and disseminate accurate travel information to drivers. Millions of dollars go into data collection infrastructure to collect traffic congestion and travel time information on major freeways or highways. For example, a driver on the I-210 in the Lo

Top Vision has announced it has implemented and installed a variable message sign (VMS) in the central Avenue of Athens.

In South Korea's Seoul city, the city government has developed a smartphone application, called Seoul's Fast Ways, to show road conditions to users in real time.

Wavetronix has announced that its SmartSensor HD has been selected as the traffic detection device for a project in Incheon City, South Korea.

Wavetronix has announced that its SmartSensor HD has been selected as the traffic detection device for a project in Incheon City, South Korea.

Hong Kong is allocating US$12.8 million for a new traffic and incident management system (TIMS) that will also enable dissemination of real-time traffic and transport information, commissioner for transport, Joseph Lai Yee-tak, has announced.

Flow Traffic Limited, the Hong Kong-based wholly owned subsidiary of Image Sensing Systems, has won a large contract to supply vehicle detection systems to the city of Guangzhou, China. The contract is part of infrastructure improvements required for the Asian Games, a major sporting event to be held in Guangzhou from 12-27 November. The project will provide real time traffic guidance and journey time information to reduce congestion and travel time during the international event.