News

June 18, 2020

European progress on road deaths 'disappointing', says ETSC

Safety body suggests that the EU will miss its target of halving fatalities by 2020

June 18, 2020

Scottish approval for Videalert bus lane platform

The open architecture hosted system can be integrated into any environment, firm says

June 17, 2020

Melbourne fast-tracks 40km of new bike lanes

Australian city binned its bike-share scheme but is now making more space for two wheels

June 17, 2020

5G transport research projects get EU backing

Trials aimed at paving way for large-scale deployment of 5G corridors

June 17, 2020

ViaVan brings on-demand ride-share to Oberhausen

Company says its Revierflitzer service extends the German town’s public transit network.

June 16, 2020

'No going back' to pre-Covid air pollution: survey

Europeans want cleaner air than that experienced before the pandemic lockdown, according to a new poll.

June 16, 2020

Tampa uses Hyundai vehicles in CV pilot

Demo of the tech in action on roads is expected in September

June 15, 2020

'Face coverings' now compulsory on English public transport

Refusal to wear may be met with £100 fine - although there are exemptions

June 15, 2020

Thales signs deals with China, Korea, Turkey

French firm closes three signal control contracts for urban rail systems

June 12, 2020

ACLU joins LA legal action against tracking

Civil liberties group argues that bike and scooter riders could be identified through location data

June 12, 2020

Parsons and Amazon intersect with existing junction data

Parsons Corporation has launched a system which uses data already generated by sensors at intersections to improve city mobility.

June 11, 2020

PTV partners with 3D VR specialist Forum8

Idea is to create more realistic pictures of traffic networks for urban planning

June 11, 2020

SPONSORED WEBINAR: AI is changing traffic data collection

Over the past 40 years, IRD has developed and integrated countless leading-edge technologies. Recently, this has led our team into the realm of artificial intelligence.

Find out how AI is changing the way agencies collect traffic data by joining our webinar on 16 June.

The IRD team will give an overview of machine learning-enabled traffic classification and demo IRD's new iTHEIA AI video-based traffic counting and classification product.

Follow the link to register for either 8am CST or 1pm CST on 16 June:

June 11, 2020

Remix urges urban transport planners to Explore

Transport planning specialist Remix has launched a tool designed to help cities and transit agencies to reshape systems as the global pandemic changes mobility needs.