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The iconic London bus is now helping to improve traffic in the Capital as Transport for London (TfL) starts a trial of displaying live traffic information on the back of buses. A number of buses on route 344 are displaying real-time traffic information using digital information boards in what is said to be a world first. The technology is being trialled on buses between Clapham Junction and Liverpool Street to provide London's drivers with a new source of information to help avoid congestion and improve

Inrix has entered a strategic agreement with Citi Logik in a partnership that will combine mobile network data provided via Citi Logik with Inrix’s network of GPS data and advanced analytics tools to generate population movement insights for UK transport agencies, local governments, city planners and retailers. Accurate population movement insights are important for governments as they invest in transport infrastructure and improve urban mobility as more people move into the UK’s population centres. W

US developer of above-ground detection technology for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has named Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Kruglick, PhD as a Technical Advisor to the executive chairman and Board of Directors. Dr Kruglick is currently the CEO of Ardent Research, a full service research and development boutique firm specialising technology development. As the Technical Advisor, Dr Kruglick will be contributing to the technical research and development of ISS’s radar and comput

Salford City Council in the UK, which has been standardising on Hikvision’s IP cameras across its public space surveillance network of 109 cameras, is to upgrade to the company’s new Smart PTZ camera following recent test run. The Hikvision DS-2DF8836IV-AELW model features 4K 8 Megapixel (4096 x 2160) resolution, 36x optical zoom, Smart Suite analytics, smart tracking, smart recording, 200m infrared range and an in-built wiper function. The camera, which also includes increased viewing distances and i

SC Group, comprising Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas is to collaborate with US Hybrid to develop its fuel cell production business through the expansion of fuel cell stack production capacity for commercial production. US Hybrid and its Fuel Cell division, US FuelCell, have more than 26 years of experience in fuel cell balance of plant components and vehicle development and deployment. US FuelCell develops and manufactures new technologies and transportation products. SC Gr

Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK have found that millions of cars could be vulnerable to theft, due to a flaw in keyless entry systems in many models. The findings, presented at the 25th USENIX Security Symposium in Austin, Texas, highlight two case studies that outline the ease at which criminals could gain access to numerous vehicles with relatively simple and inexpensive methods. Both attacks use a cheap, easily available piece of radio hardware to intercept signals from a key

Police in Auckland, New Zealand, are to install new fixed speed cameras in Auckland and Northland as part of the New Zealand Government’s Safer Journeys road safety strategy. Police have worked in conjunction with the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and an independent transportation sector expert, Abley Transportation Consultants, to carefully select the sites based on crash risk. Together they developed the Static Camera Site Selection Methodology to identify locations on the road network that ha

Frankfurt airport in Germany has installed new intermodal displays in Terminals 1 and 2 to provide passengers and visitors with information for their onward journey. In English and German, the displays include departures from the airport’s railway stations, bus schedules, the latest highway traffic information and available car and bike-sharing options. In addition to real-time information on possible delays, the bus and rail displays also show the walking time to the nearest station. Car users can get

A US$2.5 million (£2 million) fund to allow councils to capitalise on emerging technologies and deliver better journeys for motorists has been launched by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). Local authorities have been to apply for a share of the money to develop projects to greatly enhance journeys. Proposals include using technology that will allow vehicles communicate with each other and roadside sensors to provide drivers with real-time traffic information. Councils will also look at how warnin

Queensland Police Service (QPS) in Australia is increasing the number of its vehicles equipped with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) to enhance road safety and security on Queensland roads. QPS began trialling ANPR technology in 2012 to boost road policing enforcement and currently has just under 800 authorised ANPR operators across the state. As of the beginning of July, 60 vehicles have now been equipped with ANPR and assigned to work units including Road Policing Unit (RPU), Tactical Crime

The UK Department for Transport has issued its provisional estimates of road traffic in Great Britain for the year ending June 2016 by vehicle type and road class. These show that motor vehicle traffic was at a record high with 319.3 billion vehicle miles travelled, at 1.5 per cent higher than the previous year and 1.6 per cent higher than September 2007). Rolling annual motor vehicle traffic has now increased each quarter in succession for three years. Compared to the previous year, all road class

The latest executive speaker at the 23rd World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in Melbourne in October has been announced as Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Responsible for Michigan's near 10,000 mile state highway system and 4,000 state highway bridges Steudle will speak at the Mobility as a Service session, on Friday 14 October in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Steudle brings a wealth of career knowledge spanning 40 years a

Iteris has added new pedestrian measurement capabilities to its advanced video detection platforms with PedTrax, which it says automates measurement of the count, direction and speed of pedestrians in crosswalks to provide insights on levels of street life. PedTrax provides transportation professionals and officials with data on foot traffic volume, direction and speed to optimise intersection signal timing and inform proactive improvements to signage and striping, intersection design, overpass locations

Sydney, Australia, has retired its last paper public transport tickets and completed the transition to the Cubic-designed Opal smart card ticketing system. Launched in December 2012, the Opal card system, which was designed, installed and operated by Cubic, is now used for 95 percent of all public transport trips. To date, customers have taken 800 million trips and more than 7.5 million cards have been issued. Starting this month, the old-style paper tickets will no longer be sold or accepted, markin

The latest national figures show that forces across the UK followed a targeted approach that saw an increase in alcohol tests showing a positive, failed or refused reading. While the percentage of drivers tested reduced, officers targeted drink drive hotspots using an intelligence-led approach. The figures show that a total of 45,267 breath tests were ministered; 4,539, or 10 per cent, were positive, refused or failed of total tested that were positive, failed or refused. A total of 279 drug field impair