Getaround is launching its car-sharing platform in the US city of Atlanta, allowing residents to earn money by making their car available to rent.
The company says the platform utilises cars already on the road and will therefore help to reduce traffic and congestion.
Each car is equipped with Getaround Connect, a proprietary technology that allows renters to locate and unlock the car using the company’s app, removing the need to meet the owner in-person for a manual key exchange. Getaround’s safety
April 8, 2019
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8262 Getaround is launching its car-sharing platform in the US city of Atlanta, allowing residents to earn money by making their car available to rent.
The company says the platform utilises cars already on the road and will therefore help to reduce traffic and congestion.
Each car is equipped with Getaround Connect, a proprietary technology that allows renters to locate and unlock the car using the company’s app, removing the need to meet the owner in-person for a manual key exchange. Getaround’s safety features include insurance and 24/7 roadside assistance.
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Getaround is not the only company making inroads in Atlanta. Last year, European technology company Muving made its electric scooters %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external availablefalsehttp://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/muvings-e-scooter-business-enters-atlanta/falsefalse%> in areas such as Ponce City Market, Piedmont Park, the King Center and Tech Square.
The efficiency and wellbeing of control room operators is catered for by Gesab with its new DeskWall Dynamic KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) system and consoles - examples of which are being displayed on its stand in hall 12.
DeskWall works on a distributed cluster architecture and provides each operator with a large (up to 65inch) display on which they can configure multiple streams, internet feeds and other information. Operators can also control allocated functions (cameras, signs, alerts…) and send or sh
The efficiency and wellbeing of control room operators is catered for by Gesab with its new DeskWall Dynamic KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) system and consoles - examples of which are being displayed on its stand in hall 12.
DeskWall works on a distributed cluster architecture and provides each operator with a large (up to 65inch) display on which they can configure multiple streams, internet feeds and other information. Operators can also control allocated functions (cameras, signs, alerts…) and send or sh
FLIR Traficon Academy is organising a variety of online training in January 2016, including ITS solutions for traffic management and Flir ThermiCam, where participants can learn how its ThermiCam/TrafiSense sensor can be used for pedestrian presence detection, bicycle presence detection, vehicle presence detection, inverse direction detection, and data collection.
The company is also offering traffic training on intersections and crossings in May.
Visit the Flir website for more information on the ran
The video item about innovative Smart Shopping Solutions in day two of the Daily Video at CARTES 2013 interviewed two people: Romain Tribout, R&D Project Manager at CITC-EuraRFID and Romain Toulotte of Natural Security.
Unfortunately their names were transposed. The first interviewee speaking about the smart fitting room was Romain Tribout, CITC-EuraRFID’s R&D Proeject Manager; and the second, speaking about biometric payment, was Romain Toulotte, Product Manager at Natural Security. We apologise for the
