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ITS REPORT Issue 28
June 6-12, 2008
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ITS REPORT NEWS
GENERAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
Wi-fi pioneers could keep the roads clear (Coventry Telegraph, Jun 10): "A PIONEERING project involving Coventry University Enterprises could be used to ease traffic congestion." Read more
Montreal to get first self-serve bike rental system (Canada.com, Jun 10): "North America's first self-serve bike rental system will enter its pilot phase by September, says André Lavalée, Montreal's executive committee member in charge of transportation." Read more
Ford helps to untangle gridlocks (Detroit Free Press, Jun 12): "Ford Urban Mobility Networks, a pilot program led by Ford Motor Co. and the University of Michigan to explore ways to deal with congestion and urban gridlock as more people around the globe cluster in and around mega-cities." Read more
COMMUNICATIONS
Can we trust our GPS devices? (ZDNet, Jun 10): "In recent years, we have become increasingly dependent on applications using the Global Positioning System (GPS), such as railway control, highway traffic management, emergency response or commercial aviation. But in a very short news release, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) warns us that we can’t always trust our GPS gadgets because ‘electrical activity in the upper atmospheric zone called the ionosphere can tamper with signals from GPS satellites.’" Read more
Strix Wins Korean Intelligent Highway Project (TMC net, Jun 12): "Strix Systems won the deployment for Korea's intelligent highway infrastructure project with it's Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS)." Read more
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION
Dramatic differences in cost of toll road tags (Ireland Independent, Jun 7): "As the panel above indicates, there are dramatic differences in the prices charged by the eight companies who will supply the tags for all of Ireland's tolled roads." Read more
IBM Continues to Help City of Stockholm Significantly Reduce Inner City Road Traffic (CNN Money, Jun 10): "The Stockholm Congestion Charging System, rolled out in August last year following a successful pilot, has reduced traffic in the Swedish capital by 18 percent, and the proportion of green, tax-exempt vehicles has risen to 9 percent." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
IT is changing the face of India’s logistics sector (The Hindu, Jun 9): "Information technology, GPS systems, etc., are helping logistics companies improve their productivity." Read more
LOCATION BASED SERVICES
Apple iPhone 3G in-depth look: GPS and location-based services (infoSync, Jun 11): "GPS is going to be huge on the upcoming Apple iPhone 3G, but maybe not in the ways you think." Read more
Location-Based Ads getting closer to reality… (Into Mobile, Jun 11): Read more
Dash Express Needs More Users to Reach Potential: Grace Aquino (Bloomberg, Jun 12): "The Dash Express is one of the smartest, most convenient in-car navigation devices I've tested. But it won't reach its full potential until more people use it." Read more
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Second phase of intelligent traffic system to be launched (Gulf News, Jun 8): "Dubai: Sophisticated systems to detect traffic accidents and congestion are part of the second phase of the Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) which will be introduced soon." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
ICx Wins $15.6 Million Contract for Intelligent Transportation System for California’s Orange County Transportation Authority (ITS America, Jun 10): "ICx Transportation, a business unit of ICx Technologies, announced today that it will manage the technology portion of a multi-million-dollar 'Bus Rapid Transit' transportation upgrade project administered by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in California." Read more
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ITS JOBS
ITS Report, in addition to our regular comprehensive and current news, now has the most comprehensive Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) job listings feature available. The current set was recently updated on May 28 and comrises of 104 up-to-date job listings. We will continue to do regular, new searches to keep the information current and aggregate additional listings.
Number of new ITS job listings for this month, by location, are:
Austria: 1
US- CA: 2
US- CO: 1
US- DC: 3
US- FL : 2
US- MA: 1
US- MD: 2
US- NC: 1
US- NJ: 1
US- NV: 1
US - NY: 1
US- OR: 1
US- TX: 2
US- VA: 1
US- WA: 2
Grand Total: 20
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