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Cubic demonstrates NextCity vision at ITS World Congress

Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) is using the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux to demonstrate its expertise in public transport and traffic management systems. The company will show its NextCity core capabilities including traffic management, predictive analytics, real-time passenger information and revenue management, along with its next generation of integrated traffic management to enhance road-user safety and efficient operations through informed decision-making for both authorities and drivers. A
October 7, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
378 Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) is using the 6456 ITS World Congress in Bordeaux to demonstrate its expertise in public transport and traffic management systems.

The company will show its NextCity core capabilities including traffic management, predictive analytics, real-time passenger information and revenue management, along with its next generation of integrated traffic management to enhance road-user safety and efficient operations through informed decision-making for both authorities and drivers.

Also on display will be an advanced traffic management system (ATMS) delivering a powerful integration framework to deliver traffic control and surveillance including managed motorways and variable mandatory speed limits, as well as real time video analytics to help ensure safer movement and more effective use of limited transport infrastructure and predictive analytics from Cubic subsidiary and professional services firm, 7925 Urban Insights Associates.

Cubic will also demonstrate its public transport solutions including the NextWave mobile ticketing system that utilises both bar code and near field communication (NFC) technology and NextBus cloud-based real-time passenger information system.

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