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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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is inviting U.S. students to take part in an essay competition to share their visions for the future of transportation with a $1,000 (£720) prize and a trip to ITS America 2018, in Detroit, from the 4-7 June. It is aimed at providing students an opportunity to apply their knowledge in a thought-provoking manner. The topic, ‘How do you envision disruptive consumer technology will affect transportation systems over the next 10 years?’ is open to transportation, engineering
SQLstream will be at the ITS World Congress to demonstrate its s-Transport software, a real-time big data platform for multi-modal intelligent transportation solutions. The system enables applications such as real-time journey times and live incident detection to be deployed quickly, and across the full range of transportation modes, including road networks, bus networks, emergency deployment systems, shipping, rail and logistics.
Vidsys is delivering a webinar on Thursday, 4 August at 1000 Pacific time/1300 eastern time, to discuss how data and increased connectivity will enable cities to transform the way we will live, work, and interact with one another. The challenge for cities is to not just gather the data, but to make better use of the data to make more informed decisions, creating actionable intelligence. Smart Cities will need to combine and correlate multiple data streams to provide a more holistic evaluation of the city’s
Registration for the ITS European Congress in Strasbourg, France on 19-22 June 2017 is now open, with discounted early bird registration rates until 24 April.
The organisers expect 2,500 ITS professionals will attend to discuss the latest trends in intelligent transport throughout the sessions. There will also be numerous networking opportunities in the exhibition and social events.
Some of the highlights of the congress include 100 exhibitors and technical visits to see the latest ITS developments, a