Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District’s (TriMet’s) Hop Fastpass system by Init is now fully operational in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan area. TriMet, Portland Streetcar and public transit agency C-Tran passengers can use the virtual smart card within Google Pay to purchase their fares.
The option to use Google Pay has been enabled through a collaboration between TriMet, Init and urban mobility company Moovel.
Riders can now tap Android devices with the virtual card to 1,200 Init
Transport for London (TfL) says its Santander Cycles were used by record-breaking numbers of people in June (1.2million) and May (1.1m). The capital's heatwave has encouraged more people to explore the city on bicycles, the local government body adds.
Santander Cycles met the demand by providing additional bikes at parks and launching a new trial in Westminster and the City which offered more of its models during peak commute times.
Stage Intelligence has deployed its Bico artificial intelligence (AI) platform to urban transport operator Moventia and bike share operator CityBike Finland to support Helsinki’s bike share scheme. Stage Intelligence says Bico is actively collecting citywide data and optimising bike sharing operations in the city. The solution is intended to allow CityBike to maximise usage of its more than 2,000 bikes and increase ridership as it continues to expand in the Finland’s second city, Espoo. Jordi Cabañas,
The General Assembly of the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) in Dubrovnik has expanded its board of directors to nine members. Jochem Herrmann (from Adimec) has been re-elected president and will serve another three years.
Michel Ollivier (Tiama) has been made vice president and Dr. Jean Caron (Euresys) remains the association’s treasurer.
New members include Dr. Dirk Berndt, business unit manager at Fraunhofer IFF, and Arnaud Destruels, European product marketing manager for Image Sensing
