Kapsch TrafficCom

Kapsch TrafficCom has been selected by North Tarrant Express (NTE) Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC to provide the toll collection, intelligent transportation and network communication systems for the NTE extension project. The NTE extension is approximately ten miles long, and runs along I-35W north of the city of Fort Worth. Kapsch will deliver ten all-electronic toll zones, including dynamic sign equipment and road sensors that provide the data to enable dynamic toll charges based upon actual traffic

Kapsch TrafficCom will come to Intertraffic Amsterdam 2014 with a significantly strengthened portfolio of solutions. The acquisition, just a few weeks ago, of Transdyn, one of the leading advanced traffic management software and systems integration companies in the US market, well-known for its Dynac ATMS (Advanced Traffic Management Software), now enables Kapsch TrafficCom to offer an extended end-to-end product and solution portfolio for intelligent transportation systems to its current and future custome

The acquisition of US advanced traffic management software and systems integration company Transdyn, well-known for its Dynac advanced traffic management software, enables Kapsch TrafficCom to offer an extended end-to-end product and solution portfolio for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to its current and future customers around the globe. The purchase price is US$16 million. Kapsch TrafficCom says it is now positioned to offer one a broad portfolio of intelligent transportation solutions to co

Kapsch TrafficCom has been appointed to deliver two high profile electronic tolling projects in Australia. The contracts will see Kapsch TrafficCom deliver multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling solutions on the Eastern Distributor toll road in Sydney and the Legacy Way toll road in Brisbane using Kapsch multi-lane free-flow single gantry technology. Kapsch TrafficCom’s single gantry solution will be deployed in both projects and to provide stereoscopic vehicle detection and classification, front and rear l

Beginning in the first of quarter 2014, Kapsch TrafficCom is to supply on-board units (OBUs) for Norway’s electronic toll collection system, AutoPass. The Norwegian Public Road Administration, which is responsible for the Norwegian public road network, is currently adapting the standards for on-board units to the European norm EN15509 and will replace the native AutoPass OBUs that are currently in use. Along with Norbit, Kapsch is one of two companies that successfully demonstrated its experience and te

This month saw the start of e-tolling on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) in South Africa, one of the largest electronic toll collection systems for open road tolling in the world, following an announcement by the country’s Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters, in November. Kapsch TrafficCom reports that the number of active accounts has been consistently rising following the commencement of the e-toll project in Gauteng, on 3 December. Kapsch anticipates that this trend will continue. Kapsc

ITS Australia has elected its board of directors for 2014, from a strong list of nominees. ITS Australia chief executive officer Susan Harris said the Australian ITS industry was stepping forward to help produce a rewarding and successful ITS World Congress in 2016. “We had more nominations than Board vacancies, which is a sign that the industry is healthy,” said Susan Harris. “A field of enthusiastic industry leaders were nominated and they contested the election in good spirit. We congratulate the s

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) is expected to call a tender for the installation of the next generation of electronic road pricing (ERP) system as early as the first half of 2014. Although there is potential for it to go island-wide, initially the ERPII system will utilise the current network of some 70 gantries, charging drivers each time they pass a gantry. If all goes well, a satellite-based system, which charges motorists for the distance they travel in the priced zones, will be up and r

Kapsch TrafficCom is expanding its V2X technology portfolio with the new EVK-3300 communications platform for V2X communication, which it is introducing at the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium Forum in Munich. With its EVK-3300 platform Kapsch is directly targeting car manufacturers and suppliers with the EVK-3300, which it says is an essential part of V2X, the communication between vehicles and infrastructure and between vehicles themselves. The platform can be integrated into vehicles in various

A consortium of Kapsch TrafficCom Russia, Kapsch TrafficCom and Russian company JSC (NIS) have successfully pre-qualified and are now set to work on the next stage of the tender for the development of Russia’s nationwide tolling system for heavy vehicles. The system, based on the use of the GLONASS/GPS satellite signal, will target vehicles with a maximum authorised weight of more than 12 tonnes. The project duration is thirteen years. The consortium unites Kapsch and NIS in a joint venture that has a