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June 2011

 

 New report says signs and road markings are critical to advances in road safety

 Nottingham City Council installs ISS' CitySync ALPR system in city center car park

 Toyota develops navigation system compatible with Japan's new V2I safety system

 Philips SpeedStar LED lighting system improves visibility at UK highway junction

 Indonesia to introduce electronic road pricing in five largest cities

 VicRoads' ITS expert joins Sensys Networks as director for Australasia, Singapore and Malaysia

 MVTA awards contract for ITS Base Architecture to RouteMatch Software

 Volvo demonstrates new Automated Queue Assistance system for trucks

 Iteris to provide traffic light synchronization along major corridor in California

 World's first dedicated ITS research and test center officially opened in UK

 Aldis' GridSmart video-based vehicle detection system approved by Texas DOT

 TagMaster announces RFID traffic control installation on the island of Capri in Italy

 State of Nevada passes bill to authorize the use of driverless cars

 Parsons Brinckerhoff to design fiber-optic network for Michigan DOT

 Volkswagen launches Temporary Auto Pilot system for semi-automated driving

 UK Government launches new campaign to cut motorcycling deaths

 New Jersey DOT and Turnpike Authority win ITS America award for 'Trumpit' system

 European Commission to fund electric vehicle infrastructure project

 Iteris releases series 2 upgrade of its VantageView video management software

 Dr Priya Prasad wins SAE International's international transportation safety award

 Jupiter Systems introduces the Fusion Catalyst 8000 display wall processor

 Garmin announces signing of agreement to acquire Navigon

 MindTree launches new automatic traffic counting and classification system

 Two Volvo employees receive prestigious awards from NHTSA

 Citilog installs its MediaTunnel AID system in the Reboucas tunnel, Rio de Janeiro

 Traffic Tech wins two new parking systems contracts at The Pearl - Qatar Project

 TRW announces new curtain airbags and next-generation camera systems

 US DOT's ITS-JPO selects firms to supply equipment for Safety Pilot Program

 ATS launches 'How it Works' video that explains red-light camera operation

 New York State Thruway Authority's Woodbury ORT project wins ITS New York award

 ITS contract awarded for Scotland's new Forth bridge project

 Official opening of the world's first dedicated ITS R&D center to take place on June 27

 Technolution develops Speed Monitor and Speed Lock anti-speeding system

 China TransInfo awarded contract to build traffic control system in Shenzhen City

 Volvo developing auto-braking safety system to recognize animals

 Associate Federal Highway Administrator is new Delaware Transportation Secretary

 Seven more London boroughs join Government's street works permit scheme

 Ford and world safety leaders working to harmonize V2V communication systems

 Technolution to implement traffic-information system for Dutch municipality of Deventer

 UK Government cuts traffic signs red tape for local councils

 TRL introduces new cycling module for its 'streetaudit' software system

 Toyota adds two new members to its digital crash-test dummy 'family'

 Washington State DOT's new Smarter Highways VMS go live on I-90

 Hungary joins the pan-European eCall emergency call system project

 USDOT and the Better Business Bureau launch partnership to fight distracted driving

 European Parliament passes new rules for truck pollution and congestion charges

 Inrix to provide traffic data for Pioneer's new voice-controlled Zypr platform

 Iteris releases Abacus 2.0 for incident detection and data collection using existing cameras

 TAPCO partners with SimpleSigns to meet new FHWA compliance requirements

 ITS-UK elects new chairman and vice chair for 2011-12

 Dutch SaveCAP project announces progress report on cyclists and pedestrians safety

 Messoa launches new ALPR traffic camera

 TomTom extends its portfolio of traffic data for governments and industry partners

 INRIXTraffic.eu site offers transport agencies access to traffic flow data in cities, nationwide and across borders

 Lee Davey named as Redflex's European account manager

 Waze launches its crowdsourced navigation application in the UK

 NAVTEQ debuts its TPEG-based traffic services at ITS Europe

 IBM launches Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities

 MHI and NCS to conduct next-generation ERP testing for Singapore LTA

 Rhythm Engineering to launch CentralSync software system at its annual conference

 District of Columbia DOT and Envista working on web-based right-of-way management project

 New IAM report shows that men are more dangerous than women on UK roads

 USA's longest serving state transportation agency CEO, Dan Flowers, to retire

 Advances at ASECAP Days in Brussels

 Highways Agency awards National Traffic Information Service contract to NIC Ltd

 Arkansas HTD selects Intergraph's I/Incident Analyst to improve highway safety

 GEWI to demonstrate its new web-based TPEG navigation testing system at ITS Europe

 AECOM to develop road safety strategy for Qatar as part of five-year project

 Aesthetics and performance all rolled into one

 Oregon DOT selects AeroVironment to build first phase of its I-5 Green Highway

 ITS UK to host Carbon Working Group and Smart Environment Interest Group Joint Conference

 Gentex's Rear Camera Display mirrors exceed US NHTSA requirements

 HELP Inc appoints truck safety enforcement expert as its new president and CEO

 Telvent announces agreement for acquisition by Schneider Electric

 New Smart Parking technology from Libelium enables cities to make efficient use of their parking resources

 Drivers want training, not fines, finds IAM poll

 Monitoring pedestrians and cyclists to help the environment

 American Roads introduces cell phone app for tolls at gated facilities

 TISA and EasyWay ESG5 cooperate on European traffic information system

 California Office of Traffic Safety deems distracted driving campaign “a success”

 Beat the Traffic releases beta version of its live traffic maps with new street information