Transit priority is proving a win-win in Europe and Australia. David Crawford reports. Technology that integrates with the Australian-originated Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) is driving bus signal priority and performance analysis initiatives on both sides of the world; in its homeland, with a major deployment in 2015, and in the capital of the Republic of Ireland.
ITS specialist Kapsch has used this week’s ITS World Congress in Melbourne to announce a major milestone: the distribution of 100 million of its on-board-units (OBUs). It held a celebratory function hosted by company CEO Georg Kapsch on Tuesday at its stand to mark this achievement, which it passed in January this year.
Spain-headquartered Idom is inviting attendees to visit its stand to experience an innovative exhibition of its consultancy engineering services, highlighting its leadership in technologies for current digital ITS projects. Idom is showcasing experiences that have transformed mobility worldwide in the field of intelligent urban traffic systems, ITS for public transportation, interoperable AFC systems, congestion charging and low emission zones, smart parking systems, C-ITS connected corridors, multi-lane free-flow tolling systems, and tunnel systems.
Small buses owned by Tokyo's Minato Ward, in Japan, will be retrofitted by with new motors and lithium-ion cells developed by electronics major Toshiba. In fiscal 2013, the Ward aims to start full operations of the electric-powered buses and conduct pilot runs by end-fiscal 2012. The Ward intends to deploy the buses for short journeys in housing locations, as the buses need to be recharged after a trip about 12km in a bid to maintain the battery level higher than 50 per cent. At this level of battery status
