The Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver is a prime example of how the latest ITS systems enable new infrastructures to be built and paid for while still providing additional user benefits. Vancouver has 2.2 million inhabitants and, like so many major cities, is divided into two by a river, the Frazer river. This combination makes Vancouver the second most congested city in North America and the most congested in Canada. Through the middle of the city runs the Trans-Canadian Highway 1 which crosses the Frazer Riv
Iteris has upgraded its Vantage detection solutions with Vantage Velocity 2.0, which includes several enhancements to its Bluetooth-based travel time system. Vantage Velocity, Iteris’ Bluetooth-based travel time system, employs sensors installed at defined segments along the road to capture the identity of passing Bluetooth-enabled devices. Utilising advanced algorithms, the host software analyses the matches between sensors to create accurate real-time speed and travel time data on freeways and arterial ro
TraviPay from German mobile payment expert sunhill technologies is a new smartphone app which integrates all the company’s mobile payment applications to provide payment, travel and information for services such public transport, parking, taxi, electric car charging and e-mobility, with just one click on the phone’s display.
In cooperation with leading producers of barriers including Designa, Scheidt&Bachmann and Skidata, sunhill has also enabled worldwide payment methods such as operator billing and cr
GMB, the union for professional drivers, has responded to the news that a state court in Frankfurt, Germany, has issued an injunction preventing cab service Uber from offering its services without a specific permit under German transport laws. Steve Garelick, GMB branch secretary professional drivers branch, said "Up until now Uber seems to have adopted the route of forcing its way in to markets on a like it or lump it basis.”
