4 Apr 2013:
In the first of a series of articles, ITS America's president and CEO Scott F. Belcher looks ahead to the upcoming Annual Meeting and Exposition in Music City – Nashville, Tennessee
18 Dec 2012:
"The way automobility and its taxation have evolved precludes a reasoned switch from fuel tax to road-use tax"
18 Dec 2012:
"Simply stated, if great weather information is available, great weather information will be used"
18 Dec 2012:
"I thought the occasion of the World Congress was a good opportunity to review what progress we have made since the first one in the early 1990s"
18 Dec 2012:
"With the arrival of self-driving cars, the system could even drive to the nearest hospital automatically if the driver becomes incapacitated"
20 Sep 2012:
"I expect there to be even more effective applications as more people embrace the social web – you can be sure I’m putting my thinking cap on"
20 Sep 2012:
"I always believed in the dream but I also know how to count, and this solution has to add up for the operators for it ever to be implemented"
20 Sep 2012:
"Smart Cars could have different IQs, and the particular IQ of a Smart Car may depend on the test so-administered"
20 Sep 2012:
"Asset tracking and usage-based charging share underlying technologies, but involve very different purposes, user applications and business models"
23 Aug 2012:
"I didn’t use my GPS much in the beginning and when I did, I argued with it; I knew better"
23 Aug 2012:
"So the best we can hope for from Washington is permission for states to employ their own road user fees"
23 Aug 2012:
"As the King of the board, we wish to capture the traffic; we wish to be swift in accomplishing our transportation objective"
23 Aug 2012:
"Tweaks to parking policy are not nearly as politically toxic as road-use charging"
24 Jul 2012:
It’s bad enough that we burn a quarter of our fuel and emit a quarter of our CO2 as we idle in traffic getting nowhere fast, but fuel use and emissions are boosted to the hilt by the stop-start drive-cycle cultivated by traffic lights. By Martin Cassini
5 Jul 2012:
"All of those people using historical crash data be warned – it no longer reveals the truth about what should be on the planning horizon"
25 Jun 2012:
"In the future, what I dub the ‘embedded meteorologist’ may become part and parcel of a weather-smart transportation system"
25 Jun 2012:
"Imagine being able to pay bridge tolls, taxi, subway and bus fares, and parking fees with a wave of your phone"
21 Jun 2012:
"Voters don’t buy into tedious economic arguments about highway funding and congestion and pricing and the tragedy of the commons. They ask, ‘What’s in it for me?'"
21 Jun 2012:
"I want to suggest that there are other true heroes of ITS who have limited national recognition but without whom we would not have anything to celebrate"
23 Apr 2012:
"As the computers got smaller and easier to program, the traffic engineers started to dream about how the new technology could be applied to transportation"
23 Apr 2012:
“The traveler could have the door opened to, or at least a certain door encouraged, for him or her to travel at a certain time, within defined modes and perhaps to even travel at all”
23 Apr 2012:
"What if the patient’s ID bracelet was a GPS device, too?"
23 Apr 2012:
“Could aftermarket Connected Vehicle platforms be the evolutionary link that gets the Cooperative Vehicle onto dry land?”
20 Apr 2012:
Two road traffic management projects highlight how Sony imaging technologies are hard at work behind the lens
9 Mar 2012:
Meta Rotenberg from HTS details the new technology that is improving USA-Mexico border crossings
19 Dec 2011:
Ford has joined forces with Cambridge University in England to gain a better understanding of visual impairment issues that come with an aging society and to use digital tools to better design vehicles for those with vision problems
5 Dec 2011:
Smart parking solutions offer citizens peace of mind and helps budget deficits, traffic jams and pollution
1 Dec 2011:
Innovative engineering design and construction techniques will contribute to the fast delivery of a road revolution for Brisbane motorists when Airportlink is completed next year
1 Dec 2011:
Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology believe vehicle-to-vehicle communication has the potential to dramatically reduce road trauma and deaths
1 Dec 2011:
How the huge country of Australia is being mapped by machine vision cameras to help the burgeoning demand for more informed – and accurate – traffic information
15 Jul 2011:
Acknowledging that roads are the mainstay of any developing economy, India has pledged to build 20km of new roads each day in order to boost productivity and alleviate poverty. But the ambitious goal is proving hard to achieve. Nilanjana Bhowmick reports
25 Mar 2011:
Behind-the-scenes story of the PlatePass scheme.
Exploring how the system operates and its place within the interoperable tolling debate. By Louise Smyth
18 Mar 2011:
Hans-Hendrik Puvogel, general manager of INRIX Europe, discusses the factors that are driving in-car traffic information applications and where the automotive navigation industry is heading
25 Feb 2011:
The latest in vehicle recognition technology from HTS HiTech Solutions is set to greatly aid law enforcement, homeland security, tolling and more, says Meta Rotenberg, VP business development
9 Dec 2010:
How road traffic data is changing the way we travel
By Hans-Hendrik Puvogel, general manager, INRIX Europe
9 Dec 2010:
Roger Berg, vice president of Wireless Technologies for Denso International America, discusses the Tier 1 supplier’s involvement in the IntelliDrive program to improve mobility and environmental preservation at signalized intersections
9 Dec 2010:
One of the greatest improvements to mobility in Iceland has been the construction of the Hvalfjörður Tunnel – although to a certain extent, this important piece of the traffic infrastructure has become a victim of its own success. Traficon’s Stijn Vandebuerie reveals how automatic incident detection is helping operator, Spölur, create a safer tunnel experience for the increasing number of daily tunnel users
24 Sep 2010:
Although perhaps not as influential as the seatbelt, the airbag’s contribution to vehicle safety is significant – and when combined with a safety harness unparalleled in terms of saving lives and reducing injury. Here, we look back at Daimler’s developmental work and learn how the humble airbag will be saving lives for many years to come
3 Sep 2010:
Four years and some Euro 60 million invested into the AKTIV project have resulted in technologies that not only enhance driver safety and convenience, but could also go a long way to improving traffic congestion and CO2 emissions
6 Aug 2010:
Ford researchers are advancing vehicle safety with the development of new crash avoidance systems that use wireless vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications to detect and respond to imminent collisions
12 Jul 2010:
Pathfinder from BMW: Intelligent and networked microNavigation for destinations not yet covered in current systems or only with incomplete coverage
11 Jun 2010:
How major cities throughout the world are coming to terms with traffic problems thanks to mobility concepts based on buses: BRT systems, which provide dedicated traffic lanes for buses, make for brief stopping times and smooth operation. Tilman Wörtz investigates
22 Apr 2010:
The proven accuracy and reliability of SmartSensor HD has made it a viable alternative to loops for traffic detection applications in Denmark. Wavetronix’s Don Leavitt reveals more
19 Mar 2010:
Although over the past 25 years fatalities involving alcohol-impaired driving have reduced, progress has in fact stalled in recent times. But studies and programs worldwide show that alcohol ignition interlocks could be effective in saving lives and reducing injury. Max Glaskin reports
15 Jan 2010:
Saul Wordsworth talks with Tony Bliss, the man behind the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility, about his ambitions for road safety in developing countries
18 Dec 2009:
John Dawson from the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) looks back at some of the key developments that are steering us on a course to a safer roads infrastructure. Despite the obvious success, as he notes, some big challenges remain
7 Dec 2009:
Michael J. Davis, PBS&J's National Tolls senior group manager highlights case studies that illustrate the relationship between ORT and improved road safety
13 Nov 2009:
Nokia’s US$8 billion acquisition of NAVTEQ in 2008 heralded Nokia’s belief in a future of cell phone-based navigation devices – a future reinforced by Google’s recent release of its free live satellite navigation device for cell phones. This future should deliver large quantities of high-quality and low-cost traffic data. Twelve months on, the business model that will realize this potential has still to materialize, writes Liz Orme from Cambridge Associates
30 Oct 2009:
New radar and camera-based driver assistance system prevents serious accidents resulting from dangerous overtaking maneuvers
14 Oct 2009:
Red light running crashes cost the public US$14 billion in the USA alone, not to mention the emotional trauma for the families and friends of those lives cut short. Colin Wilson and Glenn Hansen look at the types of strategies yielding positive results on both sides of the Atlantic
24 Sep 2009:
Ron Dyson outlines the significance of recent developments in enforcement and processing technologies
11 Sep 2009:
Liz Orme, director of Transport at Cambridge Consultants looks at potential applications for new technologies in the transport sector
11 Sep 2009:
Yannis Stogios from Delcan Corporation and Robert Pringle from McCormick Rankin Corporation detail a multi-purpose traffic simulation framework for the 400-Series freeways and major arterial roads in the Greater Toronto Area
4 Sep 2009:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Charged with taking Optelecom-NKF to its next stage of growth, Dave Patterson is looking at continued investment in R&D to pay big dividends – and for the ITS industry and road users to benefit as a whole
2 Sep 2009:
IRD’s Rish Malhotra takes you on a guided tour of the array of weigh-in-motion sensors available on the market. Whatever your preference – high speed, durability, high accuracy or cost effectiveness – this WIM specialist can cater to your needs
2 Sep 2009:
New advanced sensor technology for vehicles means that critical situations can be detected even before a crash occurs, meaning that airbags and other safety systems can then be activated at the most effective moment
28 Aug 2009:
Traffic Technology International's regular columnist, Al Gullon, shares his theory on the recent and welcome drops in traffic fatalities – it's all linked to economic prosperity and VKMT. He warns that those in charge of traffic safety are in for an uneasy awakening when the economic climate picks up again…
13 Aug 2009:
Fifty years after inventing the seatbelt, Volvo cars is still dedicating millions of research dollars with the aim to save lives and reduce injury. While the seatbelt still remains a massive life-saving device, its driver assistance technologies are a lot more intelligent
7 Aug 2009:
Basic public transport information has long been available on Local Authority websites but now it’s time to up the ante on the content, usability, and platform delivery of travel information. Anne Marie Alexander, business development, mxData makes the case
24 Jul 2009:
Comfort, safety and the efficient usage of energy will be addressed by the EU-funded HAVEit project, which aims to develop highly automated vehicle applications in passenger cars as well as in heavy-duty trucks
21 Jul 2009:
Not content with halving the numbers of its cars involved in accidents by 2015, Nissan has set its own Vision Zero deadline. Its future safety innovations are designed to be the all-seeing eyes that will prevent its cars from crashing. By John Challen
10 Jul 2009:
Neal Skelton outlines ITS (UK)'s recent visit to the Houses of Parliament in order to promote intelligent transportation systems and to foster a stronger relationship between technology and policy
2 Jul 2009:
Ivo Cré on the story behind Artois-Gohelle, Burgos, Cork, Daventry, Skopje, Trondheim and Worcestershire being selected as implementers and promoters of innovative and sustainable transport solutions
26 Jun 2009:
When rogue taxis were identified as a major contributor to Bogotá’s congestion, an RFID solution by IPICO came to the rescue. Alejandro Payan, CEO of IPICO’s integrator, Symmetry S.A., reveals more about the technology behind the tag
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