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15-minute cities: Path to dystopia or storm in a side street?
June 5, 2023
Urban planners and transportation professionals will need to address wild accusations about the motives behind 15-minute cities - and relevant criticisms too - if the concept is to scale to its potential
How WiM helps authorities identify repeat offenders
May 31, 2023
Company profiling – the process of identifying repeat corporate offenders when it comes to things like truck overloading – is one of many uses of WiM. And it may become more important
RoadPeace exhibition highlights human cost of collisions
May 26, 2023
When Lives Collide is the starkest possible illustration of the importance of road safety. Adam Hill talks to Paul Wenham-Clarke, professor of photography at the Arts University Bournemouth, about the inspiration for this heart-wrenching collection of images and memories
Transport is evolving – and road safety must keep pace, says Parifex
May 25, 2023
France-headquartered Parifex works at the cutting edge of Lidar-based speed control systems. CEO Paul-Henri Renard discusses safety advances made in recent decades - and the causes of accidents that remain…
Sustainable mobility? Only possible with a multifaceted approach
May 25, 2023
ITS European Congress 2023 was scene for 'full and frank exchange of views'
Tolling: it’s time to open up
May 24, 2023
Europe sees more and more tolling schemes being implemented based on GNSS technology and an ‘open marketplace’ model. What are the drivers behind this trend and do those schemes show how toll systems will look in the future? Peter Ummenhofer of Go Consulting goes out on the road
Open-source architecture: closing the standards gap
May 19, 2023
Open-source architecture is vital to help accelerate the deployment of new ITS and C/AV solutions, says David Spinney of Econolite Systems. Just so long as we avoid the mistakes of the past…
Intercomp defends the public interest
May 17, 2023
Company profiling can help identify companies which persistently overload vehicles. Leonardo Guerson of Intercomp explains the way HS-WiM is used by Autostrade per l’Italia in Italy
ITS European Congress 2023: ‘It’s about mobility’
May 15, 2023
ITS European Congress 2023 in Lisbon will deliberately focus on a broad range of transport modes. Joost Vantomme and Lisa Boch-Andersen from organiser Ertico explain why
Ukraine’s ITS in a time of war
May 12, 2023
Following invasion by Russia, work on ITS projects has stopped in Ukraine – but the state road agency and private contractors have pivoted to providing essential services instead
Scaling up road safety analysis with Aimsun cloud simulation
May 10, 2023
Synthetic generation, execution, and analysis of thousands of road safety scenarios is exponentially more efficient and wider ranging than any methodology based on field data. Marcel Sala & Jordi Casas of Aimsun examine the benefits of cloud simulation for safety testing
Carlos Moreno: ‘I’ve had a lot of death threats over 15-minute cities’
May 4, 2023
Carlos Moreno, inventor of the 15-minute city concept, talks to Adam Hill about misinformation, conspiracy theories and the attraction of ‘human smart cities’
In the (Vegas) loop
May 3, 2023
The Las Vegas Loop Tesla e-taxi service has carried its millionth passenger and is targeting expansion. But what’s it actually like? Liam McLoughlin, editor of EV Charging & Infrastructure, is taken for a ride
Signalised intersections are about to have their ‘Napster moment’, says Miovision
April 20, 2023
Miovision CEO Kurtis McBride provides the background to the launch of Miovision One, the foundation of an operating system for the modern intersection
15-minute cities versus tinfoil hat wearers: only one winner in this fight
April 19, 2023
Tinfoil hat wearers – conspiracy theorists who delight in joining non-existent dots – are doing their best to make the 15-minute city concept toxic. It’s wonderful that they’re doomed to fail