Urban Traffic Control

A major $US43 million (£35 million) package to boost the uptake of ultra-low emission cars and scooters has been unveiled by the UK government. The fresh funding commitment will see thousands more electric vehicle charge-points installed on streets and at workplaces across the UK, after the number of new ultra low emission vehicles registered rose by 250 per cent in just two years. The government is also buying two brand new Nissan LEAF electric cars for the Government Car Service, to add to the four

Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and the University of Melbourne, Australia are to partner on the development of a National Connected Multimodal Transport (NCMT) test bed, which aims to deliver the first implementation of Cubic’s surface transport management solution worldwide. The NCMT test bed will be an urban laboratory capable of large-scale testing and implementation of emerging technologies in complex urban environments. The testing will explore ways to relieve pressures created by population gr

The global intelligent transportation system (ITS) market is expected to reach US$66.5 billion by 2024, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The usage of ITS to reduce road accidents and increase safety is a major driving force for the ITS market. Demand for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication in order to enhance road safety is expected to gain momentum over the forecast period. The continuous progression and development have become a crucial need for b

Waze, the free, real-time crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app powered by the world’s community of drivers, is to partner with Transport for London (TfL), which will provide its real-time government-reported construction, collision and road closure data from its open API to Waze for the app to confidently and accurately provide information to drivers to enable them to plan their journeys. It is hoped that this will be the first of many British collaborations. The Waze Connected Citizens Program is d

Siemens is supplying its satellite-based prioritisation system Sitraffic Stream (Simple Tracking Realtime Application for Managing traffic lights and passenger information) to the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik. The system ensures that traffic lights automatically turn green for emergency and urban public transport vehicles at road intersections and has initially been installed at six selected intersections in the city centre in cooperation with local sales partner Smith & Norland. Over the next few months

Volvo Buses has unveiled a pedestrian and cyclist detection system for buses, which it plans to introduce on its European city bus fleet in 2017. The pedestrian and cyclist detection system uses a camera to continuously monitor the bus’s vicinity. When the system detects unprotected road-users near the bus, it transmits a sound to warn other road-users that the bus is approaching. At the same time, the bus driver is alerted via sound and light signals inside the vehicle. If there is an imminent risk of a

Xerox has announced the latest milestone in its plan to separate into two independent publicly-traded companies, by unveiling the global brand identity of Conduent Incorporated, its business process services company.

Traffic management specialist Siemens is renaming its UK traffic to Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) from October 2016. Siemens feels the name better reflects the company’s focus on intelligence within its traffic management activities, products and systems and aligns the UK business with the company’s global operations.

The 3Angle special purpose company, a consortium of Fluor, 3i Infrastructure and Heijmans Capital has completed the financing of the A27/A1 public private partnership (PPP) project in the Netherlands. The project is valued at more than US$246 million, which includes a 25-year management and maintenance period. 3Angle is responsible for the financing, design, construction, management and maintenance of the reconstruction of the A27 motorway between Utrecht North and the Eemnes Junction, as well as the A1

Iteris has added new pedestrian measurement capabilities to its advanced video detection platforms with PedTrax, which it says automates measurement of the count, direction and speed of pedestrians in crosswalks to provide insights on levels of street life.