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Imran Hayee of the University of Minnesota Duluth's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering talks about efforts to bring V2I and V2V communications into work zones. With USDOT backing and under the auspices of the ITS Joint Program Office Connected Vehicle Research (formerly IntelliDrive) research programme, M. Imran Hayee of the University of Minnesota Duluth's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering along with team of his students, have been conducting research into the application of

On the eve of the Gulf Traffic show in Dubai, ITS Arab secretary general and Innova Consulting managing director Zeina Nazer reviews prospects for road user charging in the Middle East and North Africa

Telematics Technology’s Peter Billington, Chair of the UTMC ANPR Working Group, on how common protocols can enhance local agency cooperation and significantly reduce costs

Does parking cause congestion, or can it help alleviate the problem? By John Van Horn

The 2010 Urban Mobility Report, published by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, concludes that after two years of slight declines in overall traffic congestion - attributable to the economic downturn and high fuel prices - leading indicators suggest that as the economy rebounds, traffic problems are doing the same. While 2008 was the best year for commuters in at least a decade, the problem again began to grow in 2009.

Telvent and IBM have announced that together they will develop smarter traffic solutions that are affordable and customised for small cities, university and government campuses and business districts. The solution can integrate and analyse data traffic control, road sensors, bus schedules, real-time GPS location and IBM's advanced analytics.

David Crawford looks at the somewhat patchy success to date of trying to involve the private sector in operating traffic management centres

The Big Apple's loss is the City of Angels's gain, according to Ken Philmus

TRL has announced the Transyt 14.0.2 maintenance release which is free of charge to existing Transyt 14 customers. For both the UK and all the other many countries where SCOOT is installed, Transyt 14 now has the ability to import SCOOT flow data and assign this to Transyt model links. TRL has already provided Australian or SCATS-based terminology in the software but following on from a recent validation tour of Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney, TRL has released further functionality for its Austral

A new traffic signal pole specifically designed to provide low-level access has been introduced by Siemens.