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Issue 38: Aug 15-21, 2008
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COMMUNICATIONS
Infonetics Research Reveals India Crucial to WiMAX Growth (TMC net, Aug 20): "A new report released Tuesday by Infonetics Research revealed that as WiMAX deployments accelerate, India is expected to remain as the biggest single hope for revenue and global influence for WiMAX." Read more
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION
E-470 toll road goes cashless (The Rocky Mountain News, Aug 19): "Drivers without prepaid transponder accounts will be mailed bills instead of fines when they go under the high-speed toll plazas, the board that oversees the highway decided." Read more
High-tech toll system for M50 (Belfast Telegraph, Aug 20): "At one minute to midnight on August 30, the Republic's West-Link toll plaza barriers will rise for the last time and motorists will no longer be forced to stop and pay a toll for using the M50." Read more
E-ZPasses for sale at rest stops (Courier Post, Aug 20): "Ever get stuck waiting to pay a toll in the cash lane and wish you had E-ZPass? The answer could be at the next service area." Read more
Telvent to Install E-ZPass On Newport-Pell Bridge (Market Watch, Aug 20): "The project involves the design, development, installation and maintenance of an E-ZPass electronic toll collection system to be completed by early 2009." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
Anything Trucker Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Now Include PressurePro Intelligent Products Designed Exclusively for Tractor/Trailers (Market Watch, Aug 20): "Pressure Pro's new technology addresses the "Drop & Hook" nature of trailers, especially with fleets where it is necessary for any tractor to connect to any trailer, with little or no intervention by the operator." Read more
Firms take the hi-tech road in a bid to counter rising fuel bills (Silicon Republic, Aug 21): "A telematics company from Galway has come up with new technology which it estimates can reduce fuel bills by 10-15pc by tapping into a vehicle's engine and monitoring driver behaviour behaviour such as harsh braking and acceleration." Read more
HOT/HOV LANES
Study: OC Taxes More Regressive Than Tolls (Street Blogs, Aug 20): "The study concludes that tolls, especially congestion pricing tolls, are among the most progressive ways to raise funds." Read more
IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMS
Automotive 2020: All vehicles to run on hybrid power in 12 years (Phoenix Business Journal, Aug 19): "All new vehicles will have some type of hybrid power system within 12 years, according to the IBM Automotive 2020 Study of automotive executives around the globe." Read more
PARKING SYSTEMS
Park your car at your leisure (The Financial Express, Aug 17): "The solution is Automatic Multilevel car Parking Systems as well as 'Conventional Ramp based Multilevel Parking', which are now available in India to ease this pressure and enable them to maximise the car parking spaces available on the ground." Read more
Look, ma, no hands: Volkswagen SUV parks itself (CNET, Aug 21): "The driver still has to control the accelerator pedal, brake, and clutch while the Tiguan steers into a pre-measured space under sensor control." Read more
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
TrafficFlex Flexes Muscles (Great Falls Connection, Aug 19): "Callers simply share information about the traffic they are in at the moment, and the conversation is managed by a host, who moves it along from one topic to the next." Read more
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Golden River Traffic pioneers new congestion-busting equipment (Easier Motoring, Aug 19): "Bicester-based company Golden River Traffic is pioneering new congestion-busting technology that can be installed and maintained without the need to close roads." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
Iteris Selected by LACMTA for Transit Signal Priority Systems Contract Valued at Just Under $8.0 Million (Market Watch, Aug 19): "Iteris will be responsible for the design, acquisition, deployment, and on-going operation and maintenance of bus traffic signal priority systems at 211 signalized intersections maintained by 18 local agencies along Manchester Boulevard, Garvey Boulevard/Cesar Chavez Avenue, and Atlantic Boulevard." Read more
LIONAX Supplies China's Public Transportation With TPMS Safeguard for the Olympic Games (Fox Business, Aug 21): "During the Olympic Games, actually held in Beijing, Lionax contributed to the global safe transportation via its Tire Pressure Monitoring System for public transportation vehicles in the participating cities." Read more
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