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The ECo-AT (European Corridor – Austrian Testbed for Cooperative Systems) is the Austrian part of the Cooperative ITS corridor crossing Germany, Netherlands and Austria. It aims to specify and implement harmonised and standardised cooperative ITS applications. The related system specifications documents will be developed in four releases and the first release is available now. It comprises: Explanatory note to Release 1 documents Use case Overview Document Use case Road Works Warning (RWW) Document

Digital Barriers’ SafeZone-edge intrusion detection solution has received the Intruder Alarm or Exterior Deterrent Product of the Year at IFSEC’s Security and Fire Excellence Awards 2014. The judging panel cited the "superior performance", "ease of use" and "market moving pricing" as key factors in the award. Launched in April 2014, SafeZone-edge was designed to address the limitations that are typically associated with video-based intrusion detection solutions. By combining outstanding performance wi

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) has named Dale E. Parker as its interim President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Kris B. Tufto. He has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Image Sensing Systems since June 2013 and will continue serving on the Image Sensing Systems Board. Parker has extensive experience working in senior executive positions for both public and private companies in a variety of industries and has served on numerous boards. Mr. Parker currently is a m

Transport for London (TfL) is to implement a ‘smart parking’ system at 31 of its off-street car parks that support key locations across the London Underground network. 1,500 of Smart Parking’s RFID-equipped SmartEye vehicle detection sensors, linked via SmartLink data transmitters into the company’s SmartRep management application, will be installed across TfL’s off-street car park network. The five-year agreement, which will include the provision of equipment, maintenance and hosting, will enable car pa

The EU's TEN-T Programme is to provide over US$1.2 million of funding to co-finance preparatory studies for the construction of a rail and road bridge over the Port of Malmö in Sweden. The new bridge will help to improve the cargo transfer at the port and improve the national rail capacity. The project is expected to have a significant impact on the national and EU rail freight capacity, since the port is closely linked to the main European (TEN-T) rail network.

The Netherlands on Monday launched its first-ever ‘intelligent bicycle, fitted with an array of electronic devices to help bring down the high accident rate among elderly cyclists in the cycle-mad country. Developed for the government by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), the intelligent bicycle prototype runs on electricity, and sports a forward-looking radar mounted below the handlebars and a camera in the rear mudguard.

From March 2015, Transportation Control Systems (TCS) will be the dealer for Global Traffic Technologies’ (GTT’s) Opticom priority control solutions and Canoga traffic sensing solutions throughout the south-eastern United States. GTT has expanded its partnership with the Florida-based company, which has been the GTT dealer in southern Florida since 2007. With this development, TCS’s territory will now include all of Florida, as well as Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, North

According to Rail Travel, a new market report from business intelligence provider Key Note, in 2013/2014 the total value of passenger receipts for UK rail travel increased by 6.2 per cent year-on-year, and grew by 32.5 per cent over a five-year period. In addition, passenger journeys grew by 23.5 per cent over the five-year review period, with passenger kilometres travelled also growing by 17.9 per cent over the same timeframe. For the purpose of this report, the rail industry in the UK has been split in

Colombia has published the pre-bid documents for the first concession under the second wave of the country's US$25 billion 4G highway plan, the 202 kilometre Puerta de Hierro-Palmar de Varela highway. Located in northern Colombia, the highway runs through the departments of Sucre, Atlántico and Bolívar. The project entails US$187 million improvement works on 175 kilometres, with construction estimated to take three years, said vice president Germán Vargas Lleras. The works are to be followed by a main

IBI Group has been awarded a contract to provide the City of Toronto with a five- and 10-year implementation plan outlining which bikeways will be built for the next 10 years. The plan will look at how to fill bikeway gaps, connect destinations, serve existing and potential demand, and meet the goals of the city’s Official Plan. It will build on the 2001 Bike Plan, integrate with the Transportation Capital Plan, and incorporate any new community plans and data such as the City’s Cycling App. “This is

The USDOT has released a new plan for ITS research and priorities for the second half of the decade. The new ITS Strategic Plan 2015-2019 outlines the direction and goals of the Department’s ITS Program and provides a framework around which the ITS Joint Program Office and other Department agencies will conduct research, development, and adoption activities to achieve them. The ITS Strategic Plan’s framework is built around two key ITS Program priorities, realising connected vehicle implementation and a

Aalborg City Business Association in Denmark is using sensors to measure the impact of major events, such as the annual Christmas market. They have installed BlipTrack, a system developed and produced by Danish information technology company Blip Systems, with sensors placed at various pinch points in the pedestrian area to monitor real-time pedestrian flow, people´s dwell time and movement pattern, from the moment they enter an area until they leave and everywhere in between. The sensors collect data