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DURAG buys into JES Elektrotechnik to expand tunnel sensor work
September 5, 2018
German tunnel sensor monitoring manufacturer DURAG has taken a 50% stake in the Austrian tunnel air and lighting monitoring company JES Elektrotechnik. JES, based in Hallein, Austria, manufactures and sells environmental monitoring solutions for transport infrastructure applications such as tunnels, underground car parks and road weather stations. JES also sells sensors from manufacturers such as DURAG. Its markets are mainly in German-speaking countries worldwide and it also carries out maintenance on beh
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Truvelo launches LaserCam 4 to combat driving offences
September 5, 2018
UK technology company Truvelo is launching a mobile speed enforcement camera to combat driving offences. Called LaserCam 4, the solution combines laser speedmeter capabilities with high-quality video and can be used by static safety camera partnership vehicles. LaserCam 4 records evidential video clips of speeding and other infractions onto an internal solid-state memory. Truvelo exhibited the solution at the Traffex Seeing is Believing conference in Leicestershire, UK, on 27-28 June. The event had an i
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APT Skidata introduces tickteless parking device to ease congestion
September 5, 2018
APT Skidata claims its new ticketless solution using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) will provide drivers with faster and easier access to parking. The Austrian company, a joint venture between Swarco and Skidata, says its platform is suited for operators offering an initial free parking period. The device can replace paper tickets or radio frequency identification cards and uses a vehicle number plate as the access medium or virtual ticket. It is intended to remove issues caused by lost or damag
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Oxford trials Urban Electric Networks’ pop-up charge point for EVs
September 5, 2018
Oxford City Council in the UK is trialling technology start-up Urban Electric Networks’ pop-up charge point in a £600,000 initiative to encourage UK residents to make the switch to electric vehicles (EVs). Urban Electric says its UEone is a charging solution for households who have to park cars on-street in residential parking zones. The project is co-funded by Innovate UK, following a successful £474,000 bid led by Urban Electric.
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AGD Systems launches highways monitoring radar
September 5, 2018
UK ITS manufacturer AGD Systems says its 343 Highways Monitoring Radar provides real-time data on multiple lanes and improves highway safety. The radar collects traffic flow data on the network and replaces loop technology to monitor lanes on inter-urban routes. Ian Hind, commercial director at AGD Systems, says the solution employs enforcement-grade radar and measurement techniques to quantify speed, range and length of passing vehicles. “The radar allows instant decision-making in determining whether t
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Activu adds three features to ActivWare
September 5, 2018
Technology company Activu has added three features to its visualisation and collaboration software platform ActivWare, which helps traffic management centres (TMCs) monitor and manage operations. The ActivLink feature will help connect ITS systems, sensors and devices to ActivWare. The company says the Internet of Things visualisation allows time-sensitive information about critical events to be disseminated to any display or device – enabling a faster incident response. Additionally, the ONVIF-complian
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Australia AIM(E)S high
August 21, 2018
A technical tour of the Australian Integrated Multimodal Eco-System (AIMES) living laboratory electrified ITS Australia’s 2018 National Electronic Tolling and Charging Conference in Melbourne. Based at the University of Melbourne’s School of Engineering, AIMES had, by early in the year, achieved interconnection of 15 traffic intersections in the city. Since going live in April 2017, the lab has been collecting data on public, private, freight and active transportation to support strategic decision-making o
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Transatlantic boost for C-ITS
August 21, 2018
ITS (UK) members debated the proposition that “MaaS will reduce private vehicle ownership long before automated vehicles (AVs) will have any impact on it” at their 2018 annual general meeting. There was scepticism about scenarios predicting that AVs as providers of on-demand transport will be the norm by around 2030. Doubts centred on two factors: owning and driving a personally-owned vehicle being too precious for most people to cede; and the reality of urban streets proving too difficult for AVs as curren
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Associations news: TTS Italia wins project trio
August 21, 2018
Strong links with Italian municipalities have won TTS Italia key roles in three major projects which are supported by the European Union. The three-year SocialCar, ending in May 2018, has researched a dedicated ‘intelligent mobility’ communications network for integrating carpooling offers with existing urban public transit to enable more effective transport demand management. Key elements include crowd-sourced information, GNSS-based location, use of social media and the creation of powerful planning algo
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ABB deploys 30 fast-charging stations in Zurich
August 8, 2018
Swiss power and automation company Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) has deployed 30 fast-charging stations to Zurich to support the city’s transition to sustainable mobility. The Terra 54 stations will be implemented in central, publicly-accessible locations in the city and surrounding areas. ABB says the solution is suitable for charging electric cars, buses and trucks quickly to add range of 100-300km.
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Microlise integrates multi-camera solution for telematics offering
August 8, 2018
UK technology provider Microlise says its new Microlise Camera Solution helps fleet operators reduce insurance costs, encourage good driving behaviour and improve safety. Integrated into the company’s telematics offering, the multi-way camera product records up to four high-definition video streams simultaneously and can be configured with over-the-air software updates. A digital video recorder inside the vehicle records footage from the cameras, which is linked to a
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Ford develops Smart Jacket to improve cyclist safety
August 8, 2018
Ford has developed clothing which has built-in indicators and flashing brake lights for cyclists. Smart Jacket was developed with urban cycling clothing specialist Lumo and mobility software company Tome, and allows cyclists to better indicate their presence and intentions to other road users. The wearable’s navigation app wirelessly connects to smartphones and vibrates the jacket’s sleeves to help riders take the right direction to avoid busy roads. It features audible interfaces and a system which allow
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Navtech Radar launches tunnel safety solution
July 20, 2018
Navtech Radar has launched a sensor to complement its ClearWay solution and provide automatic incident detection (AID) coverage in highways and tunnels for 175m in both directions. Phil Avery, the company’s managing director, claims that the solution is ideal for applications where line of sight is limited. Called CTS175, the solution features Clearview’s AID solution and can be used for traffic applications, including roads, tunnels and bridges. The company says that a choice of two sensors gives maximum f
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Actibump installed at Curtain University to tackle speeding
July 20, 2018
Curtin University Campus in Perth, Australia, has activated two of Edeva’s ActiBump systems along a road traversing around its campus to combat an estimated 70% of vehicles driving over the speed limit. The platforms were installed during the Summer break. Edeva says that its solution allows users to set the speed limit and other variables via software, which is also programmable for other applications. ActiBump is intended to allow users to set the speed limit and other variables via software, which
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Vricon releases solution for global georegister imagery
July 20, 2018
Vricon has launched its Precision 3D Registration (P3DR) software suite which, the company says, georegisters imagery automatically anywhere in the world. It works with Vricon’s Globe in 3D brand, a source of geospatial and digital elevation data used by defence and intelligence agencies. The company says that P3DR provides critical accuracy enhancements to other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sources, allowing geospatial intelligence data to be used to direct resources. The solution aims to
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