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July 2008

 

 Even the best drivers crash…

 Smoke detection technology shortlisted at security industry’s ‘Oscars’

 Journey Dynamics unveils fuel-saving HGV traffic speed forecasting

 Bush administration plans reform of transport network funding

 Another record quarter for Garmin

 Carmanah Partners with ENCOM to Offer Wireless Control of Solar-Powered Traffic Beacons

 In-car imaging technology to target driver behavior

 ASUS selects Clear Channel’s Total Traffic Network

 Connecticut invests in new laser guns to catch speeders

 Tennessee court upholds use of red-light cameras

 Navteq improves Mexico road maps

 London’s congestion charge affecting car rental trade

 Tel Aviv getting ready for congestion charge

 TRB offers crash reduction factors guide

 Microsoft opens interface for sat nav devices

 Record results for Image Sensing Systems

 Smart street lighting lab integrates traffic sensors

 West Carollton opts for Redflex

 Iteris results show increased revenues

 Serco appoints transport business development head

 Minnesota maps deadliest US roads

 Beijing’s cabs to accept transport cards

 TTI appoints two toll experts

 eTrip Services buys Eazy Pass

 Mercury adds WiMAX to car navigation

 Tenders invited for Israeli traffic control

 India favors international ETC standard

 Virtual journeys help prepare drivers

 AA bike patrols to cut congestion

 Slovakian toll roads face further delay

 ComNet releases new fiber optic products

 Michigan expands ITS networks

 Ascom wins Portugese toll order

 TomTom restructures PND division

 Container solution clears Korean congestion

 Insurer offers ITS discount

 Telvent wins new Chesapeake TMS contract

 Vehicle technology laws confuse drivers

 Peters backs congestion pricing

 Signal buys Quixote intersection control business

 Robot offers navigation interface

 EastLink introduces e-tolls

 DOT blog shares thoughts on road project

 Virginia debuts variable speed limits

 Washington State expands instant-tow program

 Sensys Networks secures US$5 million of funding

 Vote secures US$8 billion US highway funding

 Operation Lifesaver wins rail crossing safety grant

 Islamabad to install traffic signal controls

 IRD wins new southern Indian contract

 Microsoft Map Search adds Olympic traffic

 Phoenix tightens travel time estimates

 NHTSA specifies truck camera and video systems

 Renton debuts fixed-speed cameras

 Drive-thru tolling confusion in Ireland

 Dutch launch truck safety system tests

 Dead reckoning keeps NY yellow cabs on target

 Garmin increases North America lead over TomTom

 Network helps west coast truckers find parking bays

 GreenRoad raises US$17.5 million

 OnStar’s ‘Crisis Assist’ helps Dolly victims

 GM windshield enhances view

 Vancouver plans ITS for Winter Olympics

 SWARCO acquires UNIDOC

 PIPS supplies ANPR for London's Low Emission Zone

 AT&T expands GPS service to 20 countries

 North Shore spends more on signals

 NHTSA chief Nason to resign

 San Francisco plans Express-lane network

 Carillion wins UK hard shouder contract

 Homebuyers offered ETC tags

 Serco wins smart parking contract

 Beltway HOT lane ground broken

 Bush names his man for FHWA

 Audi’s V2I demonstrator rides green wave

 Icomera acquires Moovera Networks

 New York state targets work zone speeders

 Bangkok turns to home-grown traffic control

 Contract failure provides opening for Redflex

 Comet now includes journey time monitoring

 WABCO to launch telematics system at CV show

 Vitronic wins Lithuanian order

 Tait to showcase radio system at InnoTrans

 Nissan’s Star Wings takes-off in Beijing

 Oklahoma responders get ACS dispatch

 Hong Kong invests in control network

 TomTom sales buoyant

 New report on driver assistance systems

 West Midlands gets US$53 million traffic upgrade

 Kapsch sues Slovak roads

 Rhode Island contemplates tolls

 Residents anger at Dublin’s camera plan

 Schaeffler raises Continental bid

 Trafficmaster releases trading update

 Singapore unveils ITS improvements

 ETC frightens Irish car hire companies

 Networks in Motion wins award, plans ads

 Inventor’s device adds traffic news to satnavs

 Winnipeg tries diamond lanes camera

 Trafficmaster buys Eurowatch parent

 Tennessee extends Nashville camera network

 ITS, automotive to lead image processing sales

 Cambridge Systematics wins CT toll study

 London targets penalty dodgers

 Beijing’s plate rule jams subway

 Jenoptik seeks North American sales boost

 Indra to install traffic control for Spain

 Single traffic control centre for Brisbane

 China TransInfo sells US$15 million of stock

 VASID trial displays speeders’ plates

 TMC speeds accident response

 Barcelona’s tourists go with the flow

 IRD’s sales slow

 TRL publishes parking technology update

 Clear Channel hits half million milestone

 iSuppli buys Telematics Research Group

 Tele Atlas survey reveals LBS promise

 Virginia starts on Capital Beltway HOT lanes

 Commuters post their own NJ travel news

 Kizoom offers real-time transit on iPhones

 Redflex wins Arizona-wide camera network

 Beijing unveils three-level Olympic traffic control

 UK drivers face US$10 hard shoulder toll?

 UMass Transit to host travel info center

 Ford plans new active safety features

 Serco wins Heathrow road traffic control deal

 Continental rejects Schaeffler bid

 Cybit to track Highways Agency vehicles

 Yahoo! selects TrafficCast traffic info

 Raytheon to bid for final phase of GAGAN

 Toll plazas remove speed limits

 Report: Technology helps and hinders road safety

 Hitachi to launch differential map updates

 Bosch proposes sixth safety star

 WSP tests license plate cameras

 New Haven plate reader hits snag

 Intrinsyc, Navteq sign map distribution deal

 Volvo sets zero accident target by 2020

 Mercury unveils TrakPoint

 Redflex promotes executives

 Networkcar introduces activity alerts

 Carmanah controls wireless solar beacons

 OnStar saves woman in canal plunge

 Memphis chooses ATS red light cameras

 Pennsylvania Turnpike reveals I-80 tolls plan

 Kelly targets US$12 billion against congestion

 Navigation helps buoy mobile phone market

 Virginia seeks private partner for toll project

 Sirit and 3M Brazil sign ETC agreement

 Olympic traffic command center begins work

 Garmin, Ford launch seamless PND integration

 Grand Jury indicts two for ticket fixing

 Jonesborough win for Redflex

 Alicante vigilante destroys speed cameras

 Report published on ACC systems

 Mobile ANPR from Parking And Traffic Technologies

 Florida Turnpike speeds ORT deployment

 Palm Jumeirah Tunnel fits video detection

 Schaeffler readies bid for Continental

 Oki controls parking using ETC onboard units

 Swindon to scrap speed cameras?

 DC to get traffic info on mobile phones

 Hill & Smith boosted by ITS sales

 Memphis plans SmartWay camera system

 Costs halt MassPike upgrade to free flow

 Beijing unveils Olympic ITS sensors

 Broadcom tops GPS vendor matrix ranking

 Cityspace unveils Smart Point

 USTelematics, Netflix partner for wireless technology

 Loctronix demos low-cost GNSS positioning

 Automated traffic management in Texas

 San Francisco readies Smartphone parking

 Georgia DOT installs new ramp meters on I-85

 Florida opens HOT Lane experiment

 Camera limiting petitions earn public support

 Telematics market to triple in five years

 Sanral seeks to raise US$5.8 billion for tolls

 Vehicle tracking holds green potential

 Consumer telematics offers bright prospects

 Road design ‘key to lower death toll’

 Maryland establishes statewide comms plan

 India’s Radio One to provide traffic updates

 Wibro offers wireless broadband navigation

 AASHTO pleased by Senate move

 Peiker acustic grows into new office

 Sabar wins airport parking tender

 Ford’s smart intersection ‘talks’ to cars

 Honolulu Mayor vows to veto C-charge study

 Houston tests ACS Lite traffic control

 TomTom wins FCC OK for HDTraffic

 Navi2Go launched for BlackBerry

 Drivers with bumper stickers more aggressive

 InterRoute site monitors motorway assets

 Scottsdale adds six cameras to target left turns

 Intrinsyc buys Destinator assets

 MiTAC develops twin screen GPS phone

 Electro Gravity dreams of energy roads

 Navilock uses MapFactor software

 Orange County win for Iteris

 NBC offers New York traffic camera service

 Public company to cut Rotterdam truck delays

 AASHTO video advances life-saving study

 Toll-lane project could shift to 110 Freeway

 Nokia completes Navteq acquisition

 ITS America supports FCC safety network proposal

 ISS, Econolite extend distribution deal

 Truck parking trials on US interstates

 Competition grows in real-time traffic

 Five US cities pilot new 911 system

 Digi unveils low-cost network solution

 Singapore launches enhanced journey planner

 Opel Insignia to feature traffic sign recognition

 Express lanes for NJ Turnpike?

 Appian wins ANPR orders worth US$966,000

 Mercedes-Benz sued over navigation patent

 Truckers face EU pollution toll

 NC DOT seeks hard shoulder driving approval

 ProScan launches GPS in southern Africa

 Nagoya considers road-congestion charge

 Appello, T-Mobile Austria partner on mobile navigation

 Hughes and Intrado partner to set safety standard

 Expo GPS Congress to be held in Brazil

 Royal Mail marketer moves to TomTom

 US adds technology to Five Star Safety rating

 Chinese PND market grows by 214%

 Social networks boost outdoor GPS

 NTSB calls for better signs, traffic control

 ProContour unveils laser tread reader

 Hyder appoints Catto as chief executive

 Winnipeg installs Sensys road sensors

 UK manages 100,000 traffic works

 Consortium raises Pennsylvania Turnpike finance

 Nokia prioritises navigation services

 Sanderson appointed as Astrata director

 WindSpring awarded connected navigation patent

 AND releases new version of Map 2.0

 Illinois photo vans prove effective

 Garmin offers China maps in Taiwan

 Safer road design could cut deaths by one third

 Mayor vetoes congestion charge rise

 Garmin debuts full menu speech control

 IRD wins US$2.45 million Indian toll deal

 JAI helps TfL switch to digital enforcement

 Colorado plans live traffic video network

 Asia-Pacific to lead PND market by 2012

 Mumbai camera network nears completion

 Base to launch Belgium traffic service

 Kuantan cameras begin operation

 TomTom predicts 15 million sales in 2008

 NICE selected for Beijing’s Olympic tunnels

 Use of vehicle tracking systems grows in India

 Kentucky installs median cable barriers

 Mio to guide 2010 World Expo

 Slow mail invalidates speed tickets

 Russian capital embraces traffic cameras

 Camera operator rigged system

 Telematics firsts on new BMW 7 Series

 Lextech develops iPhone video surveillance

 Teething troubles in EastLink’s first week

 Nokia seeks Drive volunteers

 State OKs GPS monitoring of staff

 Mobile traffic cams for I-90

 Queensland reaps US$58m from cameras

 Abilene trials red-light cameras

 Porcari leads AASHTO’s climate change program

 EC regulator clears Navteq-Nokia deal

 Seattle retimes 258 downtown junctions

 Shanghai shelters entertain and inform

 Transurban seeks return of Virgina poll gifts

 Hawaii DOT increases HOV requirements

 Tollway seeks to settle TxDOT dispute

 Florida court slams bogus toll fines

 Bedford Park issues red light warnings

 i-Zoom boosted by strike threat

 Reading ‘must’ consider road pricing

 ‘Convenience Pricing’ for N.J. highways?

 Copenhagen to adopt congestion tax

 Californian system navigates around crashes

 Swedish buses become WiFi hotspots

 Hong Kong introduces hill safety measures

 Washington State: surf before you drive

 Report: Asia, Europe poised for LBS growth

 Orlando addresses toll charge backlog

 Mobile data debuts on SD’s snow plows

 Cashless future for Sydney Harbour Bridge

 Technology helps Reading enforce bus lanes

 HA launches updated Traffic Radio

 CADRE sat nav to beat jams

 Bidding begins for Galileo work

 Visteon offers in-dash entertainment/GPS system

 TrafficLand agrees Caltrans camera deal

 New guide to passive road safety

 Montego Bay invests US$40m in traffic system

 Jiangsu commits to speed cameras

 FHWA grants to spur innovation

 New technology nabs traffic offenders

 Study: transponders hide toll costs

 Skyhook Wireless launches hybrid positioning

 TomTom denies liquidity rumours

 SunPass orders TransCore’s RFID sticker

 Road Congress presentations now available

 London mayor orders congestion charge review

 Cisco, Nivis debut embedded wireless IP technology

 Dash completes first GPS wireless update

 Volvo’s telematics for 1,400 Brazilian buses

 Georgia hires McKinsey & Co for transport plan

 EastLink tollway cuts Melbourne delays

 Speeders pay for police petrol

 Minnesota University wins rural road role

 Google, Tele Atlas sign five-year map deal

 VMS debut on China’s Jing-qin highway

 Arizona DOT volunteers test night signs

 Microsoft and SVOX pair on text to speech

 Redflex wins in Roseville and Livingston

 Mobiles report on teen drivers’ speeding

 Gallagher joins ComNet as VP of engineering