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Spanish firm CIDRO has developed a straightforward system for protecting motorists from severe impacts with culvert ends. The company’s CROSSAFE device is made from concrete and galvanised steel components and is installed at the end of a concrete culvert.

Hectronic is using Intertraffic to present its newest and most intelligent system solutions in the areas of on-street and off-street parking. These include the CiteaMax, a new parking ticket machine with a large touch screen display and NFC payment option, the Citea parking ticket machine with safety class 3, and the CityLine app, mobile payment via SmartPhone. The company is also presenting the CityLine Web Service bay & car number plate (CNP) enforcement, and the HecTwin, which the company says is the ide

Deutsche Telekom is within months of moving into full-scale operation of its new-generation contactless payment kiosks as it tests the technology with initial users. Pilot schemes are already underway for two versions of its MyWallet Kiosk system, Compact and Flexible. Compact processes any card, including those with PIN entry, while Flexible is optimised for payment schemes with contactless or EMV chip and no PIN entry.

Germany company Dresden Elektronik is showcasing its deZign electronic timetabling technology for the first time here at Intertraffic. Using flexible plastic displays from Plastic Logic, the monochrome deZign display allows traditional paper timetables to be replaced at the push of a button. The solution is robust, daylight-readable and low power – fixed content requires no power, while text changes require only minimal energy.

New Zealand-based Frogparking is showing a new, GPS-enabled electronic parking permit that gives parking companies more visibility of their customers’ movements. The permit can be scanned by parking wardens to check its validity, while a built-in accelerometer allows the parking company to know exactly when a driver has parked or moved off, enabling precise billing of the time used.

Reducing damage to vehicles and their passengers in impacts with street furniture is the object of a new type of mounting being shown by Spanish company Sistemas Palazón. Despite the huge sums of money spent by car manufacturers on improving the safety of their vehicles, severe damage can still be caused if they hit unyielding objects.

UK highway asset management specialist WDM is working in partnership with a British Government agency as well as the New Zealand Road Transport Agency to help reduce road deaths. One key focus that the partners have developed in New Zealand is a skid resistance policy, with a special Sideway-force Routine Investigation Machines (SCRIM) built to evaluate road surface performance. Using the SCRIM equipment to monitor New Zealand’s state highway network has helped identify areas of poor skid resistance, allow

Zhejiang Dahua Vision is at Intertraffic showing off a versatile all-in-one camera with a range of applications. One of its features is a patented self-triggering technology enabling it to capture images without reliance on expensive roadbed infrastructure.

The International Road Federation (IRF) is now publishing its new quarterly journal featuring peer reviewed technical contributions by leading industry professionals. Called the IRF Examiner, this freely available publication addresses innovative road safety applications ranging from school zone safety projects in Abu Dhabi to rumble strips on rural highways.

Line painting equipment specialist Graco is offering versatile new line painting technology with its latest LineLazer and ThermoLazer variants. The new LineLazer IV250DC has been improved so that it can spray two colours simultaneously.

Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) is demonstrating the latest version of its Transyt Online software at Intertraffic, and is also working with its French integrator SPIE Sud-Est, to expand Transyt Online across the cities of France. SPIE plan to integrate Transyt Online into its Cite product and offer this extra functionality to its wide customer base and new customers. The choice of Transyt Online was a natural one following the successful use of Transyt in a project in Cannes where SPIE used Transytt

McCain and Transportation Control Systems (TCS) have have joined forces to deliver first-class traffic control products in the US south-east. The agreement enables both companies to better meet the growing demand for intelligent transportation systems by making TCS the exclusive supplier of McCain’s traffic controllers, cabinets, signs, and software in Florida and the Caribbean. Through the recent acquisition of Quality Traffic Systems, another McCain distributor, TCS will also have distribution rights