TomTom City, a new traffic portal launched by TomTom, provides live traffic and travel information, including real time traffic status, delay hotspots and road event reporter, for consumers and traffic management experts.
TomTom City, which can be found at http://city.tomtom.com, is accessible from any internet enabled computer, tablet or smartphone and provides freely accessible content showing live traffic status and incidents and other driver-based information in cities. This will enable consumers to
July 7, 2016
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1692 TomTom City, a new traffic portal launched by TomTom, provides live traffic and travel information, including real time traffic status, delay hotspots and road event reporter, for consumers and traffic management experts.
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The UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has launched the TRL Student Award, which aims to tap into the creative skills of today’s younger generation in the UAE in order to help solve practical, real life problems while also helping the region in its move towards more growth and development.
The initiative will award some of the region’s top student minds for their proposals of innovative and sustainable transport solutions in a special awards ceremony on the sidelines of Gulf Traffic 2016, which will
The Gulf region is forging ahead with plans to improve its transportation infrastructure with US$121.3 billion worth of road and bridge projects already underway or in the planning phase.
Bike-share and electric scooter company Lime has launched a ‘free-floating’ car-share service in Seattle and intends to make 1,500 vehicles available in early 2019.
Bloomberg says the company has deployed 50 Lime-branded vehicles and intends to increase this number to 500 by the end of the year.
Users can unlock a LimePod vehicle, a customised two-door Fiat 500, via the company’s app for $1 and are charged 40 cents per minute while driving.
Toby Sun, Lime’s chief executive officer, says the company is a
Scooter-share firm Bird is to acquire Scoot, a San Francisco-based electric vehicle (EV) company.
Scoot began deploying electric scooters in San Francisco in 2012 and has expanded in Santiago, Chile and Barcelona.
Travis VanderZanden, founder and CEO of Bird says the partnership will work toward replacing “car trips with micro mobility options for all”.
Scoot will continue to operate under the same name but as a subsidiary of Bird.