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February 2008

 

 Tired truckers to test safety system

 Highway assets survey at traffic speed

 Road departure warning passes Volpe tests

 Windy City gives big green light to Redflex

 Top Beijing honor for China TransInfo

 Traffic news launch for Canadian mobiles

 ABI: win-win partnerships key to traffic data

 Garmin sued for trademark infringement

 Seoul offers traffic light incentive

 Journey Dynamics, ITIS team for traffic forecasts

 SNAPLab finds way through GPS drop-outs

 Deprived areas benefit most from charge

 Sharp-eared sensors trigger safety system

 Cameras installed on US-Canada border

 Cyprus plans new speed cameras

 Record results for Tele Atlas

 Falling fleet comms costs boost sales

 Innovation Award shortlist for Intertraffic

 Vodafone UK launches Telmap satnav

 Sony adds new top-of-the-range PNDs

 Red light cameras fund Philadelphia safety

 Qatar trains radar on intersections

 Consortium plans truck-infrastructure research

 Kapsch figures boosted by Czech truck tolling

 Ireland to buy speed cameras

 Xata offers new in-cab color display

 Welsh buses tracked via GPS with broadband

 NCDOT activates new left-turn traffic signal

 New division and VP for Federal Signal

 HOV lanes central to Seoul traffic plan

 Traffic maps for social networking site

 NY launches congestion pricing ad campaign

 Sexes responses differ to overtaking aid

 ITS contracts boost Telvent results

 TSA seeks traffic cams for security

 New windshield RFID inlay for tolling

 Mallory appointed Michael Baker president and CEO

 Tianjin plans intelligent traffic control

 SBD - embedded navigation remains resilient

 TRB research takes new direction

 ITS moves ahead in Finland

 Sun shines on ATS in Florida

 Peters encourages electronic toll approach

 Tennessee cities opt for Traffipax

 Hanoi seeks networked signal control

 New chairman and growth for Wayfinder

 Georgia toll road upgrade rethink

 Hotel opts for ALPR parking

 TrafiCam gets new champion

 Congestion charges on the global agenda

 Japan's vehicle makers collaborate to test V2V

 Wisconsin officials seek state-wide 511

 Toll removal worsens Forth congestion

 ABI: Users key to navigation

 Satellite radio integrates with mobile internet

 US DOT looks for VII facility operator

 Swiss truck OBU trials delayed

 LA links traffic information

 Strong first half growth at Redflex

 Alabama expands ITS deployment

 Norway orders OBUs from Q-Free

 Chinese GNSS chip unveiled

 Tennessee bus system will launch ATIS

 Tenders invited for Hong Kong traffic control

 Honda's steering prompts safer driving

 US DOT invites industry to review test results

 “How to put ITS into transport planning” published

 Parkeon offers ANPR parking solution

 Wayfinder finds way into South America

 Dash delays peer-to-peer device

 Indian lab develops telematics platform

 NDrive offers satnav with breathalyzer

 Tele Atlas wins AA digital mapping order

 Dialight wins Miami-Dade LED signal contract

 Interactive ads launched for navigation maps

 Union anger at Mass. Pike ETC plan

 Albuquerque to switch red light cameras back on

 Monsoon and local anger delay Mumbai ATC

 Sunshine win for Rent A Toll

 Record year for TomTom

 Congestion toll for Gothenburg by 2010?

 Silicon Valley and Texas Gulf wins for Redflex

 Safe Highways webcast a great success

 Call for toll lanes in South Australia

 FHWA awards grant to Stay Alert

 Volvo buys theft protection system

 Phone calls distract drivers

 Calgary TAR shifts frequencies

 Wyoming's improved 511 paying dividends

 Record earnings for Garmin

 New chief for Transurban

 Strong half year results for Transurban

 Sensor suite boosts Crown's safety

 Europe to close Nokia-Navteq enquiry

 Mio enters Indonesian GPS market

 More intelligent traffic lights for Shanghai

 Texas City considers wireless traffic signals

 Pictograms to help m-way drivers

 Urumqi to get taxi GPS

 Shape memory alloy boosts safety

 Lewis to head Rhode Island DOT

 Dubai considers expanding ITS

 Bell sells SkyTel vehicle tracker business

 Korea taps into Chinese telematics market

 INDOT's travel time signs to improve traffic

 US DOT appoints ITS committee leaders

 Five years of congestion charges

 Stickers to replace battery-powered transponders

 Redflex cameras for two more US cities

 WSDOT opens new carpool lanes

 Korea to build high-speed smart highway

 TomTom sues Toyota navigation company

 New cameras for Ohio follow court ruling

 Jackson installs traffic-control cameras

 Albuquerque mayor suspends traffic cameras

 Aventura orders red light cameras

 ETC planned for Sialkot-Lahore m'way

 Tele Atlas joins with Cadtech in Africa

 Shanghai implements traffic control

 PBS&J wins California video toll study

 China Transinfo wins Mongolian taxis deal

 Users make millionth TomTom improvement

 European PND sales booming

 PTV models vehicle, pedestrian flows

 TRL wins Technology Watch project

 FDOT offers free Daytona 500 traffic info

 Adaptive signs offer safety dividends

 Thales wins Australian ETC contract

 ANPR provides road tax evasion figures

 ADEM selects Networkfleet

 DR wins Californian transit order

 Korea discounts off peak toll travel

 Distel set to lead Ohio Turnpike?

 Pakistan embraces electronic tolling

 Taoiseach calls for congestion charges

 Roadware Group acquired by Fugro

 Continental builds safety system test track

 Interim dividend for ITIS shareholders

 London moves to charge emissions

 Changing congestion charge perceptions

 PND with fingerprint security

 Technology rules to boost truck safety

 Smart traffic lights smooth Romania's flow

 Expert report: Road pricing is vital

 Versavel: direct detection saves lives

 Bulgarian ITS deployment must wait

 Jacobs wins North Texas Tollway contract

 Clarion plans launch of MiND

 Global map plots 50,000+ speed traps

 Telefonica teams up with Navteq

 PBS&J, HNTB selected for Florida Turnpike

 Highways Agency in £11m VMS investment

 Jams in London worsen following charge

 IRD contracts boost annual results

 Report recommends ETC for Kentucky

 New technology across North America

 Era wins Gatwick fleet tracking

 Masternaut and Webraska consolidate

 Tingvall outlines technology's Vision Zero role

 Thatcham confirms Volvo safety system benefits

 Webraska launches hybrid GPS

 Hitachi and Clarion streamline development

 PTV to supply flow data to Navteq

 Indian toll road halts traffic

 Tarmac signs up to Masternaut tracking

 Batteries keep crucial signals working

 Quixote to donate to bereaved families

 S.F. BATA to upgrade camera system?

 Free workshop on driverless vehicles

 MOVA to be installed in Stoke

 Real-time traffic on trial in Barcelona

 Qatar opts for Redflex cameras

 Virtual network interests car maker

 Discover Europe with Navteq

 SmartTrans prototype in Olympics trial

 China gets location-based service

 Bermuda adopts electronic vehicle registration

 Auto electronics in China to boom

 XATA reports flat first quarter

 Transinfo opens Shanxi province office

 Chengdu deal for China Transinfo

 Government takes over Helsinki toll study

 Emergency staff seek technology solutions

 London m'way speed cameras to go digital

 Safety experts sign-up for online event

 GPS phones set to drop in price

 Kansas picks Telvent for TMC design

 Nokia to complete Navteq deal this quarter

 Toyota's nav system primes brakes

 Weather threats for Acura's nav system

 Acacia settles patent suit against Cobra

 Kapsch TrafficCom appoints Laux in Sweden

 Satellite tolling in Singapore by 2010?

 Transtoll partners with Idris

 SpeedInfo gathers traffic data in Seattle area

 Europe to get Navteq Traffic service

 Record results for Navteq

 Maponics to use Tele Atlas map data

 HNTB wins SANDAG on-call contract

 Alpharetta lobbies for automatic traffic control

 Peters backs state tolling

 MIT researching V2V network

 Oregon report backs traffic technology research

 Three new members for ITS America

 UDOT installing ramp meters

 Byrne may resign over speed camera row

 Ford trucks to get online navigation

 OnStar rival launched in China

 Siemens wins Turkish coast road contract

 Hawaii legislator proposes traffic radio station

 Navteq buys stake in mobile ad technology

 Mn/DOT extends ramp-metering hours

 Queensland brings forward e-tolling

 Florida readies express toll plazas

 Peugeot Citroën telematics chief joins ATX

 UK pledges $millions to ITS research

 Connecticut's Rell backs traffic cameras

 Siemens consortium wins Vilnius TMS order

 Freeflow launches with US$10 million backing

 Driver feedback tested in Canada

 eSafety Support publishes 2007 reviews

 ITS America seeks World Congress chair

 Xi'an establishes nav industry base

 US DOT seeks more safety funds

 Taiwan sets price for ETC OBUs

 TomTom's High Definition for France

 Delcan wins Jo'burg ITS contract

 Delcan wins award for Riverside TMC

 London launches Low Emissions Zone

 Denso to trial vehicle-to-vehicle comms

 Lights going out for red left turns

 Michigan DOT turns to podcasts

 Berkeley students' phones to monitor flows

 Kapsch readies Czech highway information system

 Carr leads UK's North West Traffic Officer Service

 Web-based abnormal load service goes live

 Payzone pair keep jobs - for now

 Web-based weather info course launches

 Bangalore installing weigh-in-motion

 Xata completes GeoLogic Solutions buy

 Meritor WABCO launches OnGuard

 i-Travel launches in Brussels

 Traffic monitoring for Jingfu highway

 Helsinki studies congestion charge

 TrafficGauge trial maps Washington State

 US$130 million London traffic control deal

 Safe Highways of the Future set for live broadcast

 US TTID program faces audit

 NSW to issue asset management tender

 Pittsburgh converts to LED traffic lights

 NY congestion charge gains impetus

 New president for TrafficLand

 TrafficLand in video deal with ConnDOT

 Masternaut Three X launches in Ireland

 Insurance study backs speed cameras

 Motorola plans China launch with Careland

 Truck cuts pollution according to location

 Ohio okays red light cameras

 NAVTEQ maps Super Bowl for mobile devices

 Beckmann exits ETSC lobby group