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ITS World Congress premieres Kongressnavigator
September 26, 2012
Available for download from this week, the ITS World Congress ‘Kongressnavigator’is the first app to combine all the most important things at a congress. It helps visitors navigate through the city and the congress centre, and it integrates the conference programme, transportation schedules and tickets. All this comes together on the smartphone - now available for the iPhone, Android and as a mobile web application.
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PDTS highlight Wallbox vehicle charging system at ITS World Congress
September 26, 2012
Austrian company PDTS will highlight its Wallbox PC 310/320, an intelligent, network- and customer-friendly electric vehicle (EV) charging system for the private and semi-public sector. Using type 1 and 2 e-mobility connectors to ensure broad charge compatibility, the configuration of the PC 310/320 is standard IEC 61851-1 compliant with Mode 3 charging, enabling safe and convenient charging of electric vehicles at speeds much faster than conventional electrical outlets.
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ETSI shows ITS standardisation developments at ITS World Congress
September 26, 2012
ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, is exhibiting at the ITS World Congress to explain the work of its technical committee for ITS in developing standards for all aspects of ITS communication systems. Visitors to Stand P32 will be able to find out more about ETSI’s ITS Conformance Validation Framework, and meet its testing and ITS experts to discover the latest developments in ETSI ITS standardisation.
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Swarco integrated traffic management solutions
September 25, 2012
Austria-headquartered Swarco will have a very high visibility at the ITS World Congress in Vienna. The company’s exhibition stand will focus on its integrated solutions capabilities in urban and interurban traffic management, parking and e-mobility and public transport. Swarco’s Omnia all-in-one solution for intelligent traffic management will be on display as will be the company’s solution for energy-efficient intelligent street lighting.
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New video detection and enforcement systems from Traficon
September 25, 2012
Traficon will bring some exciting new technologies to the ITS World Congress. Next to its known video detection solutions for cities, highways and tunnels, the company will also highlight several innovations in AID, intersection enforcement, and intelligent parking. Among a number of new automatic incident detection (AID) products which will be featured will be Traficon’s versatile AID solution for PTZ cameras. VIP-PTZ adds automatic incident detection to pan-tilt-zoom cameras in order to improve road safet
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SQLstream demonstrates multi-modal transport software
September 25, 2012
SQLstream will be at the ITS World Congress to demonstrate its s-Transport software, a real-time big data platform for multi-modal intelligent transportation solutions. The system enables applications such as real-time journey times and live incident detection to be deployed quickly, and across the full range of transportation modes, including road networks, bus networks, emergency deployment systems, shipping, rail and logistics.
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Latest ANPR, toll and enforcement solutions from Vitronic
September 25, 2012
Machine vision specialist Vitronic, will present its latest developments in electronic toll collection, ANPR and speed/red light enforcement at the ITS World Congress. The company will be exhibiting the fourth generation of its proven TollChecker single gantry solution. This latest generation, which will be deployed on the Ecotaxe project in France to be implemented on 15,000 km of French roads, combines excellent performance data with easy and flexible installation and service.
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Gewi connects live traffic information solutions
September 25, 2012
The 2012 ITS World Congress marks Gewi’s 20th anniversary of keeping travellers informed worldwide, and the company will be exhibiting how its TIC Connects systems, vehicles, and travellers together. TIC has been used in live traffic information systems since 1997, and is used worldwide by many types of organisations including government agencies, police, DoT’s, commercial RDS-TMC and TPEG service providers, automobile clubs, road operators, radio stations and car and device navigation manufacturers.
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Wide range of traffic sensors from Banner Engineering
September 25, 2012
Banner Engineering, a global leader in sensing technology, will use the ITS World Congress to present a wide range of sensors to detect vehicles for various applications. For instance, the company’s Array products have been used for more than a decade for vehicle classification at toll booths. Being highlighted at the World Congress will be the company’s Mini-Array and EZ-Array measuring light curtains that can sense the profile of any class of vehicle.
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Free Smartphone app to improve travel experience
September 25, 2012
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has released phase 1 of CDOT Mobile – The Official App, its new, free Smartphone mobile application for travellers, which launches with the I-70 mountain corridor, which is used an average of 30,000 vehicles each day. The app is designed specifically to improve the travel experience on Colorado roadways by making critical information such as highway conditions and traffic information more accessible, dynamic and interactive. There is no cost to the taxpayer,
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Advanced video and audio capture with HDAV2000
September 25, 2012
Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP), supplier of high quality embedded video solutions, introduces the HDAV2000, an ultra-low latency, high definition H264 codec. Built on established and trusted AMP technology, the HDAV2000 encodes video to industry standard H.264 format and delivers high video compression ratios together with unprecedented ultra-low latency performance.
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Civitas presents 9th annual European awards for sustainable urban mobility
September 25, 2012
An initiative of the European Commission, Civitas (City-Vitality-Sustainability), presented its annual awards which recognise the ambitious and successful actions or policies that support cleaner, more effective city transportation, to three European cities following judging of 21 submissions. This year, Donostia – San Sebastian, Spain took home the coveted prize for City of the Year; Reggio Emilia, Italy won in the Public Participation category; and Porto, Portugal, triumphed in Technical Innovation. Three
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Navigate the ITS World Congress 2012
September 25, 2012
To be premiered at the 19th ITS World Congress in Vienna, the “Kongressnavigator” app for iPhone, Android and mobile web is the first app to combine navigation through the city with guidance to the congress centre. The app provides GPS based navigation with real time public transport information, suggesting the best metro, car and cycle routes. It also integrates the conference programme, enabling visitors to plan their visit before they leave home, bookmark sessions and demonstrations and providing them
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Q-Free reinforces ITS capabilities, expertise at World Congress
September 25, 2012
Q-Free intends to use its appearance at the ITS World Congress to reflect a broader and more accurate reality of the company’s strength and capabilities. That’s not going to be difficult, if one considers the technological and geographical diversity of the company’s success since the beginning of this year alone. In March, Q-Free was awarded the contract for delivery of the congestion charging infrastructure for the Swedish city of Gothenburg which includes road side equipment, infrastructure and service an
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Xerox plays a leading role in ITS World Congress
September 24, 2012
Xerox will play a leading part in the ITS World Congress in Vienna through its presence in two executive, six special interest, and one technical session, as well as the company’s sponsorship of the VIP room. The company says it intends to use the event to underline its status as a global leader in business process and information technology services and the largest provider of mobility solutions to governments worldwide. As Xerox points out, for over 40 years it has worked together with transportation clie
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