The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) is celebrating its 30th birthday this month and is taking a full part in the ITS America Annual Meeting here in Charlotte. ITS JPO staff will be featured in sessions related to mobility applications for public transit, a US Department of Transportation plenary on smart communities and a discussion about the 5.9GHz Safety Band.
SolarSign, a solar powered dynamic messaging sign (DMS) developed by SES America, was awarded ITS Heartland New Product of the Year for 2014 at the recent National Rural Intelligent Transportation System conference in Missouri. SolarSign is a comprehensively integrated solar powered DMS system with full range capabilities for use on major highways as well as travel time, warning, and awareness signs used in solutions-oriented for both rural and urban transportation applications.
Two UK organisations - Transport Systems Catapult and Future Cities - have merged to form Connected Places Catapult. Helen Wylde explains what this new start is designed to achieve
Changing towns and cities, changing transportation…changing the world – it’s all too easy to sound idealistic. But however sensible a pessimistic outlook might be, it in no way mitigates the absolute urgency of our need to succeed.
The coming together of Transport Systems Catapult and Future Cities is significant because
