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The Italian Astaldi Group has been awarded the contract by Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP) to upgrade a section of the E-59 Warsaw-Poznań railway line (Lot IV).

UK supplier of sensing and detection solutions to the transport industry, Smart Video & Sensing, has achieved a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) rating of SIL2 on a recent project to bring remote control operation to Sandfield swing bridge over the Gloucester & Sharpness canal.

Israeli Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communication chipsets supplier Autotalks has extended its recent funding round as a result of increased investment from the Mirai Creation Investment Fund, of which the principal investors are Toyota Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and is managed by SPARX Group.

GE Transportation has signed a Letter of Intent with the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) and Egyptian National Railways (ENR), worth US$575 million, to supply 100 GE ES30ACi Light Evolution Series locomotives that can be used for both passengers or freight rail, as well as a 15-year agreement for parts and technical support for GE locomotives in ENR’s new and current fleet.

ITS Australia is to bid to hold the 17th ITS Asia Pacific Forum and Exhibition in Brisbane in 2020.

Transport mobile ticketing provider Masabi has deployed its JustRide software development kit (SDK in the French cities of Orleans and Montargis, in partnership with public transport operator Keolis.

In cooperation with the City of Karlsruhe, Germany, PTV Group has established a Mobility Lab, where various traffic planning and model solutions will be linked to one another and to other solutions in order to try out new ideas and approaches as well as their effects on cities and regions worldwide.

A new high tech warning system, which will help to improve road safety, has been installed on State Highway 1 in New Zealand. The Rural Intersection Active Warning System at the turnoff to Moeraki Boulders is now operational and the variable speed limit is now legally enforceable.

To help achieve its net-zero carbon footprint by 2022 goal, Park City Transit in Utah, US, has deployed the state’s first zero-emission, battery-electric mass transit fleet, which will include six Proterra Catalyst FC+ buses.

To help achieve its net-zero carbon footprint by 2022 goal, Park City Transit in Utah, US, has deployed the state’s first zero-emission, battery-electric mass transit fleet, which will include six Proterra Catalyst FC+ buses.

Following the C-ITS Platform Plenary Meeting on 14 June, the first release of the European C-ITS Certificate Policy has been agreed upon by all involved stakeholders and is now available.

Kapsch TrafficCom North America is pleased to report that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled in its favour in a legal action brought by Neology, seeking to prevent Kapsch from importing certain electronic tolling products using the ISO/IEC 18000-6C communications protocol (6C Standard).

From August 2017, roadside checks of lorries carried out by the UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will include an emissions check.

A new report from Juniper Research has revealed that, by 2022, 50 per cent of consumer vehicles on the road will have at least one connectivity service, such as telematics, V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communications, or connected car commerce services.

The USDOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office has released the first version of the ITS National Reference Architecture to fully incorporate connected vehicle capabilities in detail. Version 8.0 of the Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT) and its accompanying software tools are available at no cost from www.arc-it.net.