Ertico – ITS Europe is calling for session proposals and papers for the 14th ITS European Congress, which takes place in Lisbon, Portugal on 18-20 May 2020. Themed ‘ITS: The Game Changer’, the Congress will look in particular at data, focusing on areas such as connected and automated mobility, and new mobility services, as well as transport network design and operations.
A welcome message from European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, explains: “The Congress will also specifically look at other to
September 23, 2019
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374 Ertico – ITS Europe is calling for session proposals and papers for the 14th ITS European Congress, which takes place in Lisbon, Portugal on 18-20 May 2020. Themed ‘ITS: The Game Changer’, the Congress will look in particular at data, focusing on areas such as connected and automated mobility, and new mobility services, as well as transport network design and operations.
A welcome message from European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, explains: “The Congress will also specifically look at other topical issues such as digitalisation and data value chain, freight and logistics, illustrating how ITS can be the link between the various modes of transport and the game changer for the different stakeholders.”
Lisbon has been named European Green Capital for 2020, with Bulc praising its environmental management, good urban and mobility planning, and the fact that “citizens [are] at the heart of this transformation”.
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The United Nations Development Programme in Kuwait (UNDP) has issued a tender for the development of web-based traffic demand management, road safety and enforcement project for the State of Kuwait. Tender documents and more information are available here. UNDP will arrange site visits to the State of Kuwait traffic control centre, Planning and Research Directorates, training centre, and police patrol operations centre to enable potential suppliers to obtain more information on existing traffic management
Irdeto and Conjure are using Intertraffic to present what they claim is the most secure, policy-based vehicle access and safety solution in the connected transport industry.
Using a mobile device with a companion application, the solution eliminates the need for physical keys to a car while also providing car and fleet owners with the ability to securely and intuitively provision and manage a host of new car sharing/car riding experiences. Keystone combines secure, tamper-proof policy management that
The International Road Federation (IRF) will have a stand (01-604) at Intertraffic Amsterdam and will also be hosting Complimentary Training Workshops during the event on April 6 and 7, 2016. IRF also will be conducting an ITS Committee Meeting on Wednesday April 6, 2016 from 8:30am to 10:00am and a Road Safety Committee Meeting on Thursday April 7 from 8:30am to 10:00am. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Uber intends to focus more on its electric scooter and bike business as it says individual modes of transport are better-suited to inner city travel. Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s CEO, believes users will make more frequent, shorter journeys in the future, the Financial Times reports. "During rush hour, it is very inefficient for a one-tonne hulk of metal to take one person ten blocks,” he says. Uber’s Jump electric bikes are now available in eight US cities such as San Francisco and Washington DC, and are