ITS World Congress 2021

Formerly Siemens ITS, Yunex Traffic is at a major event in its own right for the first time; CEO Markus Schlitt outlines why its vital that the company’s message is heard as soon as possible

The hiatus of in-person events has not slowed down product development and certification of scales and sensors for US-based Intercomp. The manufacturer's of fixed and portable scales and sensors incorporate strain gauge technology, which enables accurate, stable, and reliable measurements via wheel and axle weighing applications. These scales and sensors for static and Weigh in Motion (WIM) applications are on display in Hamburg

Every school child in Hamburg should have access to public transport within a five-minute walk from their school. That is the goal of city planners and Esri’s ArcGIS software has helped officials understand what infrastructure needs to be in place to reach that goal

The misuse of the areas reserved for loading and unloading operations results in trucks and vans double parked, a negative impact on urban mobility. Urbiotica is showing its solution for the control of these parking spaces that allows service managers to be remotely alerted of possible infractions such as time exceeded or unauthorised parking

Late yesterday afternoon here at the ITS World Congress, Dutch and Flemish smart mobility specialists Monotch and Be-Mobile signed a partnership agreement for the realisation and upscaling of C-ITS services in the Netherlands, Flanders, France and the rest of Europe

IRD (International Road Dynamics) has used the ITS World Congress to unveil its new subsidiary, IRD Europe. The driver of its creation, says Rish Malhotra, president and CEO, is a desire to be at the heart of one of the world’s fastest developing ITS markets with a distinct identity which gives the group greater regional cohesion. Ultimately, it means better service for both existing and new customers

Valerann, an innovative cutting-edge ITS SaaS company that provides virtual traffic monitoring systems for road operators with a vision to enable all roads to enjoy the benefits of ITS. The company is using the ITS World Congress for the launch of Lanternn by Valerann. And two lucky organisations are going to win big in a launch competition, which closes on 1 November, 2021

The LOC.id app is another user-friendly infrastructure-to-X application from RTB that can potentially save lives. The LOC.id app on a smartphone of a blind or visually impaired person "looks around" in the background to see if there are any applications relevant to this group of people and the current situation

Google is using an electric vehicle equipped with sensors to measure air quality in Hamburg to aid decisions on sustainable urban and transport planning

Here is helping to trial technology which will allow public transport authorities to make better use of their resources. The location data provider is involved in the Sensors4Rail project with German railway company Deutsche Bahn