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April 18, 2017
HNTB appoints national toll market practice leader
Industry veteran Kary H. Witt has joined HNTB Corporation as national toll market practice leader and vice president. Witt is based in the firm’s San Francisco office and works with toll clients nationwide. Witt is well-known in the transportation industry, bringing more than 27 years of diverse experience, most recently as manager of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, where he provided both technical and executive level leadership. At HNTB, Witt helps direct growth and daily management of the tol
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April 18, 2017
Teletrac Navman and PTV Group integration to simplify route planning
US GPS tracking and fleet management solutions supplier Teletrac Navman has announced a partnership with PTV Group which will see its Director workflow solution combined with PTV’s Smartour trip optimisation system to provide route planning and optimisation for fleet managers. The integration through Teletrac Navman's open API offers carriers a single interface to optimise the list of stops drivers need to complete in a given time period, taking into account vehicle dimensions, load capacity, road restri
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April 13, 2017
Electronic toll collection market expected to grow by nearly ten per cent by 2022
According to a new market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the electronic toll collection market is estimated to be valued at USD 10.57 Billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 9.16% between 2017 and 2022. This is primarily due to increasing demand for effective solutions for traffic congestion and increasing allocation of funds by various governments on intelligent transportation systems. Automated vehicle identification (AVI) is used for the identification of vehicles when they move through a part
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April 13, 2017
New research says anti-drunk driving campaigns should include pedestrians, cyclists
State Highway Safety Offices and their partners should broaden their anti-drunk driving campaigns to encourage cyclists and pedestrians to consider safer transportation alternatives after heavy drinking. The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has reported that the ratios of fatally injured alcohol-impaired bicyclists and pedestrians has not fallen as dramatically as the proportion of impaired motor vehicle drivers killed and this remains a significant problem. In fact more than one-third o
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April 13, 2017
Mild hybrid 48V vehicles 2017-2027
Vehicle emissions regulations for 2025 and 2030 are unlikely to be met by conventional vehicle technology as applied to most vehicles beyond small cars, according to IDTechX researchers. Going to strong hybrid and pure electric powertrains involves considerable expense and delay and often totally new platforms. However, an intermediate technology has reached a stage where it can incrementally improve traditional powertrains by replacing the alternator with a reversible 48 V electric machine and adding a
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April 13, 2017
Dutch C-ITS project publishes results
Researchers have published the results of a three year project on developing and testing Cooperative ITS (C-ITS) on a 17 km stretch of the A58 motorway between Eindhoven and Tilburg in the Netherlands in a live traffic situation. From early 2014 to late 2016, eleven consortia, representing 27 market partners and academic institutions, worked in collaboration with the Dutch authorities on the Shockwave Traffic Jams A58 project, with the objective of accelerating the introduction of cooperative systems in
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April 13, 2017
AECOM-led consortium secures funding for CAV pilot scheme
An AECOM-led consortium has secured more than US$5.2 million (£4.2 million) of funding from Innovate UK and the Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to deliver a pilot scheme that could pave the way for the use of connected and autonomous vehicles to move people around airports, hospitals, business parks, shopping and tourist centres. The pilot project includes the design, development and testing of new autonomous and connected pods on-demand (PODs), culminating in on-road public trials at L
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April 13, 2017
Lithium batteries market and electric vehicles
According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, the global lithium-ion battery market is expected to generate revenue of US$46.21 billion by 2022, with a CAGR of 10.8 per cent during the forecast period (2016-2022). The report indicates that the market for these batteries is expected to witness notable growth because of their increasing application in the automotive sector. Additional key factors contributing to the increasing demand of lithium is the growing use of portable electronic dev
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April 13, 2017
UK report says transport innovation at risk due to unshared data
Innovation in transport is at risk because data is not being shared in the sector – according to a new report commissioned by the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) and using analysis from the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Deloitte. Fears around cyber security, lack of data literacy skills and a legacy of viewing transport modes such as rail and road in isolation are restricting the free flow of information, preventing the UK from unlocking the full potential of its transport network. According to the TSC
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April 13, 2017
Nevada begins installation of enhanced driver information systems
The Nevada Department of Transportation has launched a project to install enhanced roadway signage, ramp meters, wrong-way driver detection systems and more to help improve traffic safety and mobility on US 395 in the North Valleys. The project commences in early April and will continue through to 2018. Ramp meters, or traffic signals, will be placed at the top of certain freeway on-ramps, to help reduce congestion and enhance safety by more evenly metering the flow of traffic merging onto freeways.
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April 13, 2017
Grab OpenTraffic platform to combat congestion in Malaysia
Ride hailing technology company Grab has partnered with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and the World Bank Group to launch the OpenTraffic initiative in Malaysia, which provides traffic data from Grab’s GPS data streams to address traffic congestion and improve road safety in major Malaysian cities. OpenTraffic provides Malaysia’s traffic management agencies and city planners with access to an open dataset to better manage traffic flow and make investment decisions on local transport infrast
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April 13, 2017
Amey to ‘transform delivery services’ with autonomous vehicle funding
Amey, together with RACE, have secured funding from Innovate UK to build a prototype autonomous vehicle and test data collected from its sensors, which aims to transform current urban services and deliver safety benefits to our people. The vehicle will be built as part of the Connected Autonomous Sensing Service Delivery Vehicles (CASS-DV) study and will undertake tasks currently completed manually such as grass cutting and street cleaning. The vehicle will simultaneously provide real time data through
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April 12, 2017
Webinar - Advanced transportation controller cabinet component overview

The next 41 Eberle Design (EDI) webinar on Tuesday, 23 April (rebroadcast) at 0800 MST/1100 EDT will discuss the Advanced Transportation Controller Cabinet (ATCC). The ATCC is an open architecture traffic control cabinet that combines existing standards and the latest technological advances to increase cabinet safety, functionality, ease of maintenance, and decreased size. The ATCC offers significant improvements to conventional cabinets in modularity and compact size, motorist safety, technician safety and diagnostics.

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April 12, 2017
AECOM appointed technical partner for A303 improvements scheme
Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured an eight-year contract with Highways England to work as its technical partner for the major A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down improvements scheme. AECOM, working with its supply chain partners Mace and Mouchel, will deliver a range of multidisciplinary services to support all phases of the project, which will upgrade the eight-mile stretch of the A303 from single to dual carriageway to create a high-quality, reliable route to the south west, improve safet
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April 12, 2017
Redflex to continue GoSafe Program in Ireland
Redflex Holdings has announced that the company’s subsidiary, Redflex Traffic Systems, is to continue to support the GoSafe Program in the Republic of Ireland under a contract awarded by the GoSafe consortium (Road Safety Operations Ireland) to. The Company has been supporting the ‘GoSafe’ Program since 2010. The GoSafe Program is governed by an agreement between GoSafe and An Garda Síochána, the National Police Service of the Republic of Ireland, for the provision and operation of safety cameras on a ma
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