News

Smart intersection deployed in Owosso, Michigan

January 31, 2012

Kapsch TrafficCom, DGE, and The-Transformation-Network, have partnered to launch an intelligent transportation environment.

Web-based hurricane evacuation map

January 31, 2012

Houston TranStar has unveiled a new interactive hurricane evacuation web map for the Houston-Galveston region of Texas, ahead of this year’s hurricane season which begins on 1 June.

Transurban opts for Raytheon system

January 31, 2012

Raytheon has been selected by Transurban (USA) to deliver an integrated tolling and traffic management system for a 22.5km section of the I-495 Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia.

Adesta wins Pennsylvania ITS upgrade

January 31, 2012

Adesta has won a contract to design, procure, install and integrate ITS upgrades, valued at US$8.6 million, for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission at its five tunnel locations, as well as other critical areas along the Turnpike’s east-west mainline and Northeastern Extension.

Netherlands and UK wins for Imtech

January 31, 2012

Dutch technical services provider Imtech has won nearly US$69 million in contracts for projects in the Netherlands and the UK.

Skymeter wins Intertraffic Innovation Award

January 31, 2012

Canada-based Skymeter Corporation has won the overall 2010 Intertraffic Innovation Award. The company succeeded with its smart road-use device which it has designed to handle a wide range of automotive mobility-related payment needs, including road user charging, parking fees, insurance and carbon metering, as well as reward schemes to encourage differential driving times, carpooling or teleworking.

AVT expands in A-P region

January 31, 2012

Allied Vision Technologies has founded Allied Vision Technologies Asia, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary that will be in charge of expanding AVTs business in the Asia-Pacific region.

FedEx introduces all-electric trucks

January 31, 2012

FedEx Corporation has announced the expansion of its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery trucks in the United States.

Award for Head Medium Display

January 31, 2012

Johnson Controls has received the 2010 Supplier Award in the category Innovation from Philippe Varin, chairman of the managing board of PSA Peugeot Citroën, in Paris, for its new Head Medium Display.

China joins the world's most exclusive ITS technology club

January 31, 2012

China has joined the only two countries in the world – Germany and Japan - to have developed maglev (magnetic levitation) high-speed rail technology.

German municipalities prepare for electric cars

January 31, 2012

Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU), the association of municipal companies in Germany, has announced that from 2012 more than 33 municipalities will set up a dense network of charging stations for electric cars.

Machine withstands oxyacetylene attack

January 30, 2012

This Metric Aura pay and display parking machine, located in a Stratford-on-Avon car park in the UK, has resisted an oxyacetylene attack.

Advanced HOT lanes project

January 30, 2012

Georgia’s State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) has selected ETC Corporation (ETC) as the tolling systems integrator for the implementation and maintenance of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes on selected portions of Interstate 85 in north metropolitan Atlanta.

Mikoh for Thailand EVR system contract

January 30, 2012

Mikoh Corporation has been awarded an exclusive five-year partnership contract, with a five-year option, to implement a national EVR (Electronic Vehicle Registration) system in Thailand, the second-largest ASEAN economy.

Masternaut tracking on 1,000 vehicles

January 30, 2012

Romec, one of the UK's largest facilities management companies, has improved the safety of its mobile workers after equipping 1,000 service vehicles with Masternaut satellite tracking.