Air Quality & Weather Systems

A new high tech warning system, which will help to improve road safety, has been installed on State Highway 1 in New Zealand. The Rural Intersection Active Warning System at the turnoff to Moeraki Boulders is now operational and the variable speed limit is now legally enforceable.

From August 2017, roadside checks of lorries carried out by the UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will include an emissions check.

Millbrook Group, the independent vehicle testing and validation services provider, has been appointed as an approved facility to provide real driving emissions (RDE) testing by the UK’s Vehicle Certification Agency, VCA.

Panasonic Corporation of North America and TransitScreen have today announced a strategic alliance to bring advanced IoT applications to smart cities around the US, with the aim of providing city residents and visitors with real-time transit and transportation information to enable more informed commuting and travel decisions.

The UK Government’s plan to improve air quality will fail because it ignores the growing impact of congestion on pollution in city centres, sustainable transport experts Greener Journeys warn.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), New Zealand, is set to receive accurate road-weather data for the alpine Crown Range road this winter following the signing of a five-year decision-support contract with MetService.

A US$3.7 million project by Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to construct a thermal detection system to detect wrong-way vehicles and alert other drivers and law enforcement has been approved by the State Transportation Board. Once operational, the system will use thermal cameras, warning signs for wrong-way drivers and advisories for right-way drivers along a 15-mile stretch of I-17. In addition, the system will automatically focus highway cameras on the wrong-way vehicle and send automated aler

From July 2017, Inrix is to provide its traffic data to the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and state and regional agencies to enable them to assess travel reliability, congestion and emissions, establish performance targets and report on progress.

Automotive technology company Continental is working in partnership with French national weather service Météo-France on a project which will expand its electronic horizon, or eHorizon, for use as eHorizon.Weather to provide real-time weather information. Vehicles equipped with eHorizon.Weather supply exact weather information to optimise short-term forecasts and integrate real-time, location-specific weather data to alert drivers in advance of critical weather conditions. Continental is currently testing t

A new study released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) examines how cities can manage the challenges of geographical scale and transition to shared mobility services.