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May 2008

 

 More ANPR cameras for Sussex

 TxDOT’s CRIS analyzes traffic accidents

 Patent battle over traffic light priority

 Daktronics reports mixed results

 CHP uses Lidar to nab speeders

 Tata to deploy Qualcomm in India

 Tele Atlas targets pedestrian market

 Grey Island profits fall, revenue rises

 Vincotech emerges as standalone company

 Texas and Ohio use Virtual Earth for traffic

 Schwarzenegger announces safety grants

 Europe plans driver aid field tests

 Scotia saves gas with TomTom Work

 Record results from Iteris

 Third-generation Garmins for Mercedes

 Tag holder launched for baseball fans

 Decision day for Tele Atlas investors

 Siemens wins St Petersburg freeway order

 Miami adopts pay by phone parking

 PennDOT opens 511 tender

 GS&P wins Georgia ITS contract

 McMonigall invests in Journey Dynamics

 Quixote attenuator passes crash tests

 TRAX to offer 360-degree, 3D navigation

 Nav N Go 3D navigation debuts in France

 Auto club drops paper map production

 Sanral completes Jo’burg deployment

 China TransInfo wins Olympics GIS contract

 IBM and Hisense in ITS cooperation deal

 Cyprus to decide on traffic camera network

 Colorado DOT deploys mountain pass webcams

 Drivers see red in Australia

 ATEME and Barco partner on video security

 Vodafone’s SIMs back Europe's eCall

 Siemens wins London signal contract

 Cato slams long-range transport planning

 Tennessee OKs traffic camera restrictions

 Tender advertised for VIN decoding

 Geir to leave Q-Free

 Karachi benefits from new traffic systems, says mayor

 New ITS cameras from Dalsa

 ATX Telematics for German Peugeot owners

 Virginia toll road readies express lanes

 Bahamas wins US$100 million traffic improvement funds

 Hi-Fog protects Finnish tunnel

 RTMC takes over South Africa’s traffic licensing

 September debut for UAE’s electronic tolling

 Queensland opens Gold Coast TMC

 Bluetooth tracks slow-moving traffic

 Toshiba unveils ToSpeak voice synthesis

 Connecticut proceeds with 511 travel updates

 Berthelot joins Ertico

 Fog signs for Highway 99

 Iowa Supreme Court to rule on photo evidence

 CitySync launches wireless ANPR camera

 Booz Allen Hamilton to separate

 VII proposals sought by Minnesota DOT

 Hybrids reach limit on Arizona’s HOV lanes

 Dyvine harnesses traffic systems in emergencies

 Fort Worth’s buses gain signal priority

 Inspiring award for TeleNav founder

 Cameras coming to Saudi Arabia

 Denver to debut red-light cameras

 States seek to unify toll system

 Buses succeed as mobile sensing platforms

 Nokia Maps 2.0 now available for download

 Telvent wins three major contracts

 Europe seeks mandatory ESC by 2012

 Swedes get navigation systems for mobiles

 GyPSii agrees NAV2 deal in China

 RedSpeed for Deer Park

 Festus awaits red light green light

 WebTech Wireless launches personal GPS

 Transcore/ETC lawsuit dismissed

 Big March drop in US driving mileage

 Indian students ease traffic congestion

 Inflatable road cone for emergencies

 Windshield navigation system developed

 OnStar receives honors at Telematics Awards

 Spirent and Agilent to Join CSR at EGPS Forum

 Rental cars stolen using GPS

 Real-time traffic coverage for the UK

 New Hampshire clears up E-ZPass mess

 Nokia harnesses Ordnance Survey data

 Minnesota tests digital signs

 Variable speed limits begin on I-270

 Continental offers safer navigation to school

 New US report on traffic incident management

 Fuji unveils 3D anti-collision warning system

 Sea-Tac Airport unveils floor count parking

 Iwasaki named chairman of ITS America

 Survey: toll roads chosen to save fuel

 Naperville ditches red light cameras

 Lawyer challenges GPS tracking

 Core Group ends TomTom distribution deal

 Telematics awards winners

 Kansas beefs up 511 traveler information

 Avanzit, Telefonica prepare S America deal

 Reading debuts WiMAX traffic control

 Biker-only cameras sought

  Two awards in two years for Hughes

 Maine Turnpike to reconsider plaza plan

 China TransInfo buys highway monitoring firm

 Chinese GPS firm to trade on NASDAQ

 Artist fined for light tampering

 Sony’s PSP finds a new way forward

 Lobby group fights congestion ‘monster’

 ASUS links with Nissan for China PND launch

 Denso extends Tele Atlas deal

 Norwich ‘no’ to road pricing wins backing

 ITS control set for Baku

 Xilinx offers low-power in-car infotainment system

 Destinator assets bought by Intrinsyc

 innovITS talks up V2I test center

 UIEvolution demos in-car wireless multimedia

 Intel wants to pimp your ride

 Cameras to enforce Palm Beach red lights

 Inrix debuts routing and connected services

 SkyTraq unveils ‘highest-integration’ GPS chip

 Free debut for early EastLink toll road

 UniHz wins Foshan enforcement contract

 Wind River plans August infotainment launch

 Memphis traffic getting connected

 MapQuest extends Navteq deal

 RFID sales to reach US$9.7 billion by 2013

 Frederick to extend Nestor red light contract?

 New York state launches TransAlert

 New president for ITS Slovenia

 Dublin to consider congestion charge

 ANPR companies demonstrate solutions

 Kapsch to appeal to Slovak watchdog

 June launch for Inrix Total Fusion

 GoPal is pretty in pink

 i-Box adds new dimension to GPS

 Strabag buys into Efkon

 ATX calls for in-car web standards

 Abertis chosen for Turnpike privatization

 China opens dedicated ITS laboratory

 High-power LEDs promise slimmer PNDs

 XM launches “Get There Faster” campaign

 Bangkok policeman’s traffic stopping remote

 BrisConnections wins Brisbane AirLink

 Bulgaria to introduce traffic video monitoring

 NJ Turnpike boss Lapolla to step down

 England offers traffic noise maps

 EASIS builds safer vehicle networks

 E-tolls take over on Istanbul bridges

 Traffic Patterns upgrade for North America

 Canada’s 511 system slow to roll out

 Ascom sells its traffic business unit to Annax

 Governator calls for better map systems

 ITS China is born

 Navigation stocks’ fortunes vary

 Governor launches New Jersey traffic services

 Trafficmaster reports positive trading

 Harman, Navteq extend contract

 Report predicts service centers’ role with telematics

 Bucharest opens TMC

 V2I tests begin on European simulator

 Lockheed Martin wins GPS III order

 Kapsch joins Busi for Italian urban telematics

 NTOC: Texas tunes traffic signals

 Vermont launches first smart work zone

 ESA launches satellite navigation contest

 Spotigo claims WiFi accuracy beats GPS

 MapmyIndia goes mobile

 Advanced driver assistance for UK fleets

 Artimis expands into Indiana

 Wilbur Smith wins Assam deal

 Telmap upgrade offers multimodal navigation

 Shanghai plans zonal traffic control

 OnStar’s Marx moves to Hughes

 WorldMate clients offered Telmap navigation

 ETC saves Mass Turnpike half a million bucks

 Sat-nav for truck and van drivers

 Garmin offers BlackBerry navigation

 TTI expands premises

 Dash opens its platform to developers

 Ghana goes for TMC

 GPS to be in half of Nokias by 2012

 Tag tolling cuts Bay Area backups

 Alert FM spreads to Florida

 TomTom wins EU okay to Tele Atlas deal

 USTelematics to offer live TV in vehicles

 UK to license satnav vendors?

 Panasonic PNDs to link to home networks

 ORINOKO cameras control lights

 Sirius adds a million users in first quarter

 TMC for Jackson to open in July

 Nestor reports buoyant first quarter sales

 Traffic cameras misused for “peeping”

 Spirent cooperates on A-GPS in China

 Google faces up to privacy fears

 Record results from China TransInfo

 Multi-tasking wiDAR released

 Caltrans recommends signal funds

 Tianjin port invests in ITS

 Governor names PA Turnpike deadline

 Controllers check traffic on mobiles

 Romania to tender toll road

 Global Traffic maintains progress

 China poised for greatest GPS growth

 Auto makers predict eCall delays ahead

 Intermap goes straight down the middle

 Mississippi plans airport toll road

 Qualcomm integrates Astral for fleet tracking

 Emmis reports quarter growth

 Illinois issues new traffic info rules

 Moscow’s junctions mapped online

 Four UK cities reject congestion charge

 TomTom unveils HD Traffic receiver

 New London mayor ends emissions charge

 Parking wardens take to the Segway

 ERP cuts Singapore traffic

 Audiovox opens new Mexico facility

 Cashless future for Sydney Harbour Bridge

 Sanral awards Gauteng freeway contracts

 Dash upgrades historical data

 Pioneer plans top-of-the-range PNDs

 Rhode Island lawmakers approve red-light cameras

 GPS handsets to top 550 million by 2012

 ClearChannel suffers revenue fall

 ATS reports strong trading

 Navigation shipments rose 130% last year

 Atheros launches latest single chip GPS

 GTX Corp wins GPS for joggers deal

 Official statistics show UK traffic slowing

 RouteMatch Software opens Denver office

 Virtual pedestrians stop traffic

 Europe readies E-toll project’s final workshop

 TCSC acquires Flashco

 Etisalat to offer Garmin on BlackBerry

 China plans Asian positioning system

 Live news for New York state mobiles

 US congestion costs US$80 billion a year

 Nokia predicts huge market for GPS phones

 Europe improves transport research website

 Indian PND market poised for take-off

 Louisiana lawmakers seek to limit cameras

 Citilog wins Big Dig tunnel order

 Fisheye camera to go on test

 TomTom shares rise on Tele Atlas hopes

 KVH unveils continuous navigation system

 Navigation sales to reach US$62 billion by 2012

 Global Traffic Network buys into UK radio

 Countdown to launch of Beijing parking system

 Trackers to speed Dublin buses

 Cameras to aid Mumbai monsoon alerts

 Chicago loves cell phone parking payments

 GIOVE-B transmits first GPS-Galileo signal

 Busiest US toll point to go cashless

 Anything Brands debuts mobile electronics site

 BMW set to offer onboard web access

 TRL unveils TRANSYT 13

 Logo winner for new ITS center

 Pedestrian detector added to single chip

 Fuel cell cleans up GPS unit

 Radar boosts Image Sensing Systems

 Florida’s VMS to carry “officer down” alerts

 Appian wins more UK ANPR orders

 Michigan researchers win IVBSS funding

 Boeing going for Iteris

 Wuhan places huge GPS order for taxis

 Microsoft, Hyundai-Kia team for in-car products

 Siemens, NXP develop GPS/GSM tolling

 Kapsch TrafficCom to appeal Slovak award?

 Intermap completes European 3D map

 Teletrac to offer Navteq traffic data

 Millennium Plus offers GPS/cellular tracking

 Ibertax-Santoll wins Slovak e-toll contract

 AirSage opens developer zone

 TMC opens in Plant City

 Baltimore opens US$2.9 million TMC

 Shanghai to give car-pooling a try

 Big brands dominate satnav rankings

 Optelecom-NKF wins Dutch fiber contracts

 ITS Alaska launches web site

 Congestion charges for Korea

 Slovakia set to introduce electronic toll collection

 VDOT begins work on HOT Lanes

 First GPS-triggered comedy podcast

 Washington adds traffic cameras to safety network

 Real-time traffic boosts TCS’s results

 Sri Lanka gets voice-prompted satnav

 Garmin to buy two of its distributors

 Kansas City turns to red light cameras

 New Hampshire TMC adds service patrols

 VIPs delay Mumbai’s traffic control

 Tongji University wins Siemens backing

 Jakarta seeks CCTV funding solution

 E-ZPass for Rhode Island

 Edinburgh invests in dynamic speed signs

 Virginia and Korea team optimize signals

 OnStar to provide stolen vehicle slowdown

 Bridge VMSs offer wind warnings

 Cameras to boost school crossing safety

 Europe to assess green impact of ITS

 Crossing with the green woman

 ABI: RFID market developing fast

 Kansas Turnpike seeks potential toll providers

 Navteq revenues rise despite Asia Pacific decline

 Gretna opts for Redflex enforcement

 Alabama awaits return of fog warning

 Citus offers bi-lingual navigation