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Joby Aviation has raised $590 million in a funding round led by Toyota Motor to further develop urban air mobility. 

Tapco (Traffic and Parking Control Co) has launched the SafeWalk Crosswalk Illuminator in a bid to increase nighttime visibility at pedestrian crossings.

Adding roads and vehicles is not enough to improve mobility, according to Raj Kapoor, chief strategy officer and head of business at Lyft.

Real estate company Lippo Karawaci is working with SoftBank to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to improve mobility in Indonesia. 

Winsted Control Room Solutions has unveiled the Paramount technology credenza.

Nuro’s R2 driverless goods carrier has received the green light to operate from the US Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Velodyne has released a Lidar solution which it says utilises surround-view technology to meet specifications for autonomous mobility. 

Tieto and the Finnish city of Tampere have launched a pedestrian recognition system which it claims can achieve up to 99% accuracy - and 75% at night.  

European cities expressed support for ‘The New Paradigm for Safe City Streets’ declaration at the annual Polis Conference in Brussels.

Sensys Gatso Australia has received technical and legislative approval for a road safety camera which it says will enable Victoria Police to deter speeding motorists. 

The third edition of the European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP) will be launched in Berlin on 20 February.

Oil giant Shell is to invest an undisclosed amount in ticketing company Masabi.

The Data Science Institute (DSI) at New York’s Columbia University is designing an intelligent headphone system that uses miniature microphones and intelligent signal processing to detect sounds of approaching vehicles.

Databricks is providing a solution to Wejo which it says will help meet growing data challenges resulting from the increase in connected vehicles. 

Two pieces of prospective US legislation on electric vehicles (EVs) have received support from environmental lobby groups.