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ITS REPORT Issue 21
Apr 18-24, 2008
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ITS REPORT NEWS
GENERAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
Potocnik calls for move towards intelligent transport system (Cordis News, Apr 22): "EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has called for an integrated approach to developing a cleaner, safer and smarter road transport system." Read more
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Citizant $14 Million Program Management Contract (The Earth Times, Apr 22): "Citizant, one of the Washington region's fastest-growing providers of government professional technical solutions, has been awarded a $14 million contract over a period of five years by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to provide technical and management support services for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office." Read more
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION
EU considers truck pollution charges (EurActiv, Apr 23): "EU countries would be allowed to charge heavy road users for the costs they incur on society, including congestion, air pollution and noise – something prohibited by EU law up till now – according to an early draft of a Commission proposal to revise its 'Eurovignette Directive'." Read more
Tollway might bring back beeping I-PASS transponders (SouthTown Star, Apr 24): "The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is considering bringing back I-PASS transponders that beep after a toll is paid." Read more
Toll road's financial viability called into question (The New Zealand Herald, Apr 24): "Doubt about the financial viability of the country's first big toll road has been fuelled by an amendment to an order-in-council by which the Government approved the project in 2005." Read more
Wide use of tolls could unclog roads, Seattle study says (The Seattle Times, Apr 24): "Widespread tolls could make chronic traffic congestion in Seattle and other cities 'a thing of the past', a pioneering study says." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
TransCore Adds StarTrak's ReeferTrak Product to Portfolio of Mobile Satellite Services (More RFID, Apr 24): "To expand market accessibility and leverage TransCore's channels to market, TransCore will add StarTrak's ReeferTrak RT-6000 to the portfolio of satellite communication products it offers to North American carriers." Read more
HOT/HOV LANES
HOT tolls to change with traffic (The Denver Post, Apr 18): "The Colorado Tolling Enterprise plans to install 'dynamic pricing'— with tolls that can be changed instantaneously — on its Interstate 25 HOT lanes." Read more
LOCATION BASED SERVICES
Honda Overlays Crime Data on SatNav Systems (PC Mag, Apr 21): "In Japan, the navigation systems on some new Hondas add overlays showing high crime areas so you can navigate around potential trouble spots." Read more
United States Leads in Location Aware Services Deployments Today, but the Future Belongs to Europe and Asia, According to ABI Research (The Earth Times, Apr 22): "Given the prevalence of mobile phones with integrated GPS-CDMA chipsets in the US market, it is no surprise that North America got a head start in deployment of location based services (LBS)." Read more
Buzzd gets funding for location-based mobile services (The Industry Standard, Apr 24): "Buzzd and competing companies such as Loopt and Google’s Dodgeball allow mobile users to access information and contact friends based on their location." Read more
StarHub Launches Nation-Wide Location-Based Mobile Ad Service (Hardware Zone, Apr 24): "StarHub today announced that it has commercially rolled out Singapore's first nation-wide location-based mobile advertising service." Read more
AT&T Intros GPS-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8110 Smartphone (TMC net, Apr 24): "Pearl 8110 smartphone, which includes built-in global positioning system (GPS) support for location-based applications and services." Read more
PARKING SYSTEMS
ACS Awarded Innovative Parking Enforcement Contract by City of Chicago (PR Newswire, Apr 22): "Street sweepers equipped with cameras will enable the City of Chicago to decrease the number of illegally parked vehicles under the world's first application of its kind." Read more
Remote-controlled parking from VW (Wheels 24, Apr 24): "This automatic system is able to park the prototype into a perpendicular parking space with absolute precision and the driver does not even need to be in the car." Read more
TELEMATICS
Trucking Services Among Telematics Leaders (Layover.com, Apr 23): "Skybitz and PeopleNet received 2007 North American Regional Fleet Telematics awards from Frost & Sullivan for leading innovations in the field." Read more
Qualcomm and DriveCam Sign CDMA Telematics Module License Agreement (Centre Daily Times, Apr 24): "Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, and DriveCam Inc., a global Driver Risk Management company, today announced that they have entered into a CDMA2000(R) telematics module license agreement." Read more
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
INRIX Announces Pan-European Road Traffic Information (Fox Business, Apr 23): "INRIX today announced the immediate availability of pan-European traffic information and significant investments in expanding the coverage of rich flow data on major road networks throughout Europe." Read more
Detroit Gets Video Network For Traffic Information, Highway Safety (Information Week, Apr 23): "The Michigan Department of Transportation announced an agreement with TrafficLand to improve traveler information, public safety, and DOT operations." Read more
Microsoft researching traffic solution for smartphone users (Wall Street Journal, Apr 24): "Microsoft Research (MSR) India, the research arm of Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software firm, is currently researching a software solution, TrafficSense, which will help smartphone users automatically monitor road and traffic conditions while they are on the move." Read more
TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION
North Miami, Fla. Chooses American Traffic Solutions to Run Its Red-Light Camera Program (The Earth Times, Apr 22): "North Miami, Fla. has signed a contract making American Traffic Solutions its first-ever vendor for the city’s traffic safety camera program. All the systems will be equipped with ATS’ latest ultra-high resolution digital cameras." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
City of Albuquerque Selects Constellation Software's Trapeze Subsidiary for Comprehensive Trapeze Enterprise System (Marketwire, Apr 24): "The Trapeze solution for the City of Albuquerque, whose public transportation services operate under the name ABQ RIDE and SunVan, includes both fixed route and demand response technologies for scheduling, operations management, traveler information, timetable publishing, and bus stop management and is also enabled with intelligent transportation technology to provide real-time vehicle positioning and schedule adherence information." Read more
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ITS JOBS
US - NORTHEAST
| Director of Operations (ITERIS; Pennsylvania/New Jersey); |
| ITS Engineer (URS Corp; Hunt Valley, MD); |
| ITS Engineer (URS Corp; Hunt Valley, MD); |
| Transportation Planner (URS Corp; Boston, MA); |
| Transportation Planner (URS Corp; Boston, MA). |
US - SOUTHEAST
| Traffic/ITS Engineer (ITERIS; Sterling, VA); |
| Traffic Management Center Manager (URS Corp; Jackson, MS); |
| Traffic Management Center Operations Specialist - (Traffic Engineer) (URS Corp; Jackson, MS); |
| Business/Systems Analyst (Mixon/Hill, Inc.; Kansas City, MO or Reston, VA); |
| Traffic or ITS Engineer (Mixon/Hill, Inc.; Kansas City, MO or Reston, VA); |
| Systems Engineer (Mixon/Hill, Inc.; Kansas City, MO or Reston, VA). |
US - MIDWEST
| Junior Traffic Engineer (URS Corp; Grand Rapids, MI); |
| Senior Manager, ITS (URS Corp; Chicago, IL); |
| Business/Systems Analyst (Mixon/Hill, Inc.; Kansas City, MO or Reston, VA); |
| Traffic or ITS Engineer (Mixon/Hill, Inc.; Kansas City, MO or Reston, VA); |
| Systems Engineer (Mixon/Hill, Inc.; Kansas City, MO or Reston, VA). |
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