February 1, 2012
Magnetic levitation has been dismissed as unproven, too costly, or pie in the sky. It's time to reappraise it. With the unveiling by China (see News…
February 1, 2012
Peter George, MVA Consultancy, questions the future direction of environmental impact assessments
February 1, 2012
Continuing developments in telecommunications and public expectation have left the US's legacy, analogue 911 emergency call system trailing. Linda D…
January 31, 2012
In 2006, within a span of four months, two incidents of drivers entering the 16km-long Westpark Tollway in Houston, Texas resulted in horrific…
January 31, 2012
Although much of the emphasis of research into intersection management has tended to concentrate on the needs of urban locations, there remain…
January 31, 2012
Pete Goldin reports on a new wireless, solar-powered traffic detection system being used by Caltrans District 12. As more and more traffic data is…
January 31, 2012
Mike Schagrin, ITS Joint Program Office, RITA, and John Harding, NHTSA, describe US progress towards an in-vehicle Intersection Violation Warning…
January 31, 2012
Cisco's Paul Brubaker, former administrator of the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (…
January 31, 2012
The US is losing its advantage in the ITS sector because of a lack of strategic leadership, according to a new report from the Information Technology…
January 31, 2012
While the US has achieved an appreciable level of success when it comes to implementation of standards-based systems at the urban and intersection…