Appyparking exhibits platform to help drivers and cities
Appyparking is using Intertraffic to showcase a connected car platform that is said to bridge mapping, data, Internet of Things and payments drivers to provide users with more choice for destinations. The solution aims to save drivers time and money while also reducing congestion and pollution in cities. The product is part of the company’s ambition to create an urban transport application programming interface for kerbside navigation that can integrate into intelligent mobility applications which has
March 19, 2018
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8674 Appyparking is using Intertraffic to showcase a connected car platform that is said to bridge mapping, data, Internet of Things and payments drivers to provide users with more choice for destinations. The solution aims to save drivers time and money while also reducing congestion and pollution in cities.
The product is part of the company’s ambition to create an urban transport application programming interface for kerbside navigation that can integrate into intelligent mobility applications which has earned Appyparking an accolade of the 15th most disruptive company in the world.
Waymo has launched a driverless taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, where riders will be charged for the journeys they take.
In a blog post, CEO John Krafcik says the commercial self-driving service – called Waymo One - is available to early riders who have already been using Waymo’s technology. The company hopes to make the service available to more members of the public as it adds more vehicles and drives in more places, he writes.
“Self-driving technology is new to many, so we’re proceeding carefully wi
Among a range of equipment MRL is showcasing here at Intertraffic is the Mini Mac 400, an agile, compact machine, perfect for increasing productivity when applying thermoplastic intersection and lane markings. It has an easy-fill 400lb/181kg capacity material tank with an integral material pump, 100lb/45kg glass bead capacity, adjustable width ribbon extrusion die, 25hp LP-fuelled engine, and electronic skip line timing system.
A self-driving bus trial in the Austrian capital Vienna has been halted after a collision between a vehicle and pedestrian, says Bloomberg.
Authorities are now investing the cause of the incident which led to minor injuries.
According to Bloomberg, state broadcaster ORF says the Navya vehicle was driving at 7.5 miles per hour when it hit the 30-year-old woman in the knee.
In a statement given to The Verge, Navya said witnesses had seen the pedestrian wearing headphones and looking at a mobile phon
Mobilisis is presenting solutions that are small but which are an important part of major smart city initiatives. One such smart solution is the company’s Narrow-Band Parking Sensor (NBPS), a wireless and autonomous sensor that is compact and easy to deploy for monitoring single parking spaces, allowing cities to better manage parking challenges. NBPS mounted in the surface of individual parking spots detect vehicle presence and send that information to a central server. They do so by automatically
