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November 2009

 

 Audi’s driverless TTS Coupé to tackle Pikes Peak Hill Climb

 Oklahoma proposes new camera system to check on uninsured motorists

 Scotland starts project to replace wet film speed cameras with digital units

  HA’s £70 million A14 corridor VMS project results in overnight closures

 ARENA project begins trial of EETS-compatible RUC systems

 European Parliament passes tire labeling legislation

 Oregon DOT’s Green Light system preclears its 12-millionth truck

 Contract awarded for I-78 Delaware bridge ORT project

  Maryland SHA tests variable speed advisory technology

 ITS UK and ITS Australia sign agreement on closer cooperation

 New version of Waze 2.0 includes gaming elements as map building incentive

 Mosaic’s Network Passport helps eliminate paperwork for HA contractors

 Seattle DOT adding 57 new traffic cameras

 TRL and Savoy Computing Services combine on roundabout design software

 I-95 Corridor website improved in time for holiday season

 TRW develops airbag control unit with integrated inertial sensors

 New South Wales’ red light cameras to go digital as road deaths rise

 Ireland gets first real-time traffic information system

 UK tire safety organization wins international road safety award

 Qualcomm and Hughes Telematics demonstrate eCall technology

 Indiana DOT announces expansion of traffic information website

 Dubai’s road death toll falls after reduction in speed limits

 Truck-friendly sat-nav available from Freight Transport Association

 Catalan Transport (SCT) wins traffic management award

 Highways Agency M1 widening scheme wins award

 Oregon DOT starts work on Urban ITS I-205 Corridor VMS project

 Ireland signs €65 million (US$97 million) speed camera contract

 UK government helps prevent fatal toll of road deaths in developing countries

 New safety helmet technology to save hundreds of lives

 Magellan offers its RoadMate turn-by-turn navigation system as iPhone app

 Proxim and SI’s wireless system wins award for saving LA County US$7 million

 Optelecom-NKF launches its new H 264 Siqura HD6x camera series

 Euro NCAP wins Prince Michael International Safety Award

 World’s first ministerial road safety summit takes place in Moscow today

 PTV demonstrates new ‘Strategic Routing’ system

 Sentinel and GEWI announce strategic partnership in Australia

 ISS supplies its RTMS G4 for New York City DOT project

 Continental opens new brake and stability systems test track

 Toyota’s IQ set to eye up traffic

 Sirit and 3M Brazil partner Dbtrans in RFID electronic payment project in Brazil

  New Highways Agency website will ease the movement of abnormal freight

 Gauteng’s intelligent license plates now set for February launch

 Navigon uses Inrix as its provider of real-time traffic data in Europe and North America

 Drive Safely Corporation introduces system for enforcement of anti-texting legislation

 Taiwan’s ETC system applied to all vehicles on freeways by late 2012

 TransCore awarded US$35 million BATA bridge toll system contract

 IRD awarded Virtual Weigh Station contract by Wisconsin DOT

 Ohio DOT announces new I-74 ramp metering system operational

 Netherlands to be first country in Europe to adopt green tax on cars

 Rhode Island DOT purchase All Traffic Solutions VMS for highway safety campaigns

 Bosch introduces version of Night Vision that identifies pedestrians

  iSuppli Corp report predicts 22.5% increase in Western European telematics market

 Intrinsyc to use Inrix information for its Destinator 9 iPhone app

 Trafficmaster and AA update shows UK congestion increasing - but not everywhere

 Ford wins two International CES Design & Engineering Awards

 Honda extends its RDS TMC live traffic information contract with Trafficmaster

 Queensland Motorways announces successful transition to free-flow tolling

 Dubai’s new severe weather warning system to be launched next month

 EMCOR Group subsidiary, Dynalectric, wins San Pedro ATSAC project

 Improved safety for visually impaired pedestrians

 Sirit installs second electronic toll system in Colombia

 Road Safety Foundation says UK’s A-roads need speed limit reassessment

  Central Signal LLC awarded USDOT Phase II grant for incident warning system

 NAVTEQ doubles its real-time traffic coverage in Canada

 Clear Channel Radio’s TTN launches first RDS-TMC navigation service in Mexico City

 Jupiter Systems announces record 2009 sales to China

 Waze launches its crowdsourced mapping system worldwide

 HA starts advance work on M1 Managed Motorways project

 SANRAL chooses Radwin for R-21 traffic surveillance project

 North America Traffic approved by GSA to supply US federal agencies

 OECD report shows Toronto’s congestion costs Canada US$3.1 billion

 “UK hesitant on transport safety,” says Dutch expert

 Telogis announces use of its GeoBase platform in Brazilian systems

 UK Department for Transport launches major CO2 reduction campaign

 IRU sets CO2 reduction target of 30% by 2030

 Work starts on Florida Turnpike ORT project

 Helsinki takes another step toward congestion charging

 Viajeo project starts in first two demonstration cities

 PROGOROD and ITIS launch traffic information system in Russia

 Caltrans and California Highway Patrol unveil US$12 million fog-warning project

 Quadstone Paramics joins Autodesk Developer Network

 Government-backed ‘cash for bangers’ scheme is improving safety

 Slowing road casualty reductions reveal potential new trends, AA states

 ComWorx added to ComNet’s complete Ethernet product line

 Winsted appoints Kim Richter as new business manager – Western Region

 Technology milestone for Iteris

 Last chance to register for Melbourne's Australian ITS Summit

 Traffic Technology solves Bristol’s cycle-monitoring problem

 New electronic highway signs easier on the eye for Ontario’s drivers

 USDOT and FCC join forces to curb driver distraction

 New electronic traffic management system deployed on Scotland’s M74 project

 Aston Martin and Mazda to offer Clear Channel Radio’s Total Traffic Network on 2010 models

 TrafficLand adds Chicago and Boston to its live traffic video portfolio

 ALK’s CoPilot Live smartphone navigation app to use Inrix Traffic in North America

 Tele Atlas releases Speed Profiles product for Taiwan using community input

 Australian state of Victoria to expand drug-driver testing program

 Vietnamese planning to introduce congestion charging for the center of HCM City

 Iteris awarded US$2.27 million ATMS project contract for the City of Corona

 M5 refurbishment project sees QMB system used for first time in UK’s West Midlands

 Virginia Tech Institute researchers develop a new way to test tires

 Telmap announces cloud-based navigation system for iPhone

 Pelco and Genetec integrate IP video products

 MIT researchers developing AIDA – a robotic driving companion

 Mayrise mobile mapping system helps Balfour Beatty

 Ford’s UK cars get voice-activated control system