The University of Michigan is creating the Mobility Transformation Center (MTC), in partnership with government and leading tech companies, as a means to test and develop the infrastructure and in-vehicle components to make autonomous vehicles a reality.
M City, the nickname for the MTC, is a mock city that allows developers to test a fully autonomous driving experience in a real-world environment. With completion scheduled for July, the 32-acre facility on U of M’s North Campus will include buildings,
US-based engineering and planning consulting service Michael Baker International has expanded its inspection services with the purchase of a Topcon Falcon 8 unmanned aircraft system (UAS), offering a new perspective for its pilots to achieve precise aerial imagery and mapping during the inspection of infrastructure elements.
Combined with the company’s mobile and static Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems for data collection and by utilising the system’s flight stability and high-resolution 32-me
Josef Czako, the well-known industry figure and CEO of the recently-formed Moving Forward Consulting, is to provide ITS International with occasional thought-leading articles at a policy level by drawing on his 35 years’ experience in the transport sector.
In the largest installation of commercial electric vehicle chargers at an airport in the United States, Portland International Airport (PDX) now has 42 L1 PowerPost electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in place.
PowerPost level 1 commercial electric vehicle charging stations, designed and manufactured by Telefonix, feature an integrated retractable cord reel, which keeps cables off the ground, reducing maintenance and tripping hazards. Their low current requirements allow for an efficient use of ener
