An online truck pre-clearance system is allowing enforcement to be better targeted towards offending vehicles.
Utah is the latest US State department of transportation (DOT) to deploy HELP (Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate) Inc’s new 360SmartView electronic truck screening and sorting system at vehicle inspection sites to speed up compliance checks. The initial locations will be at Perry on Interstate 15 (I-15), which were the first sites in the state to implement HELP’s PrePass transponder-based v
Canada’s Regional Municipality of York (YRT/Viva) has partnered with Google and INIT, supplier of ITS and fare collection systems, to offer bus passengers real-time trip plans through Google maps. The service, Google Live Transit Updates, tracks YRT buses using INIT’s GPS-based navigation system and provides passengers with the exact time a bus will depart from their stop. YRT/Viva is the first transit agency in Canada to offer real-time trip planning on Google with up-to-the-minute next bus departure infor
The third European Motorcyclists' Forum, to be held on 5-6 March 2014 in Brussels, will focus on intelligent transport systems (ITS) in the context of the Horizon 2020 initiative.
Powered two wheeler (PTW) users are using new technology to improve their riding experience or to increase their safety, but as vulnerable road users, they are also affected by ITS deployment.
The Forum, organised under the umbrella of the Riderscan project, will discuss the safety challenges faced by PTWs in an ever more
Audi Electronics Venture (AEV) has acquired a strategic minority interest in the Irish mobile telephone provider, Cubic Telecom, a forerunner of machine to machine (M2M) technology, with the aim of developing connectivity solutions for Audi vehicles.
Peter Steiner, head of AEV, explained the goal of the partnership: “Audi and Cubic Telecom are strong development partners of connected infotainment solutions and intend to connect the models of the Audi brand even better with its environment and the interne
