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VOXX International Corporation has completed its acquisition of Car Communication Holding GmbH and its worldwide subsidiaries (Hirschmann) for a total purchase price of approximately US$112 million, plus related transaction fees, expenses and working capital adjustments. In 2011, Hirschmann sales were approximately US$199 million, representing a 16% increase over the prior year. Management believes, based on the company's existing pipeline of booked business through 2016 and anticipated global market oppor

CyRide, the city transit system for Ames, Iowa has partnered with INIT to implement a scheduling, block building and runcutting system, as well as a bid dispatch system for their agency’s scheduling, staff and fleet operational needs. The new scheduling software, Mobile-Plan, will streamline operations and consolidate time-intensive tasks which were previously manually performed by Ames administrative staff. The software is a modular system that completely integrates with other INIT products to ensure data

Vice-President Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for mobility and transport, has announced the winners of the first Smart Mobility Challenge on European multi-modal journey planners, to promote the development of all-in-one journey planners, going beyond national borders and offering travel options combining different transport modes. In the category of 'operational journey planners' the two winners are Idos and Trenitalia, and in the category of 'innovative ideas' the winners are Penelope Ventures and SNC

TTS Italia has announced it is involved in the Compass (optimised CO-Modal PASSenger transport for reducing Carbon emissions) project. The 25 months project, coordinated by Edinburgh Napier University, is deeply rooted in the European Transport Policy (ETP) in the first decade of the 21st Century, with a look towards the new challenges of the incoming second decade of the century. In particular, three topics are being addressed: challenges from the key socio-economic trends, challenges from environmental co

Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, has confirmed that a contract has been awarded to Virgin Media to provide public access wi-fi at up to 120 underground station platforms at zero cost to the fare or taxpayer. The new service will launch as a free, unlimited service for all tube passengers this summer and will continue to offer free live Transport for London (TfL) travel information via a new online portal after this period. Virgin Media, in partnership with London Underground, will initially introduce wi-

Mentor Engineering has been awarded a US$2 million contract from the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority to implement a complete end-to-end transit ITS system for Oklahoma City’s Metro Transit.

Point Grey, a leader in advanced digital imaging products, will be hosting the AIA Winter 2012 Vision standards meeting in Vancouver, Canada from 13 – 17 February.

The city of Houston, Texas has agreed to pay American Traffic Solutions (ATS) US$4.8 million in compensation for cancelling the city’s red light camera contract which was rejected by voters in November, 2010.

Dr Cheryl-Marie Hansberger, Delcan’s vice president of corporate development, has been recognised as 2011 Member of the Year by the Inland Empire Chapter of Women in Transportation (WTS-IE).

Dr Cheryl-Marie Hansberger, Delcan’s vice president of corporate development, has been recognised as 2011 Member of the Year by the Inland Empire Chapter of Women in Transportation (WTS-IE).

International automotive supplier Continental has joined the OPEN Alliance SIG (One Pair Ether-Net Alliance Special Interest Group) which is dedicated to spreading the use of Ethernet networks as the standard solution for in-vehicle applications.