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Moxa’s passenger information and communication systems have achieved Iris certification, one of the most stringent international standards. The Iris standard is formulated by Union of the European Railway Industries (UNIFE) and combines the general quality requirements of ISO 9001 with stringent process and railway-specific requirements such as technical safety policies, project management, life cycle cost, obsolescence management and configuration management.

Speaking ahead of the MENA Rail and Metro Summit 2013 in Abu Dhabi 28-30 October, Yiwen Wang, chief technology officer, MEA Government and Enterprise Business, ZTE Corporation, spoke of the need for an intelligent rail system to enhance the approximately US$250 billion worth of rail projects planned or under way in the GCC countries. He said intelligent as applied to rail transport has two aspects: “One is to introduce mature next generation communication technology into the rail transit system, the othe

Ireland’s National Roads Authority (NRA) has awarded a five-year contract worth US$4.9 million to Finnish road weather information solutions provider, Vaisala for the supply of winter maintenance decision-making tools, solutions and services. The turn-key contract is the continuation of a long-standing partnership between Vaisala and the NRA, and includes maintenance of over eighty weather stations across Ireland as well as a provision for expanding the network with new weather stations and thermal mappi

Navtech Radar is demonstrating its AdvanceGuard wide area surveillance solution in a live busy environment, in the middle of Hammersmith Road in Central London during TranSec 2013. AdvanceGuard will be shown with the analytical control software suite, Witness and integrated with the new Predator TC100 Day/Night camera from 360Vision.

In a bid to improve work-zone safety, researchers from the University of Minnesota have developed the intelligent drum line (IDL) system prototype. The portable, dynamic system provides visual and auditory warnings to drivers who may have ignored or missed previous warning devices and pose a danger to the work-zone crew.

The latest usage-based insurance global study from Ptolemus Consulting Group indicates that, since the release of the first study in 2012, the market share of usage-based insurance (UBI) policies has doubled. Ptolemus evaluates that five million vehicles are today covered by pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) or pay-how-you-drive (PHYD) policies. This is only six per cent of the global motor insurance market, yet represents US$4.8 billion in premiums. The study analyses the drivers behind the sector’s rapid growth

Texas-based Signal Group has appointed Ray Deer as chief technology officer, with responsibility for new product development across all Signal Group companies, as well as managing Signal Group’s strategic technology partnerships and initiatives. Ray joined Signal Group’s subsidiary, Peek Traffic Corporation, in January 2002 and most recently held the role of vice president of engineering.

Transport authorities in Turku, Finland’s third-largest conurbation have decided to expand the city’s bus network and have appointed Init to implement its intermodal transport control system (ITCS), an integrated telematics, passenger information and electronic fare collection system. Around 200 vehicles will initially be connected to the system and fitted with an Evendpc, a combined on-board computer and ticket printer developed by Init. This terminal forms the core of the system, controlling ticketing

The city of Tokyo hosted the 20th ITS World Congress from October 14th-18th. Thousands of delegates, exhibitors and visitors, including members of the general public, gathered in this incredible venue to view the latest technology offerings, network with peers and attend sessions. Not even the unwanted attention of Typhoon Wipha, that caused the event to be cancelled for half a day, could dampen the enthusiasm of the attendees. To cover the events of the week, ITS International, the official media partne

The 2013 ITS World Congress has awarded the 2013 Intelligent Transport Systems Industry Award to Transport Certification Australia (TCA) for its pioneering work in telematics and cooperative intelligent transport systems. Congratulating TCA, ITS Australia Chief Executive Officer Susan Harris said the international recognition for TCA’s contribution was well deserved. “TCA has been a creative and confident leader in a complex sector of the ITS industry,” she said.

Iteris’ Vantage SmartCycle, which detects cyclists at an intersection to trigger the green light and allow additional time for cyclists to safely cross the intersection, has won the Outstanding Product Innovation in the Green Engineering category of the Orange County Technology Alliance annual High-Tech Innovation Awards.

The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has a US$225 billion rail, metro, tram and bus rapid transit (BRT) capital investment programme to 2030, according to a report by Meed Projects. There are now 108 separate railway, metro, monorail, tram and BRT projects under bid, under design or under study in fourteen Mena countries. More than 50 of them, with a combined value of almost $140 billion, are in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

In a project designed to align law enforcement, traffic and security with innovative technology and data analytics to improve safety and efficiency, Image Sensing Systems is dedicating significant resources to its CitySync initiative to improve safety and efficiency for cities and highways.

The European Commission has selected a total of 172 projects that will benefit from almost US$2.2 billion in EU co-financing from the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) programme for improving transport infrastructure across Europe. Eighty-nine projects selected from the 2012 multi-annual call and 83 from the 2012 annual call will use this financial support to help realise TEN-T network development – ranging from preliminary studies for new projects to top-up grants aimed to aid on-going constructi