The 28th ITS World Congress takes place this September in Los Angeles.
Think you know the City of Angels? All palm trees and Hollywood stars? Think again: for one thing, commuters spend more than 100 hours a year stuck in traffic - and that's one reason why city authorities are looking at intelligent transportation to improve quality of life...
Xerox is showcasing its Vehicle Passenger Detection System at the ITS America Annual Meeting. The vehicle occupancy detection system – a 2015 Best of ITS Awards Finalist – uses video analytics to identify the number of occupants in a vehicle with 95% accuracy, at speeds ranging from stop and go to 100 mph.
Geometric algorithms detect whether a seat is vacant or occupied. If the setting on the HOT lane transponder doesn’t match with the number of occupants, the system will take a snapshot of the vehicle’s
Dublin City Council is one of 16 cities and regions around the world to be awarded an IBM grant worth US$500,000, which aims to help it use data analytics technology to solve a problem.
The IBM Smart Cities Challenge will see a team from the computer giant analyse a specified problem over a number of months, and then travel to Dublin on a pro-bono basis to try to solve that problem using technology.
Dublin City Council is already working with IBM on a smart city project analysing the use of transpo
Streetline will showcase smart parking technology that combines sensors and a suite of applications to provide cities with real time and historical data and offer flexible parking options for residents and visitors while reducing traffic congestion in downtown areas. As the company points out, cities are facing the challenge of aging infrastructure, a growing population and limited financial resources.
