Classification & Data Collection

International Road Dynamics (IRD) has partnered with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to launch a new weigh station bypass system, NJPass, at all three inbound New Jersey weigh stations for commercial vehicles participating in the service. Traffic statistics show that over 150,000 trucks encounter these three weigh stations on an annual basis creating a need for a traffic management tool like NJPass. IRD sales manager for NJPass, Eric Hooks, said the technology allows compliant veh

US-based engineering and planning consulting service Michael Baker International has expanded its inspection services with the purchase of a Topcon Falcon 8 unmanned aircraft system (UAS), offering a new perspective for its pilots to achieve precise aerial imagery and mapping during the inspection of infrastructure elements. Combined with the company’s mobile and static Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems for data collection and by utilising the system’s flight stability and high-resolution 32-me

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has announced the appointment of Geoffrey Davis has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Fisher replaces Melissa Fisher who has resigned as a director for personal reasons. Davis is a principal at Republic Consulting. From 2005 to 2012, he served as a US Congressman from the Commonwealth of Kentucky and represented the Fourth District in the United States House of Representatives. Prior to serving in Congress, Davis owned and operated a consulting firm specialising in le

Econolite Group’s new responsive design website has been developed to provide an enhanced user experience, including simplified navigation and access to detailed information and training, says the company. In addition to enhanced information access, rendering of content has been optimised across computing and mobile devices, while reorganisation of the website content, intuitive menus, and interactive maps will reduce user clicks required to reach desired information. The new site features extensive pr

SES America (SESA) and its partners New England Traffic Solutions and New England Signal Systems recently completed testing and commissioning of solar powered signs for several weigh stations in New Hampshire. These are installed on the northbound and southbound I-93 near Windham, NH and will be used to display the open/closed status of weigh stations on the highway. SESA provided the latest model of its energy-efficient blank out signs as part of the project, along with a complete solar power system tha