Blip Systems will use the ITS World Congress to gain further momentum for the company's BlipTrack Bluetooth tracking system that has already been deployed in many locations around the world, not just for accurate and valid travel time, traffic flow and speed information in urban areas. As the company points out, its system is able to track the same person whether they are walking, cycling, driving a car, using trains, ferries, planes and other types of transportation.
October 19, 2012
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London has the best public transport system in the world - but the UK capital’s roads are among the most congested, says a new report.
Here Technologies’ Urban Mobility Index ranked transit efficiency in 38 cities based on their public transport frequency, density and coverage as well as how public transport performs against car speed.
Just behind London are Zurich, Toronto, Washington, DC and Stockholm.
However, London was ranked 34th for congestion.
The top five least-congested cities are: H
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.
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Volkswagen Research is testing autonomous vehicles (AVs) at SAE Level 4 in real driving conditions in the German city of Hamburg.
The announcement comes as the fall-out from VW’s ‘Dieselgate’ nightmare – when the company was found to have programmed turbocharged direct injection diesel engines to activate their emissions controls for laboratory tests - putters on. This week the company’s former chief executive Martin Winterkorn was charged with fraud for his involvement.
But VW has admitted that the scan
