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Delcan touts award-winning ICM project at ITS America
April 22, 2013
Delcan is the systems integrator for a major integrated corridor management (ICM) pilot site being highlighted by the US DOT. The San Diego ICM project, led by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), has deployed an advanced system designed to manage and optimise all available infrastructure, routes and modes in a pro-active, coordinated manner. The project won the Best of ITS Award presented at the opening plenary
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Vaisala to offer end to end weather solutions
April 22, 2013
An important strategic task every company must do periodically is review products and make sure they match the goals and direction of the company. In March, Vaisala, the global weather solutions provider, concluded that three non-weather road transportation products no longer match its long term strategy, and thus sold these products to another company.
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QVision enters the ITS market with $250,000 giveaway at ITS America 2013
April 22, 2013
ITS veterans know it’s nearly impossible to come away from the annual exposition without a suitcase filled with company branded key chains, pens and thumb drives. Its just one of many perks of coming to the show. However, newcomer QVision is upping the ante, giving away two packages of its Live Loop Video traffic systems to conference goers a $250,000 value.
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Open Roads updates Alaska’s 511 website and wins Virginia contract
April 22, 2013
Open Roads and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) have introduced a new version of the 511 Traveler Information Website
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U.S. Undersecretary of Transportation DOT pushes public/private partnerships
April 22, 2013
U.S. Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy Polly Trottenberg called for greater public/private partnerships in the transportation industry during her keynote address Monday morning, citing ITS technology as key to cost-efficiently modernizing aging infrastructure in the U.S.
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CEA announces ITS Discovery Group meeting
April 22, 2013
The US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is to hold an ITS Discovery Group meeting to explore the need for consumer electronics (CE) industry standards related to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and broadband access in vehicles. The event will take place on 22 May at the Marriott Cherry Creek in Denver, and will include speakers from the federal government and the CE industry. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion to determine what CEA should do to further the advancement of
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Daktronics delivers high resolution full-colour DMS
April 22, 2013
As transportation agencies across the US continue to search for methods to communicate the latest traveller information to motorists, variable message sign supplier Daktronics has expanded its range of DMS to include high resolution full-colour technology. The company’s latest Vanguard 20mm full-colour DMS are available in the VF-2020 walk-in and the VF-2420 front access DMS, as well as the new VX-2420 and VX-2428 models which provide dynamic content control for individual lane management with the added ben
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Florida ‘should consider mileage tax’
April 22, 2013
The concept of road users in Florida paying a mileage tax can no longer be considered a far fetched one. The statewide transportation advisory group Florida Metropolitan Planning Organisation Advisory Council (MPO) has asked the state legislature to start considering a system that requires individuals to pay for each mile driven. An earlier two-year MPO study to find a way to pay for the state’s future transportation needs found that, for the long-term, the state could no longer rely on a fuel tax, which c
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Webinar - 9th ITS European congress and exhibition
April 22, 2013
Take a walk through the conference programme for the 9th ITS European Congress in Dublin, and the new app that will guide you through the programme and around the convention centre. Eric Sampson, senior congress programme adviser, will take you through the programme and highlight sessions and events , as well as tips of where and when you have to be to get the most of the ITS European Congress 2013. The congress team will introduce you to this year's congress app, available for iPhone and Android, which wil
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Scotland’s new traffic control hub an ‘exciting new chapter’
April 22, 2013
A new traffic control centre that will co-ordinate a more joined-up response during major travel incidents and severe weather as well as target reduced journey times across the transport network is officially open for business. The new Traffic Scotland traffic control centre boasts the latest technology and will keep the public up to date with traffic information about incidents on more than 3,500 kilometres of Scotland’s trunk road network. Modern technology and improved co-ordination will be used to colla
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Heads of state DOT's Gather at ITSA annual meeting
April 22, 2013
A round table meeting hosted at ITS America’s Annual meeting and expo highlights the growing importance of Intelligent Transport Systems. In a meeting sponsored by IBM, the Departments of Transport (DOTs) of 17 states were seated at the table for the discussions and a further 30 were represented in the room.
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ITS Japan and ITS Michigan work together to integrate next two world congresses
April 22, 2013
Organizing committees are gearing up for the next two ITS World Congress and Exhibitions, using ITS America 2013 to ensure continuity between the shows, cultivate interest and build momentum.
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Kapsch secures business with 5.9GHz expertise
April 22, 2013
Kapsch TrafficCom appears at the 23rd ITS America Annual Meeting with an important recent validation of the versatility of its 5.9 GHz DSRC multi-modal, integrated and interoperable technologies. Earlier this month, the company announced it had been selected by HNTB and the Michigan DOT (MDOT) to deliver a Truck Parking Connected-Vehicle System at five sites along the I-94 corridor in Michigan. The Kapsch solution consists of a 5.9 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) in-vehicle unit and roadside
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McCain unveils new Traffic Management System
April 22, 2013
McCain has unveiled its new and improved Transparity TMS (Traffic Management System) which has been completely redesigned on a modern platform to provide dependable monitoring and command of signalised intersections.
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Lumenera in the picture at ITS
April 22, 2013
Camera supplier Lumenera is exhibiting its camera systems at ITS America first time under its own name. Previously the company’s cameras have been exhibited alongside the traffic surveillance and enforcement products into which they are incorporated.
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