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New York launches electric taxi pilot
April 23, 2013
To celebrate Earth Day, Nissan and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have launched a new electric vehicle taxi pilot with the Nissan Leaf, putting six Leaf taxis into service to help Nissan, the city, the taxi industry and the public understand how zero emission vehicles can be integrated into future taxi fleets. As part of the pilot, Nissan and partners in New York City will also install several CHAdeMO-based DC quick chargers, which will enable drivers to re-charge their electric taxis quickly during
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Malaysian bus operator orders Arcontia AFC system
April 23, 2013
As part of a recently implemented new fare payment system, the ManjaLink card, based on NXP’s Mifare Plus technology, Malaysian bus operator, Handal Indah, has ordered Mifare Plus ticket validators from Swedish company Arcontia. The order includes ARC2330 validators, as well as ARC3300 validators for check-in/check-out, making payment onboard buses faster, easier and more convenient. The ARC2330 validator is a compact smart card reader with a graphical LCD display, while the ARC3300 validator is an interac
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Inrix expands analytics access
April 23, 2013
Data technology company Inrix used the 23rd Annual ITS America Annual Meeting and Exposition to announce a partner program that expands access to the company’s analytics and historical traffic archive. Launch partners Transpo Group and Fehr & Peers, transportation planning and engineering services firms will leverage Inrix analytics and historical traffic data to help transportation agency customers conduct congestion management studies, inform system planning and better measure performance of their road ne
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StarTraq Dome goes live in Fiji
April 23, 2013
UK company StarTraq has completed the implementation of its StarTraq Dynamic Offence Management and Enforcement (Dome) browser-based road traffic offence processing software for Fiji’s Land Transport Authority (LTA), enabling the authority to process high volumes of offences promptly, efficiently and cost-effectively. StarTraq’s Dome system enables the LTA to capture, adjudicate and process road traffic offences with very little manual interaction, despite the challenge of interfacing with three major syste
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TransCore wins Virginia ATM contract
April 23, 2013
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has selected TransCore to design and build its I-66 ATM (Active Traffic Management) system on northern Virginia’s main highway into the District of Columbia - one of Virginia’s most congested interstates.
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RuggedCom introduces wireless broadband solution for mass transit
April 23, 2013
RuggedCom, a Siemens company, is adding new features to its RuggedMAX portfolio enabling mass transit companies to extend persistent broadband connections to fleets of vehicles, buses or trains.
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Flir thermal sensors aid police in capturing Boston bombing suspect
April 23, 2013
Last Monday morning two bomb blasts went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. By Friday night the suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was in police custody. After he survived a gunfight with police and slipped out of a dragnet, Massachusetts State Police finally spotted him via a thermal imaging technology manufactured by Flir.
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EDI launches next-generation signal operations recorder
April 23, 2013

Anyone with a spare brain should stop by the 41 Eberle Design, Inc. (EDI) booth, a company that is showcasing its new IGOR next-generation signal operations recorder. Developed by EDI’s Reno A&E brand in response to a new federal safety advisory, the solution gathers signaling data from both road and rail signaling systems, creating a single, integrated and central solution.

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Econolite celebrates 80 years in business at ITS America 2013
April 23, 2013
Econolite celebrated a major milestone here at the ITS America Annual Meeting – the company’s 80th birthday. It was in 1933 that Econolite began distribution of traffic signal controllers at a time when a gallon of gas cost just 10 cents and the interstate highway system hadn’t even been conceived.
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ITS America announces winners of the “Best of ITS” awards
April 23, 2013
ITS America announced the winners of the 2013 Best of ITS Awards on Monday, recognizing the most innovative projects and influential achievements in the industry: BEST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
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Case Systems highlights its call boxes and parking system
April 22, 2013
Case Systems, which develops and maintains innovative reliable wireless technologies for the transportation and parking industries, is highlighting its roadside call box technology and parking systems.
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Vantage IDM from Iteris at ITS America Nashville
April 22, 2013
Iteris has today formally announced Vantage IDM, which provides a simple unified module combining video vehicle detection and high speed communications designed to integrate directly into the chassis of a National Electronics Manufacturers Association (NEMA) traffic controller. Launching the product at the ITS America Annual Meeting, the company says it is the first integrated video detection/controller module available in the North American traffic market.
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Wavetronix improves traffic detection offering
April 22, 2013
Wavetronix is using its exhibit at ITS America 2013 to announce improvements to its line of radar traffic sensors, and to unveil an application-based focus to traffic detection that the company says will give departments of transportation more control over traffic.
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New surge protection products from Emerson
April 22, 2013
Emerson Network Power is using its booth at ITS America to highlight its latest surge protection technology (up to 480V) and the evolution of Broadband-Over-Power and Power-Over-Ethernet.
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Siemens demonstrates new connected vehicle technology including iPhone app for traffic signal priority
April 22, 2013
Can an iPhone change a traffic signal? All you need is the new Siemens app. New connected vehicle technology from Siemens Mobility and Logistics allows traffic signals to be controlled by vehicle arrival and priority rather than timing plans. Signal changes can even be triggered by an iPhone app combined with GPS, as Siemens demonstrates at ITS America.
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