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September 2008

 

 Motorola trials M2M wireless module

 MassPike plans free tag promotion

 Alachua County considers bus lanes

 Murfreesboro cameras nab 4,000 in one month

 Driver assistance systems report published

 Pune police try remote-control signal upgrade

 Utah sensors keep green lights on longer

 Autoliv completes automotive radar sensor deal

 Keytop unveils dynamic parking guidance

 UK speeders face ban on second offence

 CBI calls for faster action on congestion

 Minister to study workplace parking fees

 Cisco applauds Skymeter Seoul trials

 Singapore delays ERP roll out

 Beijing fights jams with traffic limits

 Chesterfield introduces pay-by-space parking

 Green Road wins GreenFleet award

 TTI wins NY ITS Project award

 California repeals GPS on windshield ban

 Penn Turnpike offer set to expire

 California approves US$730m for carpool lanes

 Shanghai looks to French transit technology

 UK: more speed cameras attacked

 Bumblebees inspire Nissan crash avoidance

 California Supreme Court to review red light cameras

 South Africa warned on street name changes

 SCDOT considers tolls to pay for interstate widening

 McPartlin resigns as Illinois Tollway chief

 Rhode Island prepares for E-ZPass

 Abu Dhabi taxis sense a presence

 Goldman Sachs takes stake in ATS

 HIT opens transport safety and intelligent control lab

 NY drivers' licences to incorporate RFID

 New York civil rights group sues over ALPR

 Dashboard device tracks Diabetics' sugar levels

 Road safety conference calls for papers

 Deadline looms for student essay contest

 ATS loses Arizona contract appeal

 Higher fuel costs trigger more breakdowns

 AA warns light ruling will raise fuel bills

 Renault and Tom Tom in satnav deal

 DMRC plans automated parking for Delhi

 Kane'ohe installs traffic camera network

 UK road deaths fall to record low

 Qualcomm adds OmniExpress touchscreen display

 Texting while driving banned in California

 iSuppli warns of slow start for pedestrian navigation

 Shanghai tests pedestrian monitors

 ITS planned for Australia's Bruce Highway

 Tennessee aims to be transport research center

 Tom Tom assists Mondial

 EC plans mandatory daytime running lights

 Squirrel snarls traffic with final act

 Analyst predicts tough year for PND makers

 Bird's eye view set to aid truck drivers

 San Francisco tour for robot Prius

 Chile's jams revive calls for national e-toll

 Beijing's streets return to jams

 AAA report: technology use by old and young

 Intrinsyc restructures after acquisition

 Delaware adds three more cameras

 Rand McNally to use Navteq map data

 ITSSA calls for presenters

 Kelly plans to step down

 Tim Coleman appointed Trafficmaster FD

 Intermap Technologies opens Michigan office

 Volvo Trucks launches Alcolock

 FHWA offers grants for innovative road pricing

 Tennessee analysis challenges red light cameras

 Fuel costs give car sharing a push

 SingTel offers Wayfinder in Singapore

 Nissan offers aftermarket Carwings system

 Mark IV issues toll tag with feedback

 Korea gets into the groove

 Denver seeks high-tech parking meters

 LA plans fourth signal timing review

 Peterborough issues UTMC tender

 Optalert manages driver fatigue

 eHorizon prepares vehicle systems with nav data

 Solo drivers hog Honolulu HOV lanes

 TransCore launches interoperable tag

 SFC introduces fuel cell for traffic systems

 Route 241 toll road attracts heated debate

 Redflex wins Zachary camera contract

 Baltimore reveals tolling excellence awards winners

 IntelliOne wins development funding

 Valeo module cuts pedestrian injuries

 Galileo suppliers are shortlisted

 Bristol launches traffic control centre

 eTrip extends to airport parking

 Study: Drivers puzzled by parking technology

 Honda stunt causes wrong type of buzz

 Input sought on I-26 HOV/HOT lane plans

 US DOT launches border relief projects

 AT&S develops GPS/AGPS for city use

 Illinois fight over red light camera revenue

 Protestor arrested at anti-camera demo

 Bosch to benefit from idling fines?

 NTSB calls for coach safety system standards

 Irish ministers caught speeding

 Travolution optimises green phase flows

 Navevo unveils sat-nav solution for the disabled

 China TransInfo extends taxi GPS network

 Sipark multi-storey guidance wins US certification

 Taiwan's ETC nabs 7,000 cheats a month

 RAC shows there is no such thing as safe text

 Volvo learns safety from locusts

 Delaware to seize cars for unpaid tolls

 Report: pay-as-you-drive shows great promise

 Honda develops multi-view camera system

 Automotive connectivity device rates soar

 Transcore launches Green Calculator for car parks

 First Galileo control centre opens in Bavaria

 Puget Sound accolade for Airbiquity chief

 Singapore debuts digital radar cameras

 AAA: drivers bamboozled by car safety systems

 DC traffic camera contract under audit

 DEA chooses TITAN for safer highway surveys

 Slovakia counts the cost of toll delay

 Delaware to join PrePass

 UK drivers told to switch off in jams

 Garmin launches ad-supported traffic info

 Report published on advanced parking management

 Las Cruces okays traffic cameras

 AMG opens regional office in Muscat

 Tacoma rebels over red light camera cash

 US DOT chief: transport funds provide inefficient boost

 High-definition, multilane ANPR from Watchman

 McCain wins major Caltrans traffic control order

 Telvent to pay US$445 million for DTN

 Elektrobay's recharging station 'talks' to electric cars

 BSI amends safe road lighting standards

 Microsoft, Pioneer enter patent agreement

 TeleNav partners with Telcel in Mexico

 Abu Dhabi plans high-tech parking solution

 Shanghai taxis turn to GPS for World Expo

 President restores US Highway Trust Fund

 US suppliers plan national traffic camera networks

 UK DfT in talks to control car speeds by satellite

 ABI Research: Satnav systems turn to speech

 Deloitte study recommends road pricing

 Navteq traffic data for FiOS TV

 TRL launches Transyt 13 signal optimisation within VISSIM

 ODOT approves Autoscope Solo Terra

 IRD creates African subsidiary

 Cameras to enforce bus lanes on 34th Street

 Flood bonanza for Indiana Toll operator

 BrisConnections appoints finance chief

 Burlington County Bridges go for free-flow

 VideoIQ launches camera with built-in DVR

 UK names firms for road pricing trials

 Autonomous smart cars race in record numbers

 Bahrain plans high-tech roads upgrade

 Teething troubles for M50 electronic toll system

 Redflex wins ninth Illinois contract this year

 DC cop admits speed camera fraud

 Delhi chooses ATM for 2010 Games

 Arizona cameras delayed in contract row

 Kapsch TrafficCom wins Bangkok toll deal

 IHT: hard shoulder running could create jams

 FHWA rejects Pennsylvania's I-80 toll plan

 California backs distance-based car insurance

 Hungary introduces traffic channel

 Nissan Spain boss switches to Ficosa

 Tiny gyroscope launched by STMicroelectronics

 Remote video surveillance by Apple iPhone

 Beijing rejects permanent odd-even traffic measure

 Westwood One digitises Metro Networks

 Scottsdale speed camera 'intimidates' camera protesters

 Britain embarks on traffic sign review

 NSW Supreme Court denies 'right' to drive

 Speed cameras have alienated public, admits police chief

 Traffic on mobile phones helps evacuees

 West Yorkshire offers reward to catch camera vandals

 IVU signals South America breakthrough

 Iteris signs Encom distribution deal

 MapmyIndia targets 1 million PND sales by 2011

 LED lights chosen for Thüringer Schmücketunnel

 IEE, Weiss-Electronic in pedestrian sensor deal

 FastLane tags enhance traffic info

 Queensland calls for ANPR studies

 Redflex lobbies against Florida camera ban

 AT&T bolsters location-based services

 Louisiana wins for Redflex

 Darien police debut SPEEDsentry

 Meridian opts for intelligent traffic lights

 Burlington County OKs traffic signal upgrade

 Jakarta Traffic Police website hacked

 Cities compete for New Jersey camera program

 NSW traffic camera snaps go online

 NY State measures green benefits of traffic cameras

 Optelecom-NKF and Genetec form video alliance

 US Senate pledges US$8 billion for Highway Trust Fund

 FTA publishes guide to UK road pricing schemes

 Florida finally introduces variable speed limits

 Singapore plans Electronic Parking System

 Touch screen market to reach US$5 billion in 2009

 Siemens wins three UK traffic signal contracts

 Dublin's cameras in privacy row

 Opik completes London Segway protest

 Fuel price hikes take their toll on Mass. Pike

 Rent A Toll announces toll fee system patent

 Beijing taxis turn to tracking

 DUI speed camera van driver sacked

 Work begins on Birmingham ATM project

 WABCO unveils real-time trailer telematics system

 Hendersonville to link traffic signals

 Navteq features in 70 North American car models

 Texas DOT prepares for Ike with ITS

 West Virginia considers electronic evacuation signs

 Sensis selects Garmin for cell phone navigation

 Dubai opens new toll gates

 Ambassador Bridge selects Shift4 payment processing

 Dollar, Thrifty to rent cars with prepaid tolls

 Amey wins Plymouth highways contract

 Denso shrinks millimetre-wave radar

 TRL promotes TRANSYT13 down under

 Washington State sensors identify speeding spots

 Bay Area's 511 service adds Freeway Aid

 Illinois Tollway settles lawsuit with former head

 TCA promotes Oz truck telematics program

 More Scots slow for fixed cameras

 Ranchi traffic officers seek speed guns

 IRD wins US$5.75 million Brazil contract

 Berkeley showcases magnetic bus guidance

 Police radar vans stop speeders best

 Lib Dems push for UK road-user pricing

 Manchester road pricing referendum set for December

 UK commuters switch to public transport

 UDOT tests wireless ramp metering solution

 Australia: 650 refunds for bogus toll tickets

 Nigeria unveils its first satnav system

 MP plans London Segway protest

 Japan cuts night tolls to ease peak jams

 Tiruchi plans ANPR installations

 Hospital parking win for Scheidt & Bachmann

 Mumbai embraces mechanised parking

 300,000 register for M50 tolling

 Pay-by-phone parking saves Westminster US$12 million

 Kapsch meets Irish delivery deadline

 Optelecom launches C-50 video codec

 ITS (UK) and SDI combine for World Congress

 Singapore upgrades traffic prediction tool

 Woodbridge chooses ATS photo enforcement

 Oregon adopts solar power to light interchange

 Think Tank supports traffic reduction measure

 Peters seeks urgent Highway Trust Fund solution

 US$4 million for repairs in Gustav's wake

 Hesse launches car-2-car trial

 Speed cameras to go live in Washington state

 Kansas City to sync traffic lights

 MMDA wins traffic radio station approval

 Sun to power Delhi's signals

 NYPD increases Integrated Parking Solutions order

 Caltrans readies San Diego I-15 Express lanes

 Navteq launches GPS Zones in Mexico stores

 Nortech partners with Legic

 Revenues and income rise at SAIC

 ATS to quit Port Richey

 Virginia DOT adopts hard shoulder running

 ADOT offers e-mail traffic updates

 LA police arrest traffic light shooter

 Survey: UK motorists driven to distraction

 Navteq wins Hyundai supply deal

 Police take-home vehicles to be monitored

 Navteq Traffic Patterns launches in Europe

 Jo'burg kicks off World Cup traffic system

 Bay area 511 service displaces call boxes

 Macomb County plans traffic camera network

 UTDrive vehicle studies driver distractions

 Genius addresses Bangkok's traffic woes

 Jenoptik supplies traffic radar to Lithuania

 Navinfo claims China satnav market lead

 TrafficCast appoints ex-Motorola man as CEO

 TDC wins UK DfT maintenance contract

 Wabco unveils autonomous truck brakes

 Redflex wins Elgin order for up to 50 cameras

 BMW offers bikers' satnav on R 1200 RT tourer

 Traffic camera shortfall prompts Toledo cuts

 Connecticut governments question ITS investment

 Seoul seeks new measures to combat congestion

 Open Traffic launches intelligent parking in Bilbao

 SAIC wins US$125 million US DOT contract

 Grey Island wins Toronto NextBus order

 Directing driver's gaze ensures smoother steering

 Washington DC upgrades Commuter Connections

 Brighton pledges car parks upgrade

 California lawmakers approve congestion pricing

 INRIX appoints European general manager

 Mobileyes offers Live Traffic Cam on iPhone

 Navteq supports Caltrans' Connected Traveler program

 Altus acquires D.S. Brown

 Volvo launches factory-built police car

 Wavecom targets eCall market with new appointments

 Ontario maps mobiles for real-time traffic

 Highland buses win canal bridge priority

 Traffic flows freely as M50 removes barriers

 Coalition urges rejection of I-80 tolls

 TomTom adds constant LIVE info connection

 Reading exploits photos for parking enforcement

 Florida updates traffic website

 Victoria suffers satnav theft surge

 Technology evaluates Peru's highway safety

 Beijing bus priority plays pioneering role

 THUS supports GTN's Traffic Radio

 Blaupunkt offers real-time video navigation

 Cebu plans unified traffic enforcement

 Beijing license scheme set to continue?

 Mumbai police mobiles check traffic offenders

 TomTom and BASE agree partnership

 Traffic tickets cheats face home seizure

 Now available: ITS/Operations Resource Guide 2008

 ITS South Africa votes in new board

 Sony adds Position Plus to PNDs

 Car sharing set to grow in UK

 OnStar use increases as Gustav nears

 S. Korea plans single transport payment card

 MBTA develops real-time transit info system

 WSDOT ends rest area WiFi experiment

 Technology permits Tyne bridge reopening

 California commissioner backs pay-as-you-drive

 Iowa Supreme Court supports photo ticketing

 Speed cameras disabled in South Africa and UK

 Kelly appointed interim NHTSA chief