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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.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has signed agreements with the South Korean government's department of technological innovation and infrastructure, the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) and the country's engineering research school, Hanyang University.

Dirk Van de Meerssche, sales and marketing director of the Asia Pacific region of Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) is to provide an overview of the National Connected Multimodal Transport (NCMT) Test Bed at the 15th ITS Asia Pacific Forum and Exhibition in Hong Kong from 26-29 June.

Dynniq has formed a strategic technology partnership with telematics provider Smart Asset Manager (SAM) to develop the next generation in fleet management solutions, to develop a telematics solution to provide data from vehicles to measure key areas such as emissions, fuel savings and road service conditions.

Swedish bus operator Nobina has ordered 13 electric Volvo buses, which will operate in Malmö from the end of next year.

Global Traffic Technologies (GTT) has been awarded a contract by the city of Tampa and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) in Florida to upgrade its Opticom transit signal priority (TSP) solution to the latest generation GPS-enabled system.