Vienna public transport operator Wiener Linien is testing an energy saving tram, the EcoTram, using it in daily operation until May 2014. The tram is part of a bigger project to make public transport vehicles more energy efficient.
A Siemens ultra low floor tram has been equipped with intelligent control units that predict whether cooling or heating will be required. If the tram enters a tunnel where the ambient temperature is cooler, the air-conditioning will be turned down. The units control three air
Kyocera has installed roadside units to enable Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) communications for a self-driving bus test in Japan.
The Mobility Innovation Consortium, a group led by East Japan Railway (JR East), is organising the three-month trial to evaluate self-driving technology for bus transit applications.
Advanced Smart Mobility will provide the bus, which will operate on JR East’s bus rapid transit (BRT) lines in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture.
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Radar detection specialist AGD Systems will use Intertraffic Amsterdam 2018 to showcase its traffic and pedestrian control solutions which include the new large-zone, IP-capable, real-time video 645 Pedestrian Detector and the 318 and 350 traffic control radars. Designed for the smart city, these ITS products all deliver ease of deployment, integration and setup to allow maximum flexibility for evolving traffic models. User communication with these traffic and pedestrian control devices is wireless
Aimsun has released a software platform for the large-scale design and validation of path planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles (AV).
The company says Aimsun Auto allows test vehicles to drive inside digital cities - virtual copies of transportation networks, where users can safely explore the limits of AV technology.
Paolo Rinelli, global head of product management at Aimsun, says Auto removes the need to drive around seeking conditions that users want to test or to “script each actor’s behaviour
