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January 2008

 

 Immature technology hinders road pricing

 Global Traffic Technologies wins patent dispute

 Garmin unveils nuvifone phone and PND

 Binocular-sized laser speed gun released

 Website reveals US bridge inspections history

 Mio and Qualcomm announce PND accord

 I-95 deal a 'win-win' for INRIX and DOTs

 Singapore expands ERP system

 Olympic hopes for SmartTrans' smart taxis

 Hattiesburg, MDOT team on traffic management

 New HQ, branding for Global Traffic Technologies

 SUNA to offer traffic news for Australian cities

 Iteris wins US$900,000 ITS design for Las Vegas

 Nighthawk Systems wins American Traffic Solutions order

 Arizona DOT tests travel time messages

 MDOT program to invest US$ millions in ITS

 Research group unveils US$10 radar chip

 Railroad borrows traffic technology for safety

 Hong Kong Police fight speed gun suspension

 Auditor says shelve thruway ETC and ITS projects

 China launches national traffic website

 Ivox predicts driver risk

 Kentucky installs traffic message signs

 LA mayor unveils traffic congestion plan

 Home warning on navigation units

 Rift at Payzone returns to Irish High Court

 Inrix wins I-95 traffic info contract

 Variable road-charging project wins funding

 Dutch consultants to study Sofia's traffic

 Quixote reports strong international sales

 Bangalore seeks bids to measure its jams

 Chongqing invests in US$26.4 million traffic control

 Huaqiang PNDs feature u-blox GPS

 Mobile traffic news launched in Guangzhou

 ITS progresses in Florida

 AirIQ launches vehicle security service

 Virtual Cable offers new navigation interface

 Bus monitoring debuts in Beijing

 E-ZPass soars after New Hampshire toll rise

 Nova Scotia is Canada's first 511 province

 Maryland, Arizona seek statewide use of speed cameras

 Georgia extends program work for Iteris

 Mobile navigation will not oust in-car devices

 Navteq studies PND impact on used car values

 ViaMichelin finds new route in PND market

 ITS key to future safety says NTSB chairman

 SmarTire secures additional financing

 Quixote promotes Corbett to operations role

 WSDOT wins TRB communication awards

 Empower enters PND market

 Capka resigns as FHWA chief

 Hoboken opens automated parking facility

 1,200 UK traffic cameras on one website

 Maryland's Montgomery County opens storm operation center

 FHWA backs two new technologies

 Supa offers navigation by phone number

 Iteris breaks quarterly income record

 Saudi Arabia plan US$530 million ITS spend

 Telvent wins New York State travel info contract

 South Africa publishes RFID tag standards

 Trimble buys roadside asset inventory firm

 Nokia's second PND uses Navteq maps

 Speed cameras allowed across Hungary

 Chicago judge rules in favor of red light cameras

 CSR and Samsung develop lower cost GPS

 Speech-enabled ITS set to grow

 Trafficmaster enjoys buoyant 2007

 Inrix expands partnership with TomTom

 Oregon's transponders keep on trucking

 IBM seeks to make tolls fairer

 Modest gains for STMicro's automotive revenue

 Mesa names Cleavenger as transportation director

 Glonass navigation system gets a rocket

 New York congestion charge hearings open

 Citilog's real-time video-based incident detection

 Online launch for multiple stop route plans

 TeleNav GPS Navigator available for UK mobiles

 Tolls needed by Ontario - report

 Carwings wins eco-award

 Mitgroup develops China's first collision-warning system

 Airbiquity raises US$25 million for ITS growth

 TrafficCast raises US$3.5 million

 BearCom to sell PIPS' ALPR in US

 Solar-powered traffic lights for South Africa

 Czech toll evaders few and far between

 New Louisiana DOT chief backs ITS investment

 Spanish police target insurance evaders

 Missouri DOT launches video traffic bulletins

 New leader for Sweden's transport research

 LogicaCMG to deliver Dutch tolling back office

 Another contract win for Appian's ANPR system

 Toyota checks driver attentiveness

 Road safety boosted by brainwave detectors

 Call for better ways to assess ITS projects

 Camera boom as London looks to 20mph limit?

 Hisense to develop China's own ITS technology

 Louisiana DOT starts New Orleans TMC construction

 Dubai buses to be tracked

 Strong winds break weather gates

 Scout being prepared for Kansas traffic alerts

 Highways Agency opts for M1 ramp metering

 More cameras for Illinois

 ITS for Alabama city

 Budapest government to buy speed cameras

 GPS Wireless names dates in March

 Shanghai develops traffic weather warnings

 New TMC for Texas DOT

 Appian wins ANPR contracts with UK police

 Payzone executives work on

 Illinois county funds ITS upgrades

 Car buyers search for navigation systems

 Orange partners with Telmap for mobile service

 Microwave radar collects Beijing's traffic data

 Two groups reinstated in Slovakia's ETC tender

 Legal wrangle distracts from Payzone's toll contract win

 Truck safety in China enhanced by GNSS

 Egg Harbor may go 100% ETC

 China's auto aftermarket set to take-off

 US drinks retailers oppose ignition interlocks

 Mobile mapping allows traffic to flow

 New CEO for Kapsch TrafficCom US

 GM to offer PNDs in India

 Skoda offers navigation with Chinese voice recognition

 Quixote launches non-intrusive optical sensor

 NYSDOT offers mobile access to traffic cameras

 Schwarzenegger backs Foothill South toll way

 Dash to face CarTorrent competition?

 Green light for more red light cameras

 Malaysia buys millionth Efkon tag

 New Jersey to get red light cameras

 China Unicom and CTHMAX launch Intelligent Navigation

 Cameras snap dishonest Harris County drivers

 Survey confirms sports tie up traffic

 GPS shipments to exceed 900 million units by 2013

 Center to tame Surprise jams

 Jakarta ETC contract open to all bidders

 US Commission calls for tolling and congestion charges

 Payzone wins Ireland's M50 toll contract

 Mobileye supplies lane departure warning to GM

 PIPS launches ALPR data standards consortium

 PennDOT 8-0 uses VidShield for digital integration

 China develops real-time traffic prediction

 Boom ahead for GPS-enabled mobile phones

 PND markets in Japan and Korea diverge

 MagneMotion wins US$6.3 million maglev grant

 London congestion charge wins global award

 Garmin teams with Panasonic in US

 Nissan signs up to Europe's satellite radio

 Single tag for all Melbourne motorways

 Delphi develops twin screen navigation

 South African RFID order for registration plates

 TNO explores traffic data mash-up

 Report: Congestion charging can fund UK roads

 Hyundai offers XM NavTraffic

 Ertico seeks ITS project manager

 Western Australia to seek more traffic cameras?

 Venice plans canal-based speed traps

 South Dakota 511 attracts a million users in 2007

 Istanbul delivers traffic news to mobiles

 Neosho Police introduce electronic traffic citations

 China sets 2010 target for digital mapping update

 Czech tolls rise; Kapsch to get new deal

 TomTom and Vodafone target Germany

 Equipment upgrade for West Virginia

 Full e-tolling by April for Indiana road

 Geely plans tire monitoring launch at Detroit

 Rivals bid for Islamabad toll plazas

 Steria creates Paris motorway data exchange

 Quebec looks at PPP for Turcot interchange

 PennDOT's Cutler appointed Philadelphia's transport boss

 Quinlan appointed STB acting secretary

 Hanoi gets more traffic technology

 V2V demonstrator gives timely crash warning

 Mio projects eight million sales in 2008

 Tire firms vie in navigation market

 Traffic safety pioneer Hans Monderman dies

 News 12 Networks offers traffic news for mobiles

 Deadline extended for ITS World Congress papers

 Garmin strengthens ties with BMW

 TomTom call centers win JD Power plaudits

 Transurban revenues rise

 Alltel mobile users get new directions

 PNDs dominate US car technology sales

 More red light cameras from ATS

 SK Energy to go global with Destinator Technologies

 Netropa refines ETA with speed archives

 Vehicle telematics pioneer moves on

 Florida looks to join red-light camera debate

 ATS outgrows its HQ

 Mio Technology and Navman in merger

 New signals and cameras follow Hurricane Katrina

 Analogue OnStar: RIP

 Michigan tests environmental sensors

 More cameras installed on world's roads

 Venture capitalists buy Auto-txt

 Russell takes innovation role at TxDOT

 Hughes connects drivers to their cars via website

 Flat touch-screen PND from Magellan

 Galileo satellite set for April launch

 BMW unveils new telematics interface

 Iowa evaluates red light running program

 E-ZPass extends NY customer service contract

 Slovak e-toll bidders await verdict

 Website and digital signs ease Lahore's traffic

 ATX boss predicts global telematics platform

 Driverless cars by 2018?

 Volvo offers real-time traffic from Clear Channel

 “PNDs direct drivers into danger” claims report

 Traffic.com2GO is launched

 Avis unveils new version of Where2

 WM-data delivers IT services to Finland's ITS

 In-car broadband WiMAX navigation on show

 New XM services available

 Direct 911 feature added to Ford's Sync

 Transit New Zealand to issue tender

 North American cities go 3D with Tele Atlas

 Toyota prepares G-BOOK services for China

 Bangalore trials red light cameras

 Utah chooses Iteris to maintain and repair signals' detectors

 Delphi unveils iPhone remote control for the car

 TomTom wins two CES awards

 New Jersey considers red-light cameras

 Ask.com Mobile launches speech-activated directions service

 North Carolina is installing ITS on I-485

 China develops US$2 positioning chip

 Toole appointed acting executive director of FHWA

 Ankner appointed Louisiana transportation secretary

 Sony adds Position Plus to latest navigation device

 Ford on target for 1 million SYNC sales by 2009

 Pioneer navigation system goes conversational

 Moscow plans April SatNav forum

 Mazda participates in Hiroshima ITS trials

 Digital maps to help Prague plan traffic

 Open standard underpins Dash Express

 New traffic lights on trial in South Africa

 Wuhan puts traffic pictures on website

 Traffic.com unveils 'Fastest Drive Now' feature

 Garmin plans premium launch in China

 Phones to take lead from navigation devices

 UK Highways Agency outsources IT infrastructure

 Stansted Airport adopts ANPR for parking technology

 Electric vehicle fleet may cut Paris jams

 Bus-mounted cameras to catch lane blockers

 ITS consultants to bid for North Carolina project

 Radar ready to lead in driver assistance systems

 Cameras monitor Milan's congestion zone

 US red light camera programs expand

 Faulty cameras cause problems/cut crashes

 Carlyle raises cash for toll road projects

 Toll tags boost RFID market growth

 Phones cause traffic congestion

 China invests in bus fleet management

 Electronic tolls exceed Czech predictions

 Traffic Technologies wins Syracuse airport E-ZPass contract

 Tolled lanes could fund ramp metering in LA

 Electronic tolling to pay for Slovak roads

 Mumbai installs intelligent traffic control

 Georgia DOT considers truck only lanes for Atlanta

 NEC establishes Chinese in-car joint venture

 Call for more electronic toll discounts in Tokyo

 Google adds NZ streetscapes to online maps

 Cameras to catch parking violations

 Plans to beat Lahore's traffic turmoil