It’s not often that the ITS sector intersects with the art world, but Bloomberg is having a brush with danger. To explain: during 2020-21, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative gave grants to dozens of cities to add a splash of colour to their roads in the form of intersection murals, crosswalk art, painted sidewalk extensions and so on.
Hyper-network at next year’s ITS Asia Pacific Forum in Suwon, Korea, where the theme will be hyper-connected cities. Suwon is a prominent tourist destination known for vibrant culture, festivals and Suwon Hwaseong, a UNESCO World Heritage site showcasing Korea’s architectural excellence. The city of 1.2 million, lying around 30km from the national capital Seoul, has also been in the forefront of Korea’s ITS development since 1997. It has pioneered the use of solutions such as emergency vehicle preemption, demand response traffic and smart intersections.
With the success of the US DOT’s Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot and the Department’s recent decision to pursue vehicle-to-vehicle technology in light vehicles, a transportation system of connected vehicles communicating with each other will soon be a part of the nation’s collective reality. Building on that momentum, the US DOT has plans for multiple regional pilot deployments of connected vehicle technology in real-world settings — bringing the promise of connected vehicles to some roads even sooner.
A major step towards greener urban public transport was made this week with the launch of the first ZeEUS (Zero Emission Urban Bus System) demonstration in Barcelona. The flagship project is the first of its kind to test 12 metre-plus electric buses in real operation.
Barcelona is the first demonstration site of the UITP-coordinated ZeEUS project, with core demonstrations in seven other European cities to follow: London and Glasgow; Stockholm; Münster and Bonn, Plzen and Cagliari. In total, 35 plug-in hy
