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    A new application for navigation, orientation and parking designed for people with reduced mobility has been launched in Madrid, Parma, Lisbon and Reading, where it provides access to important accessibility information such as the location of disabled parking spots or the location of elevators and ramps to access subway stations. Simon Mobile also enables users to compute walking, driving and transit routes and use step-by-step navigation during a trip. Simon Mobile also integrates with the new EU pa
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  • New API unlocks travel value for Bristol
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    A new application programme interface (API) developed by UrbanThings for Bristol City Council claims to provide easy and free access to a huge wealth of transport data in one place, making it possible for innovative technologies to be developed. The Bristol API supports the Council’s approach to opening up data sets, as it already does through the Bristol open data portal and is being further developed by the Bristol Is Open project. The wider aim is to work with the technology community to explore ways
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  • Traveller app spells big opportunities for authorities
    February 25, 2016
    The spread of a new generation of travel apps such as Citymapper will open up unprecedented opportunities for transport authorities and city planners as much as they help individual travellers minimise their travel times. These apps for mobile phones (and increasingly in-vehicle satellite navigation systems) show users the quickest route to their destination. They take into account real-time traffic congestion on potential routes, delays or otherwise on the trains, metro and mass transit systems and wheth
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  • SESA supports MassDOT travel time network
    April 6, 2016
    SES America (SESA) has designed, engineered and manufactured over three hundred solar-powered embedded dynamic message signs (DMS) to be installed as part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT)‘Go Time’ project. According to SESA, once completed, the project will provide the largest travel time network available in any state in the US, allowing motorists across the country to instantly access travel time data on major corridors across the region. Each site consists of static sig
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