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The application of artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the performance of vision-based systems used for a wide and growing set of applications. These include vehicle presence detection and identification, count and classification, and enforcement, explains Roy Czinku of International Road Dynamics

Covid-19 has imposed shackles on lives in the US and beyond - but IBTTA members are responding positively

Ticketing, reallocation of street space, transport’s place in urban ecosystems – it's all up for grabs as we emerge from pandemic

Getting first responders quickly and safely to incidents now takes more than loud noises and flashing blue lights

There is a way out of this: it is possible to address the impacts of coronavirus on our transportation networks, suggest Andrew Liu and Daniel Lukasik of Parsons

Christian Haas joined PTV as chief executive in November last year after a career spent on the technology side of the financial services industry. Adam Hill asks him about how the transport and mobility industry will be reshaped in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic

Integrating e-bikes and e-scooters into transportation networks needs KPIs everyone understands, says Ramboll

OpenSpace CEO Nicolas Le Glatin tells Adam Hill how Xovis camera tech might help unlock more convenient ways for moving through mobility hubs during Covid-19

Some drivers have taken emptier roads as an invitation to drive as fast as possible: bad, bad, bad idea…

The pandemic has taught us that our ideas about travel might need a rethink - Wes Guckert suggests a few ways in which change is coming

Smart city adoption in the US has been sluggish, thinks Jason Wall of A-to-Be USA. But there is still time to learn lessons from the European experience...

US pedestrian fatalities are at their highest level since 1988, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.

The US DoT has produced a report on how adverse weather and road conditions will affect automated vehicles – it found inconsistency between different cars with these features which are already on highways and suggests limitations are not yet understood

While most of the debate around hyperloop focuses on the potential for passenger traffic, technology firms are also exercised about how to respond to the fast-changing nature of the retail sector.

One such company is the UK-based start-up Magway, co-founded in 2017 by former South African mining engineer Rupert Cruise and retail and technology consultant Phill Davies.

In short, Magway moves goods from warehouses to distribution centres – or to new residential or commercial hubs - through small, high-density polyethylene pipes in pods driven by linear synchronous motors.

‘Twalking’ – the practice of staring at a smartphone screen while walking – may be a matter for wry amusement for the non-addicted, but is potentially hazardous to the phone users. A US research project may have found a solution, finds Alan Dron