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Industrial networking and automation specialist Moxa is presenting a live webinar on Tuesday, 15 November at 1100 am Pacific time. The webinar will discuss best practices for automation and controls engineers and show users how to design systems right the first time and on budget. It will cover the common pitfalls when developing and deploying remote monitoring systems and how to quickly and easily connect both new and existing controls and equipment. It will also look at effective techniques to minim

Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau has proposed new regulations that will require rear-visibility systems on all new vehicles sold in Canada to provide all new car owners with improved visibility to spot people and objects behind a vehicle when they reverse. According to Transport Canada, from 2004 to 2009, it is estimated that back-over crashes were responsible for more than 1,500 injuries and 27 deaths in Canada Transport Canada will align its proposed rear visibility regulations with simil

US-based transportation technology company Trafficware Group and Canadian traffic safety specialist ATS Traffic have teamed up to deliver Trafficware’s advanced traffic management solutions throughout Western Canada. Under the agreement, ATS Traffic will distribute Trafficware products in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. ATS Traffic will represent Trafficware’s Pod magnetometer detection, SynchroGreen Adaptive System, ATMS.now centra

A new report from IDTechEx Research notes that autonomous vehicles need no pilot, not even one in reserve. Many truly autonomous vehicles are unmanned mobile robots prowling everywhere from the ocean depths to nuclear power stations, the upper atmosphere and outer space. They create billion dollar businesses such as aircraft and airships aloft for five to ten years on sunshine alone carrying out surveillance or beaming the internet to the 4.5 billion people who lack it. Independence of energy and electri

US connected technologies companies Harman International Industries and Airbiquity have announced the first automotive grade end-to-end intrusion detection system (IDS) for connected vehicles at TU-Automotive Europe 2016 in Munich, Germany. The solution combines Harman's intrusion detection and prevention system inside the vehicle with Airbiquity's cloud-based Choreo service delivery platform and software and data management solution to provide a robust connected vehicle security threat detection and res

Siemens ITS is to host its first traffic enforcement user group forum next month. More than 50 road safety and civil enforcement representatives from local authorities across the UK are expected to assemble at The Crystal in London on 9 November to discuss current and future parking and civil enforcement technology in the UK. The meeting aims to provide Siemens ITS civil enforcement customers with the opportunity to share current issues and future requirements and hear what the company is doing to solve

Both the UITP and the International Transport Forum (ITF) have welcomed the United Nations High-Level Advisory Group report which recommends that greener, more efficient and sustainable transport can save trillions and help achieve the sustainable development goals. According to the report, Mobilizing Sustainable Transport for Development, greater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling the economic and social development that is vital to achieving the Sustai

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected TransCore to convert all nine of its bridges and tunnels to all-electronic tolling (AET). Under an accelerated roll-out schedule, TransCore will finish converting the first three facilities by January 2017. The remaining conversions will be completed by November 2017. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo first announced the New York Crossings Project in October, as a broad initiative to reduce traffic congestion and decrease vehicle emissions

Industrial device networking and communication solutions specialist Antaira Technologies has expanded its presence in the South America region with a new partner, Simantec Automation, in Brazil. US-based Simantec Automation, an official distributor partner of Antaira, recently expanded its branch offices in Brazil, in order to provide local industrial device networking support and services to industrial markets. Its addition to Antaira’s list of distributors will help Antaira provide solutions for the gr

Parkopedia is to provide parking data and payment services for the OnStar Go cognitive mobility platform recently announced by General Motors and IBM. Beginning in early 2017, OnStar will provide millions of GM drivers with the ability to connect and interact with their favourite brands. The platform will deliver personalised content through the dashboard and other digital channels supported by the OnStar Go network to make the most of time spent in the car. Combining OnStar’s vehicle connectivity and

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is partnering with Transport for London (TfL) to run a new consultation on changes to the West Parkside and Pilot Busway on Greenwich Peninsula. Residents are asked to help shape the final plan by submitting their views on the proposals. The proposals aim to create a dual carriageway with dedicated 24/7 bus lanes on either side of the central reservation and improve road safety. It also aims to keep journey times for bus passengers travelling to and from North Greenwich low

A UK university student researcher has made a breakthrough by designing and constructing a new system which ‘harvests’ the energy generated by a vehicle’s shock absorbers and feeds it back into batteries or electrical systems such as air conditioning. Ruichen Wang from the University of Huddersfield carried out the project to obtain his doctorate at the University and has published his findings. The article, Modelling, Testing and Analysis of a Regenerative Hydraulic Shock System, provides a summary of

Parking provider in the Swiss city of Geneva, Fondation des Parkings (Geneva FDP) has begun a digital parking enforcement pilot using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) scan vehicles from Arvoo and Genetec. The pilot, which will continue until the end of November 2016, aims to ensure that drivers pay for parking while making parking payment enforcement more effective. Agendum parking data analytics will process the licence plate scans to provide parking attendants with data on violating vehicles a

Research carried out into average speed camera (ASC) effectiveness by the UK’s RAC Foundation concludes that the implementation of ASCs in the locations that have been assessed in its report has had the effect of reducing injury collisions, and especially those of a higher severity. Even taking into account other influencing factors, the report says the reductions are large and statistically significant. Researchers analysed detailed accident data taken from 25 sites where average speed cameras were inst

Work on a US$8.5 million (£7 million) pilot scheme to cut congestion along the M62 near Warrington in Cheshire, UK is to start next month. Highways England is delivering the innovative project at Croft Interchange to give drivers smoother and more reliable journeys along the eastbound M62, one of the busiest commuter congestion hotspots in the region. From next summer, smart motorway technology, such as electronic information signs and variable mandatory speed limits on the M62, will be used alongside