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Queensland State Government, Australia, has launched a new app, QLDTraffic, a new traffic and travel information service providing the latest news about incidents and conditions on the road. QLDTraffic offers a journey-planning website and free app, maps detailing where and when incidents are occurring on Queensland roads to enable drivers to check current traffic conditions to make informed decisions about their travel route. Users can plan their journey by address or landmark and select their pref

German tolling and machine vision specialist Vitronic has developed a technology for free-flow toll collection and enforcement that uses an optical identification and classification method installed at the side of the road and does not rely on gantry infrastructure. For easy installation, the new system is integrated in Vitronic’s City Design housing, which contains the complete sensor array and processing technology including vehicle-to-infrastructure communication-based on EETS compatible DSRC or on R

The UK government has awarded funding of US$4.9 million (£4 million) for technology projects that will cut congestion, speed up journeys and clean up the environment. Nineteen councils across England will receive between US$62,000 (£50,000) US$374,000 (£300,000) each for their ideas to improve journeys through digital innovation. The government money will be spent on developing cutting edge technology such as apps and sensors which can be used to cut congestion, improve parking in city centres and ale

UK parking technology specialist APT Skidata, a joint venture between Swarco and Skidata, has launched a feature that allows car park operators using an APT Skidata system to set individual parking tariffs according to the CO2 emissions of the vehicles. The system uses ANPR cameras to identify and record each vehicle as it enters a car park and compare the license to a database that includes details around CO2 emissions. This enables car park operators to set tariffs according to CO2 emissions, effective

UK parking technology specialist APT Skidata, a joint venture between Swarco and Skidata, has launched a feature that allows car park operators using an APT Skidata system to set individual parking tariffs according to the CO2 emissions of the vehicles. The system uses ANPR cameras to identify and record each vehicle as it enters a car park and compare the license to a database that includes details around CO2 emissions. This enables car park operators to set tariffs according to CO2 emissions, effective

As the freight industry leaves behind traditional brokering practices to adopt digital and automated platforms, the connected truck telematics market is going through a period of intense evolution, according to the latest research from Frost & Sullivan. It claims digital freight matching solutions will bring about visibility in a disparate landscape, give rise to a truck-as-a-service (TaaS) business model and drive numerous partnerships. It is vital to be aware of key market developments, prime movers, and

US company Bergstrom Climate Control Systems, which is based at Port San Antonio, Texas, has been working with the port authorities to reduce emissions from trucks using the port, in line with a San Antonio City Council emissions reduction regulation. This prevents most heavy truck operators within city limits from idling their vehicles for extended periods of time to power the vehicle’s air conditioning and heating systems. Bergstrom manufactures a range of HVAC units that are installed in many heavy ve

Swarco Parking & eMobility UK is exhibiting its range of business enabling solutions and software developed for the connected world from three of its business units at Parkex 2017. APT Skidata will demonstrate its SwappAccess mobile App that enables customers to plan, park and pay for on or off-street parking, along with SWEB.Validate, an electronic validation management hosted service. For system operators, it will showcase INS Reporting, the latest cloud-based reporting and management information syste

ChargePoint Services has completed the integration of its GeniePoint Network with Renault’s ZE Pass App, enabling Renault drivers to easily locate, charge and pay for re-charging their vehicle via a smartphone. The integration is via the Gireve gateway which provides real-time information to the Renault ZE Trip Services. The ZE Pass App or the on-board R-Link system shows real-time status of the GeniePoint network. Drivers can then navigate to a GeniePoint and use a smartphone or RFID card to start and

The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) has extended its contract with TransCore until 2021 to provide customer service operations and maintenance services on the Salik Toll System. TransCore will also provide system upgrades and enhancements, including software updates, servers, increased network and storage capacity, and new roadside equipment. In line with the Authority’s smart government and customer happiness initiatives, TransCore recently developed a new customer application to increase

Parsons has been selected by the Florida Department of Transportation, District 5, to carry out an interchange analysis for the conceptual layout and ultimate reconfiguration of the I-95 interchange with LPGA Boulevard in Volusia County, Florida. Upon completion of the analysis and selection of the interchange configuration, Parsons will also perform final design services. The interchange is a crucial access point during morning and evening rush-hour traffic in the area, where traffic and congestion are

Siemens ITS has reached a major milestone in its relationship with London’s congestion charging system since the contract was awarded in 2005. On 19 February 2017, the system run by Siemens has been live and operational for 10 years and during this time over two billion vehicle detection records have been processed, all with security and transactional integrity resulting in high driver compliance. The system uses multi-lane free flow tolling technology which extends throughout London with more than 1,300

The European Commission has revealed the finalists of the European Mobility Week Award 2016 and fifth Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Award on urban freight. The winners of the two awards will be announced by Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport and by Daniel Calleja, Director General of DG Environment during an award ceremony to be held in Brussels on 20 March 2017. An independent panel of mobility and transport experts shortlisted 10 candidates and selected three finalists out o

Advanced driver assistance systems supplier Mobileye, in partnership with Atlas Financial Holdings has completed the installation of collision avoidance technology across 4,500 for-hire vehicles in New York City. The rideshare vehicles, such as those available through popular apps including Uber and Lyft, will feature Mobileye's technology enabled by a high resolution vision sensor that analyses potential dangerous scenarios in real time, alerting drivers to impending collisions and giving them enough ti

According to the latest Fitch Ratings report, a widening gap for the US economy, highway, road and bridge funding deficits, can be curbed by establishing interstate US tolling, providing it is approached fairly and pragmatically. The current tolling framework across the US seems to have no sustainable rationale for the average citizen for why some highways (in states on the east coast and the southeast, for instance) are tolled and some highways (like in many western states) are not. This fosters distrus