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August 2009

 

 Redflex profits driven down by public opposition in USA

 Italian consumer group unhappy with camera reforms

 Pakistan’s NHA to extend electronic toll collection at all plazas

 URS awarded contract renewal for MassRIDES travel options program

 Essex County Council and Siemens extend VMS network

 USA automotive travel increases for third consecutive month

 South Gloucestershire Council uses Mayrise mobile mapping system for Street Works

 Italy bans private photo enforcement contracts

 First use of Artificial Intelligence available on Apple iPhone GPS application

  Minnesota DOT identifies US$50 billion budget shortfall over next 20 years

 UK MPs urge foreign lorry crackdown

 Balfour Beatty joint venture selected to complete Texas tollway project

 Brisbane’s new STREAMS traffic control system six months away

 Eve Trakway acquires Anglia Traffic Management Group

 SRA awarded US$53.5 million cyber security task order by Department of Homeland Security

 Slovenia grants approval to Vitronic’s PoliScanspeed enforcement system

 Pedestrian monitoring system to track walking trends on Millennium Bridge

 New camera and multi-sensor package launched by TRW

 Nitrogen could save UK motorists £1.2 billion a year

 Basler adds new features to its Scout and Pilot camera range

 New Energy Technologies announces prototype ‘energy harvester’ for trucks

 Siemens completes traffic communications switch in Scotland

 EC could use legislation to make eCall mandatory

 Commission proposes to replace VRT in Irish Republic

 State banks to finance US$317 million Philippine toll road project

 Topeka gets funding for new InSync traffic signal system

 Mississippi DOT opens US$1.5 million TMC

 Bosch introduces new smart surveillance technology to its camera range

 IRD wins US$1.4 million New York State DOT traffic data contract

 SMCTA awards PBS&J contract for transportation improvement program

 ITS Australia announces Melbourne Intelligent Transport Systems Summit

 Betsy Ross Bridge to get open-road express toll lane

 China TransInfo awarded US$4.7 million contract in Wuhan

 LaHood looks at University of Maine’s ‘bridge in a backpack’ technology

 Bids invited for £300 million Midlands highways framework

 Rand McNally launches IntelliRoute TND 500 truck navigation device

 University of California and Caltrans to survey the state’s highways

  LaHood announces new details on Distracted Driving Summit

 Royal Mail wins truck safety and innovation award

 London’s new IRID camera system eases congestion

 Virginia puts I-95 HOT lanes project on hold

 NAVTEQ map for Venezuela enhanced with Point Addressing

 Iteris awarded US$3.5 million Traveler Information System contract for LA County

 Percentage of European ESP-equipped cars increased in 2008

 China cracks down on drunk driving

 Midlands Highway Alliance secures DfT grant

 IRD extends Alberta truck pre-clearance system contract

 Highways Agency and Siemens in major low voltage project

 Malaysian operator offers incentives to encourage electronic tolling

 RoSPA welcomes first myth-busting drug-driving campaign

 Washington State DOT begins I-5 HOV lane construction work

 CoPilot Live GPS navigation application available for iPhones in North America

 Peter R Brown Construction Inc enlists Thomas D Pellarin

  Mayor announces installation of LEDs in 3,500 of London’s traffic signals

 Commission hopes to expand traffic management project in Lafayette, Indiana

 Oklahoma DOT uses smart signs to help Tulsa traffic

 Smart CCTV’s camera system used in M1 junction study

 Trafficmaster and IBM combine for quicker analysis of traffic data

 Independent tests claim speed cameras have no effect on Arizona highway speeds

 Volvo wins special Prince Michael Road Safety Award

 iGO My way 3D navigation application launched for iPhone

 NTTA considers its first ‘design-build’ contract to construct Phase 4 of SH 161

 Enforcement Interest Group Annual Conference announced by ITS UK

 Sirit installs its first ETC system in Colombia

  Radwin’s wireless broadband system deployed in Chilean traffic project

 New Aha Mobile iPhone application minimizes driver distractions

 London’s foreign embassies owe £28 million in unpaid fines and congestion charges

 Telvent to install toll system for the new Bilbao bypass

 Titan Energy announces delivery of emergency power generators for Florida DOT

 WSDOT adds new tools to deliver real-time traffic information

 Londoners getting the message about parking infringements, figures show

 Northwest Signal announces its new M1 traffic signal controller

 China TransInfo launches China’s first real-time traffic website and cellphone software

 London Borough adopts digital video technology for CCTV enforcement

 Western Australia to test new speed cameras

 Redflex open to two-tiered ticketing system for Chicago suburb

 Further network expansion for TRL Software

 Five share £262 million UK Highways Agency framework deal

 Driver distraction and inattention the focus of new international conference

 Italian authorities conduct third speed camera raid

 Chevron wins Prince Michael International Road Safety Award

 New Testbox software for signal controllers from Northwest Signal Supply

 TRL Software releases new version of ARCADY 7 roundabout design software

 waze crowdsourcing application now available for iPhone

 Eagle Point releases LandSketch for Highways route design software

  New Zealand government exempts electric cars from road user charges

 IBEC announces Road Pricing Beyond Technology seminar

 NAVTEQ launches its first map of Jordan

 IRD awarded US$2.1 million PennDOT weighstation contract

 New power backup products for traffic and ITS

 Adelaide told that congestion taxes are not the solution

 Amey wins US$4.6 billion Birmingham highways PFI contract

 LaHood announces distracted driving summit

 UK Government gives cash boost to Teesside ramp metering scheme

 Peek Traffic Corporation name Ray Deer as new VP of Engineering

 Communities in Buckinghamshire, UK tackle speeding vehicles

 Study shows younger UK motorists most supportive of speed cameras

 Queensland, Australia, launches red light warning signs trial

 Former senior FTA administrator appointed to Optelecom-NKF's board of directors

 Inrix Traffic! application now available for free on iPhones

 Wisconsin DOT awards US 41 expansion project management contract to URS

 ATS releases crash video to support National Stop on Red Week

 First annual report shows HOT lane project is a success

 Volvo succeeds in London Congestion Charge challenge

 TfL and IBM to introduce instant payment system for London C-charge

 Redflex gets Type Approval for its LasercamSL system

 Alaska DOT places order for Peek traffic counters

 Texas DOT approves toll amnesty

 Safety coalition selects TruTouch Technologies’ system for funding

 First UK town switches off its speed cameras

 Kent council first to use new UK road work permit scheme

 Scotland’s fire services launch new Firelink digital radio system