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FLIR is looking at this show to promote awareness of the successes its infrared-spectrum cameras have achieved in the US market, and to emulate those gains elsewhere in the world. Infrared cameras score over their visible light competitors for applications such as Automated Incident Detection (AID) and vulnerable road user detection, according to Dan Dietrich, the company’s Manager, Traffic & ITS. “Detecting bicycles and pedestrians is challenging for visible-spectrum cameras in certain conditions but becau

Don’t miss the next ITS European Congress which will be held in Dublin from 4-7 June 2013 at the Convention Centre in Spencer Dock at the heart of Dublin city centre. The event, entitled ‘ITS: Real solutions for real needs’ is the 9th European Congress organised by Ertico. It will focus on latest ITS advances and solutions and provide another excellent business and networking opportunity. Ireland’s Minister of state for transport, tourism and sport Alan Kelly is at World Congress in Vienna this week, demons

The 20th ITS World Congress will be held in Tokyo from 14-18 October, 2013. Dr Hiroyuki Watanabe, Chairman, Japan Organising Committee reveals some of the highlights that delegates can look forward to.

Moxa, the German producer of industrial automation products, will be showing a range of its products, including industrial Ethernet switches and industrial wireless AP devices with resilient self-healing Turbo Ring and Turbo Chain technology and Turbo Roaming, allowing ITS operators access to high performance wired or wireless Ethernet technology with good bandwidth. Other products include what Moxa describes as the world’s first serial device server for connecting legacy devices such as VMS.

SQLstream will be showing its s-Transport real-time Big Data platform that enables applications such as real-time journey times and live incident detection to be quickly deployed. Big data is any type of data – structured and unstructured data such as text, sensor data, audio, video, click streams and log files. New insights can be uncovered when analysing these data types together. At the core of the SQLstream s-Transport is the s-Server platform, which enables huge quantities of data to be integrated and

Finnish company Noptel plans to highlight its laser distance sensors used for traffic control at the World Congress. It will particularly be focusing on its Speeder X1 laser radar, which determines vehicle speed as well as its height and length.

Quercus is exhibiting for the first time at this show a new crosswalk protection feature which it has added to its Birdwatch Red Light enforcement camera system. The product will actually hit the market in November. The addition addresses a particular problem in countries such as Brazil, says the company’s Silvia Vilanova: “There, the authorities face a particular problem with drivers who attempt to beat red lights, fail and then block crosswalks. Our technology allows generation of citations for both the r

Kapsch has used the ITS World Congress to stage a major new product launch. The company says that not only is the new TRP-4010 next generation DSRC tag 50 per cent smaller, both in size and weight than any of the units available on the market today, but it sets new standards when it comes to customisation, flexibility and efficiency in the supply chain. For instance, the TRP-4010 tag will be offered with an ability to use so called In Mould Design (IMD), a technique that gives the operator that is issuing t

As this ITS World Congress ends, a fleet of Vaisala-equipped vehicles will leave Vienna to begin a remarkable European journey back to the company’s global headquarters in Finland. Tracks Across Europe - A Road Technology Tour is using a variety of vehicles to highlight the flexibility of Vaisala Condition Patrol, which uses an array of sensors, software and communication technology to provide a complete mobile weather monitoring system. All of the readings gathered by the system aid a road maintenance deci

Canada-headquartered International Road Dynamics (IRD) is here in Vienna to present integrated ITS solutions that make highways more efficient. The company is showcasing products, software, and fully integrated systems for automated truck weigh stations using high-speed and low speed weigh-in-motion (WIM), automated toll collection and audit systems, highway traffic management systems (HTMS), advanced traffic data collection, security and access control, and fleet management using GPS. As IRD points out, it

As part of an initiative to develop a modern transport system for Ho Chi Minh City, the municipal administration plans to spend around US$152 million on a bus rapid transit (BRT) project that will run along the 25km Vo Van Kiet – Mai Chi Tho boulevard, connecting the eastern and western parts of the city. The BRT system is expected to have 30 modern buses and, according to the municipal transport department, is a feasible solution for traffic congestion problems. A green corridor that will use solar energy

CAMEA WIM, developed and manufactured by CAMEA image and signal processing, is a turnkey solution for weigh-in-motion applications, from traffic reports to enforcement. According to CAMEA, the high speed system allows vehicles thought to be overloaded to be pre-selected and directed to a precise weigh station without impact on traffic flow. The CAMEA WIM – type approved for weight enforcement in the Czech Republic – also provides rich sets of traffic data in database format for export in standard formats.

UK traffic information and driver services provider Inrix has introduced a new traffic app for Android that helps drivers locate the closest, cheapest petrol from more than 100,000 petrol station locations nationwide.

Intentions of mutual cooperation have been pledged in the form of memoranda of understanding (MoU) signed in Vienna this week by ITS associations of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, UK and others. ITS Australia, for instance, has signed two MoU, with ITS Canada and the Czech & Slovak Intelligent Transport Systems & Services. A new ITS association has been established for Nigeria, with support from ITS (UK) and launched this week at the signing of an MoU between ITS (UK) and ITS Nigeria, which has also

UK company, Astucia, part of the Clearview Traffic Group, and Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald has installed over 4,000 Astucia SolarLite road studs on the M20 junctions 8 to 9 between Ashford and Maidstone, on behalf of the UK Highways Agency. This section of the motorway lacks street lighting increasing the potential risk for night time accidents. The project involved upgrading the existing road markings and road studs to address the high number of collisions recorded in the dark and wet conditions. The exis