Classification & Data Collection

There are interesting moves afoot to create Germany’s first Weigh-In-Motion enforcement site in Hamburg – but Florian Weiss of Traffic Data Systems warns that WIM certification is a complex business. In the past, Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) was mainly used for statistical (WIM-S) and pre-selection (WIM-P) applications. These abbreviations - as well as WIM-E (enforcement) and WIM-T (tolling) - were created by Traffic Data Systems during Intertraffic 2006 in Amsterdam. This was also the year when we started the

Ontario-based Upstream Works (UW) has appointed Andy McDonald as senior vice president, worldwide sales, as part of a strategy to better serve the growing demand for its communication solutions. He will lead the partner and sales teams in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). McDonald was previously vice president of sales and general manager EMEA, where he led UW into the European market.

Norwegian road authority Norska Statens Vegvesen (NSV) is deploying Klimator and Nira Dynamics’ Road Status Information (RSI) software in connected cars to determine and transmit road grip conditions in real-time with the intention of increasing safety on wintry roads. RSI uses algorithms that combine the data from the vehicles with information from roadside weather stations and weather forecasts. The cars feature Nira's on-board diagnostics (OBD) dongles and register current position, ambient temperature

German-based Daimler AG has selected Ping Identity to provide identity and access management for its global network of employees, partners and clients to help advance its digitalisation initiatives and launch Internet of Things driven integrations. The standards-based PingFederate and PingAccess technology will reveal the identities with seamless interaction and access to a range of applications.

Kistler Group (Kistler) will showcase its KiTraffic Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) solutions at this year’s Intertraffic in Amsterdam from the 20-23 March 2018. The innovations are intended to support road owners and authorities in road and traffic monitoring, weight enforcement and weight-based tolling. The KiTraffic Plus, a WIM solution for automated road monitoring, comes with Lineas quartz sensors and is said to measure vehicle loads at different speeds on a range of lanes. It uses two to eight sensors per l

Sony has launched a new 1/1.7-type stacked Cmos image sensor with a 7.42 (effective) megapixel RCCC filter for forward sensing cameras in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The IMX324 aims to provide high definition imaging of signs approximately 160m ahead of the camera. In pixel binning mode the low light sensitivity is increased to 2,666 mV, to capture images in conditions down to 0.1 lux. In mixed lighting scenes (such as headlights and streetlights) it alternately captures dark sections at

The Traffic Group has promoted Anthony Guckert to executive vice president, Glenn Cook to senior vice president and Carl Wilson, P.E, PTOE, to vice president. Guckert will oversee staff working on both public and private sectors throughout the United States, Cook will handle the preparation of traffic impact studies and other plans, while Wilson’s responsibilities include managing projects throughout Maryland and neighbouring jurisdictions. Guckert, who heads up the Traffic Data Collection Services