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During this year’s ITS World Congress, Kapsch TrafficCom - as the event’s main sponsor - will have a multi-faceted presence: Georg Kapsch, CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom and the Kapsch Group will speak during the Opening Ceremony and host the Welcome Reception. Kapsch TrafficCom will participate in about 20 congress sessions as speakers, moderators or panel members.

The European Union and France have signed a US$1.2 billion agreement with the Egyptian government to fund the construction of a new metro extension. The agreement, signed by the EU and the French Development Agency, fulfils nearly half of the French commitments allocated for Egypt during the Deauville summit in 2011 aimed at supporting the Arab Spring, the EU said. France has already provided financial and technical support for Cairo’s two existing metro lines built in the 1980s, which has helped ease Cair

The EU is launching a new plan, Research and Innovation for Europe’s Future Mobility, that aims to develop a long-term policy strategy that among other goals, is to reduce road casualties to almost zero and greenhouse gas emission from the transport sector by 60 per cent in 2050. The plan doesn’t propose any new EU funding or regulations but instead proposes an initiative to meet with Member States and other relevant stakeholder to discuss policy priorities and objectives. Speaking about the plan, Vice Pres

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) 14th annual “Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards” has recognised ten public and private organisations for their commitment to promoting safety. The competition recognises outstanding programs, campaigns and technologies aimed at helping reduce roadway work zone accidents, injuries and fatalities. Winners were announced in three categories: Outreach Campaigns, recognises efforts that promote roa

UK ITS provider, Vysionics, has gone live with a pilot deployment of an asset and maintenance management system utilising Loc8.com Service Provider edition software on Motion Computing’s Motion F5 tablet PC. Vysionics handles around 300 service visits per month, from incident response and scheduled maintenance to installations throughout average speed enforcement, automatic number plate recognition solutions and other civil traffic enforcement solutions. Maintenance management was previously carried out by

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Following the success of its Nissan LEAF electric car, Nissan is now in the final development phase of its second mass produced zero emission vehicle: the Nissan e-NV200 compact van. Nissan has been working with FedEx Express since late last year to develop the vehicle with the delivery company seen as an ideal partner because of its fleet of 130 all-electric vehicles globally. The company says the electric van will boast an all-electric drivetrain based on the Nissan LEAF. Its power comes from a lithium-io

In the Netherlands, researchers are carrying out a pilot study using the Radio Dynamic Speed Advice (RDSA) app, developed by Dutch company Amaryllo MMG, specialist in radio technology, aided by navigation solution solutions provider NNG, who integrated the app into their software. The study aims to determine how intelligent apps can positively influence human behaviour in traffic. Around 300 participants driving on a busy access road are currently being provided with in-car advice on how to catch green wave

After a seven-month delay, the members of the Slovak Parliament approved the new bill on the intelligent transport systems in road traffic effective from 15 October 2012, which brings Slovakia in line with the EU framework on establishment of such transport systems from July 2010. As part of the legislation, the National Transport Information System (NSDI), which is expected to cost up to US$195.87 million, will be created to collect, process and share road transport information according to the EU regulati

Japanese motorway traffic systems supplier, NEC Corporation is providing the Central Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO Central) with traffic control systems for the recently-opened Shin-Tomei Expressway. Installed at NEXCO Central's Tokyo control centre, the system provides real time traffic information by rapidly processing large volumes of data collected from roadway sensors at approximately one minute intervals, roughly five times the frequency processed by existing systems. IP networks efficiently trans

Seattle Department of Transportation has chosen the Peel Traffic ATC-1000 controller for a King County Metro Rapid Ride corridor project. Rapid Ride is Seattle’s bus system; buses send signals to traffic lights so green lights stay green longer, or red lights switch to green faster. The systems have many advanced features including transit signal priority to help synchronise traffic lights with an approaching Rapid Ride bus, enabling the traffic signal controller to provide an effective transit priority re

TomTom is to partner with traffic management experts Duel to provide location and traffic information in the Lazio region of Italy, including Rome. TomTom will deliver a combination of maps, and both historical and real-time traffic information to support forecasting of traffic for the area. Drivers will benefit from a more comprehensive and accurate view of what is going to happen on the road networks, enabling them to choose the best possible route to their destination. TomTom HD Flow delivers speed info

Ambassador Bridge, a key international transit corridor linking Windsor, Ontario to Detroit and one of the most heavily travelled international crossings in the US, is the first organisation in the United States to install the newly available 3M ID6204 Multiprotocol Reader, capable of reading all six tolling protocols used in North America. According to 3M, the ID6204 reader (formerly Sirit) ensures seamless interoperability regardless of tag type deployed on customer vehicles. The ID6204 features an exclus