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Ugandan start-up SafeBoda has launched a ride sharing app, which it claims offers 20,000 safe boda rides per day. Bodas are a common form of motorcycle taxi, providing a popular mode of transport in Uganda and Kenya where the transit infrastructure is less developed. Cheap and efficient, they are able to move around the traffic congestion. However, with little or no formal training required, many accidents and deaths are caused by unsafe boda drivers. SafeBoda, started by a group including former bod

Registrations are now open and the programme released for Asia Pacific’s annual tolling event, the 2017 National electronic Tolling Committee (NeTC) Forum. Hosted by ITS Australia in Sydney, 23-25 May, 120 Australian and international speakers and participants are expected to attend and road user charging is high on the agenda. Last November, Paul Fletcher, Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure announced a study into road user charging, as recommended in Infrastructure Australia’s 15 Year Plan, and h

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has released its public policy roadmap, The Road Ahead: The Next Generation of Mobility, providing policy recommendations on how to advance the research and deployment of transformational and intelligent transportation technologies. In particular, the roadmap provides recommendations on the policy issues shaping the next generation of transportation driven by robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, wireless communications and cloud co

Speed camera specialist Truvelo is launching its new VIA-Cam industrial spot speed camera at Traffex in April 2017. VIA-Cam is aimed at companies with an on-site speeding problem and who need a permanent camera capturing images of vehicles exceeding the speed limit. These include car manufacturers, airports, oil refineries, steel and chemical plants, ports, quarries and distribution centres. VIA-Cam comprises a high definition camera, radar unit and IR lighting module, housed in a modern compact weathe

Engineering services firm Parsons has completed the implementation of its NETworks advanced transportation management system (ATMS) software in Mississauga, Canada and the system is now operational, allowing the city to actively monitor travel conditions, control traffic signals and share information with other regional transportation agencies. Operating in Mississauga’s traffic management centre, Parsons’ ATMS software provides an intelligent signal control system for real-time management of the 769+ tr

Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME), the multi-country, multi-partner project which aims to demonstrate that hydrogen can support Europe’s future transport demands, has deployed its first 100 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) deployed by H2ME in Germany, France and the UK. H2ME brings together eight European countries to address the actions required to make the hydrogen mobility sector ready for market. H2ME plans to perform large-scale market tests of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and deploy passeng

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has appointed AECOM Singapore to conduct the advanced engineering study (AES) for the complete design of the high speed rail (HSR) infrastructure within Singapore. This includes providing architectural, civil, electrical, mechanical and other design services required for the Jurong East terminus, tunnels, and the bridge across the Straits of Johor. The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR is a strategic project between the Governments of Malaysia and Singapore that aims t

Registration for the ITS European Congress in Strasbourg, France on 19-22 June 2017 is now open, with discounted early bird registration rates until 24 April. The organisers expect 2,500 ITS professionals will attend to discuss the latest trends in intelligent transport throughout the sessions. There will also be numerous networking opportunities in the exhibition and social events. Some of the highlights of the congress include 100 exhibitors and technical visits to see the latest ITS developments, a

An online survey by the University of Michigan Sustainable Worldwide Transportation Department asked American adults about their level of concern with cyber-security of personally owned autonomous vehicles (with and without driver controls) and current conventional vehicles looked at both vehicle security and data privacy. Within vehicle security, the issues examined were hacking vehicles to cause crashes, hacking by terrorists to use the vehicle as a weapon, disabling many vehicles simultaneously and di

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has awarded Michael Baker International a contract to study the I-605/SR-91 interchange, identify improvements and widen a particularly congested three-mile stretch of westbound SR-91 in Los Angeles. The project spans westbound SR-91 from the vicinity of Shoemaker Avenue to the I-605/SR-91 interchange, used by 270,000 vehicles a day. It also includes improvements to the Norwalk, Pioneer and Bloomfield local interchanges within the Gateway

New research by Frost & Sullivan, European Bike Sharing Market, Forecast to 2025, indicates that the bike sharing fleet will more than double in size from 151,302 units in 2016 to 341,250 units in 2025. Southern and Western Europe have high public bike sharing service (BSS) activity. About 196 cities in Southern Europe have more than 35,000 rental bikes; in Western Europe, 150 cities have nearly 70,000 rental bikes. Spain and France are the strongest markets, but the UK, Germany and Italy are expanding quic

Electric vehicle chargepoint supplier eVolt has completed the installation of three rapid chargers for a Scottish taxi business to support its five new private hire Nissan Leaf EVs, which are now fully operational. Kirkcaldy-based Taxi Central has installed one of eVolt’s, which can charge the 30kWh Nissan Leafs to 80% battery life in 30 minutes, to provide on-shift EVs with essential charging capability; and two eVolt AC 7kW Wall-mount Chargers that fully charge the EVs in around 5 hours. The funding

New figures obtained by BBC Radio Live from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) indicate that that the number of drivers caught driving while banned has increased by 7.5 per cent. The figures show that some 14,500 people were caught driving without a licence in 2016. One example included a motorist who was caught driving while banned four times in 12 months. The same person was also convicted for failing to stop and driving without insurance at least three times. Gloucestershire Chief C

The European Autopilot project, which aims to enable safer highly automated, has kicked off in Versailles, France with a public event attended by public authorities, industry, service providers, users and research institutes. Financed by the European Horizon 2020 programme, internet of things (IoT)-enabled automated vehicles will be deployed at six pilot tests sites in France, Finland, Korea, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. The pilot sites will generate data to evaluate the technical performance of th

Following this week’s announcement of a settlement with the City of Chicago, Redflex Traffic Systems (RTSI) says it has resolved all criminal and civil matters in the US arising out of the Company's 2013 investigation into allegations of corruption by former executives. The company has agreed to pay the City of Chicago US$20 million, with $10 million payable by the end of 2017 and the balance to be paid in various annual instalments by the end of 2023, unless extended by the terms of the agreement.