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Issue 36: Aug 1-7, 2008
Dear Reader:
We hope you enjoy this most recent edition of ITS Report.
ITS REPORT NEWS
GENERAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
Intelligent transportation system (Express Computer, Aug 1): "A planned development and deployment of Intelligent Transportation System in a developing country like India will greatly help in meeting the transportation challenges further touching the world-class mobility services." Read more
Intelligent roads to prevent accidents (Telegraph, Aug 1): "Cars that warn motorists about accidents before they happen and 'intelligent' roads that direct drivers to empty parking spaces are being developed in Britain." Read more
Hon Hai to invest NT$100 billion for HQ (The China Post, Aug 7): "Hon Hai plans to spend NT$100 billion to build what Gou called a 'digital environmental technological city' -- a living space big enough to accommodate 240,000 people, equipped with wireless Internet access, intelligent transportation systems and digitized medical provision, all encompassed in a land that stresses environmental sustainability." Read more
COMMUNICATIONS
Challenges travel with OnStar to China (CNET, Aug 2): "Imagine a driver from Guangzhou has an accident. He calls OnStar, but the Mandarin-speaking OnStar staffer doesn't understand Cantonese, the dialect spoken in Guangzhou." Read more
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION
Only half of M50 users have signed up for e-toll (Irish Independent, Aug 2): "WITH just four weeks to go before the introduction of barrier-free tolling on the West Link bridge in Dublin, half of the 100,000 motorists who regularly pay the toll have neither bought an electronic tag nor registered their cars." Read more
Toll Gates Inside Cities - Are They Fair? (Desi Critics, Aug 4): "The Tamil Nadu government is bringing these toll gates right inside the city, for a small stretch of 20 kilometers." Read more
C-charge 'good for us' (Manchester Evening News, Aug 4): "CONGESTION charging has been good for the economy and had positive social effects everywhere it has been introduced, an academic claimed today." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
PortVision Selected as Enterprise Portal for Maritime Traffic Analysis within MarView Platform by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (Business Wire, Aug 7): "MarView users will be able to tap into the 1.5 billion record data warehouse maintained by PortVision. The data warehouse includes individual vessel location reports for AIS-enabled vessels, as well as vessel arrivals, departures and passings for major ports and waterways across North America." Read more
HOT/HOV LANES
HOT Lanes Are Win-Win: Arizona State University Analysis (Hawaii Reporter, Aug 4): "Not only HOT lanes guarantee a speedy trip for express buses and for those who pay, but most of the benefits accrue to those who do not use them." Read more
IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMS
Iteris and Delphi Team to Market Active Safety Technologies for Commercial Truck Market (FOX Business, Aug 4): "Iteris will utilize its highly successful commercial truck OEM and aftermarket sales channels and application engineering expertise to integrate Delphi's radar-based technology into its product portfolio for heavy truck customers." Read more
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
IACP Certifies American Traffic Solutions' Speed Enforcement Technology (Market Watch, Aug 6): "American Traffic Solutions, Inc. (ATS), which serves more than 120 communities in 19 states with speed and red-light camera enforcement programs, today announced that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has formally certified the company's state-of-the-art speed enforcement technology." Read more
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
TRIPS WITH A TWIST: America's traveler information network -- a smart call (Kalamazoo Gazette, Aug 4): "Since the establishment of the 511 system, almost 110 million callers have accessed the system." Read more
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Beijing Olympics Benefits from Enfora's Mobile Tracking Technology (Market Watch, Aug 7): "Enfora, a leading global supplier of intelligent wireless networking solutions, today announced that its mobile tracking platform will be used to increase the transportation efficiency, safety and manageability for visiting dignitaries, volunteers and spectators during the Beijing Olympic Games." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
CCTVs to give real-time info on BRT traffic snarls (The Times of India, Aug 6): "In a month's time, you will be able to log on to the internet to see real-time photographs of all the intersections on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor to gauge the extent of traffic jams and choose your route accordingly." Read more
VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE AND VEHICLE-TO-INFRASTRUCTURE
ERTICO-ITS Europe welcomes Commission Decision on ITS radio frequency to boost smart vehicle communications systems (ERTICO, Aug 7): "This will enable vehicles to communicate and interact with each other and with the road infrastructure via one single radio frequency." Read more
ITS REPORT EXTRAS
ITS JOBS
9 new ITS job postings (California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington state) have been added on our website this week.
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Modelling
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Critical Issues in Driver Interactions with Intelligent Transport
Systems
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