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March 2008

 

 Grand Prix challenge for DARPA cars

 Garmin upgrade leverages Google Local

 Volvo low speed safety system wins top award

 Airbiquity, Siemens agree license deal

 Rumble strips fail to stop rail crossing crash

 Surprise offers real-time traffic alerts

 Engineers develop pile-up prevention beacon

 TSS unveils Aimsun additions

 Citilog launches MediaIntruder in Europe

 Tattile celebrates 20 years at Intertraffic

 Idris challenges Intertraffic visitors

 Sagem unveils Doppler speed cameras

 Barco plans visualization upgrades

 LED traffic signals win Brazil award

 Colorado legislators kill one of two toll bills

 Alps offers fish eye mapping solution

 New group seeks ALPR demonstration information

 Mobile traffic news for Calgary

 Startup offers US speed trap data for Garmin PNDs

 Secretary Peters: Over US$400 billion available for infrastructure improvement

 Europe postpones decision on TomTom/Tele Atlas deal

 Telent gets top assessment from highways agency

 Improved traffic website for Portland

 Madonna tells London’s mayor to justify the charge

 Kapsch’s first Indian toll project ends with plaudits

 Effective, efficient visualization tools

 New York’s 511 to alert commuters

 Clear and present advantage

 Roadside message signs row in Lahore

 At-work drivers running risks on the road

 Innovation the winner at AutoTronics show

 Washington State repeats order for SpeedInfo Doppler radar

 New Hampshire governor nominates new DOT head

 Real-time technology is the key to reducing railroad crossing deaths

 Porsche faces the wrath of Ken

 eCALL systems to spur consumer telematics growth

 Half-year growth for COE

 Big investment for smooth operations

 Dynamic signs on trial in Queensland

 Fan club grows for Chinese traffic radio channel

 Intelligent detection

 High-tech systems set to improve LA roads

 GNSS technology to be used in road pricing demonstration

 All-in-one ALPR solution to be shown at Intertraffic

 Navigon closes on Garmin, TomTom and Magellan

 Enviromental affairs director for ITS America

 Pick up the latest issue of Traffic Technology International at Intertraffic

 TRACC opens in Chicago

 Arizona not keen on hybrid driver's licenses

 Mobile music company to broadcast JamCast

 Honda’s cameras tested to ‘see’ motorbikes

 Double the length

 Intelligent brake lights reveal deceleration

 Real-time, two-way navigation from deCarta

 TomTom, Swisscom to take HDT to Switzerland

 Kenwood, Garmin sign AV agreement

 Bus tracking expansion for Chicago

 NY congestion fee to boost E-ZPass usage?

 Flexibility from a standalone unit

 Information portal for US travelers with cell phones

 Thailand trials cell phone traffic probes

 Ohio to retrofit dynamic message signs

 Instant safety updates direct to drivers

 VDOT ice storm response focuses on TMC

 Bright outlook

 Road technologies to transform the world?

 PGS to launch in Singapore

 Honda alerts for route problems

 TRMI wins San Francisco video contract

 E-ZPass solicits technology suppliers

 The latest model at Intertraffic

 NY congestion charging plan given a boost

 MapFan service enhanced

 Transport redevelopment plan for Macau

 Enhanced RDS data receivers for navigation devices

 Nokia leaves ball in regulators' court

 Growth in GPS demand expected to accelerate

 Crowd sourcing product ready for roll-out

 Second Galileo satellite being prepared for launch

 GeoSolveIT wins DfT database contract

 UK opens first HOV lane

 Texas police use AutoVu for theft recovery

 Arizona advances toll-road plan

 Garmin claims top PND spot

 Indiana Toll doubles cash charge

 RST launches with truck safety product

 Pay-as-you-go telematics from Hughes

 Shaanxi plans ALPR at 60 weigh stations

 Poor sales prompt Quixote review

 E-toll setback for New Hampshire

 Pennsylvania hacker targets VMS

 Abu Dhabi embraces traffic technologies

 MapQuest collaborates with Inrix in real time

 One billion GPS chips within five years

 RFID technology keeps track of school bus

 Madrid extends traffic relationship with Telvent to online site

 Trains to run on Sheffield’s streets

 Bid now for UK road charging trials

 Telematics in 30 million new cars by 2013

 Record year for China TransInfo

 Has TomTom soothed regulators’ fears?

 Singapore plans 50 transport innovation projects

 Tennessee to impose red-light camera restrictions

 New website for US Federal Highway Office of Operations

 EU backs single mobile TV standard

 Variety of launches at Intertraffic

 TransCore scoops Ohio ETC contract

 ACS snaps up Winnipeg win

 SmarTire cuts losses

 Harris okays faster hard-shoulder running

 High technology trumps green for car buyers

 Sensys wins Swedish speed camera order

 HNTB selected for Seattle’s ITS designs

 Studies: toll roads are safer

 Software-based GPS unveiled

 EVI “not worthwhile” for bikers’ tax

 Fiber network accelerates turnpike

 Wavecom’s inSIM wins innovation award

 Virtual driver reacts to virtual roads

 RedSpeed to demonstrate RedFusion

 Connecticut studying weigh-in-motion

 Digital driving nearer with FlexRay success

 Tele Atlas renews Indian database deal

 Lights to replace roundabouts in Bahrain

 Illinois issues I-PASS video

 Nortech secures Olympic stadium win

 Vitronic wins Australian e-toll deal

 Bidders await decision on Arizona cameras

 Variable tolling for Golden Gate Bridge

 Signs and cameras ease NSW congestion

 Kansas DOT installs Wichita cameras

 China in transport ministry shake-up

 HTS launches mobile ALPR

 Space race benefits vehicle navigation

 UK to invite road pricing bids next week

 Efkon appoints new chief operating officer

 ETRI claims PND update breakthrough

 Red light camera critic admits to lawsuit

 Mapping deals under EU’s microscope

 Sanya embraces ITS technology

 US truck telematics set to grow

 Iteris sends truck LDW to fleet operators

 Florida research claims cameras cause crashes

 More live traffic cams for Pennsylvania

 Efkon to supply free-flow tolling to Oslo

 Michie named Missouri highways commission chair

 Traficon joins tunnel security network

 Michigan roundabout gains experimental lights

 Road user charging back on UK agenda

 Seoul launches card-based parking

 Econolite traffic data on multiple web browsers

 US report – more funds needed to beat congestion

 Technology to change Denver drivers’ behavior

 New Orleans hosts red light training

 PGL wins Israel traffic management project

 TSS wins ROMANSE order

 Formula One chief calls for ITS standards

 Wireless sensors to monitor ageing bridges

 Ventura buys SpeedInfo traffic sensors

 Charlotte tests left turn signal design

 Swarco highlights green traffic management

 USDOT agrees loan for e-toll highway

 Tele Atlas signs Microsoft deal

 New operations chief for Quixote

 Collision survey kit reduces congestion

 TeleType offers GPS with Hazmat routing

 Neavia offers all-seeing eye

 Navigate via the rearview mirror

 MassPike head fires top officials

 Volvo spreads use of pre-crash sensors

 Trucker’s PND offers TV

 Masternaut Three X signs Virtual Earth deal

 Deer deterrent cuts New Jersey collisions

 Appian wins more ANPR deals

 RedSpeed wins Mexican order

 Trafficmaster results reflect shift to services

 CO2 you in court says London mayor

 Taiwan to ban green light countdown

 Airbiquity's VIAaq chosen for Ford Sync

 Irish toll company finally sacks top two

 Anten named ITS Network chairman

 US$16 million for jam-busting UK projects

 Tele Atlas launches e-commerce website

 Texas smart car completes four studies

 SIMBA concludes with project proposals

 Bikers fear horse box speed camera

 Thetis and Atac sign Beijing Olympic contract

 Missouri signs contract with Delcan and Itis

 Tolls key to Washington State’s projects

 Ramp meters to control LA freeway links

 Construction begins on Maryland’s ICC

 US DOT’s RITA seeks project proposals

 Mumbai calls on Seoul support

 Drive-through RFID tag “hacked”

 Street image mapping banned by Pentagon

 Cape TMC less than two years away

 Navigation shipments up 148%

 SunPass upgrade speeds Florida flows

 ITIS agrees RDS-TMC deal with Garmin

 Dubai seeks ITS answers to pollution

 TV comes to Garmin’s satnav in Italy

 Houston TranStar unveils Virtual Earth travel tool

 Mio unveils Moov range

 Softbank, Pioneer plan telematics and traffic info service

 Yandex launches Kiev traffic website

 Sensys makes breakthrough in Saudi

 Spokane opts for ATS cameras

 DLR tracks traffic with satellite images

 RAC explores technology’s road safety role

 Virginia DOT seeks toll bids

 Navteq maps New Zealand and Thailand

 Lift share website promises global coverage

 Bright blue lights beat driver drowsiness

 VSL signs work for Utah

 Lebanon navigation launch for Garmin

 Beijing prepares Olympic traffic lanes

 Crashes cost much more than congestion

 Telematics to move from vehicles to PNDs

 Australia tackles rail crossing safety

 UK DfT report backs hard shoulder running

 Navigon updates FreshMaps

 Connor is Serco Transport Systems MD

 Famas to unveil STAR radar

 Sirit expands RFID capabilities

 VII interoperability on Long Island Expressway

 Sodi Scientifica in Singapore tunnel contract

 Rockwell Collins to buy Athena Technologies

 Yandex’s Traffic 2.0 monitors Moscow traffic

 UK government boosts Transport Innovation Fund

 Laser scanning plots Danish roads

 Econolite boosts ATMS security

 China considers city congestion charges

 ASUS chooses Tele Atlas

 SmarTire, Siemens VDO settle dispute

 Denver signs limitless contract with Redflex

 Montreal Economic Institute recommends tolls

 Spokane RTMC launches traffic website

 Experiment creates test track jam

 Mio launches GPS/TMC in China

 Better transit before Irish congestion charge

 Zero tolerance cameras cut Finnish speeding

 Volvo XC60 to offer closing vehicle sensor

 DriverTech integrates CoPilot Truck

 TomTom refines navigation experience

 TomTom launches receiver for new service

 UK plans motorway toll/HOV lanes

 Wuhan unveils 3D city traffic map

 Safe Highways 2008 now available online

 Microsoft set to expand Sync’s scope

 Telent buys TSEU Group

 One in eight US drivers to buy nav units

 PublicRoutes adds Madison and Milwaukee

 TfL fits tow-trucks with GPS and ANPR

 EC seeks views on ITS plans

 Peters picks technology to cut rural road deaths

 Civica’s Journey Time gains UTMC approval

 Connecticut’s cameras face legislative test

 TCSC buys Flash Safety