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Scott F Belcher, president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), has welcomed the nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to serve as the next US Secretary of Transportation. “As Mayor of Charlotte, Anthony Foxx knows the importance of keeping people and our economy moving in a growing and dynamic part of the country. His leadership, work ethic and fresh perspective will be needed to find bipartisan solutions to the problems facing our nation’s transportation system.

Roundabouts similar to those used in the Netherlands, which separate cyclists from cars and give them priority, could be used in London as early as next year, according to Andrew Gilligan, the city's cycling commissioner. The layout means cyclists are in the clear line of sight of drivers when vehicles exit the roundabout. The trial forms part of the mayor of London's Vision for Cycling. Over 600 people have been involved so far and the effects on safety and capacity will be studied as well as the impact o

Brazil’s from Centro Gestao Meios de Pagto (CGMP) has awarded Q-Free a further order for its OBU610 toll tag tags, a call-off from the US$12.3 million frame agreement awarded in August 2012. The latest order, valued at US$4.6 million, will be delivered in the second half of 2013. Q-Free’s OBU610 toll tag is designed to blend into the interior of any modern vehicle, small enough not to obstruct the view, and yet powerful enough to support all applicable CEN 5.8 GHz DSRC protocols for automatic registration,

The seventh Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia, held in Bali, concluded with a commitment by Asian countries to implement sustainable transportation systems with the signing of the Bali Declaration on Vision Three Zeros — Zero Congestion, Zero Pollution and Zero Accidents. The international forum welcomed representatives from across Asia, as well as international organisations, bilateral and multilateral agencies, research organisations and sustainable transportation professi

On 18 and 19 June 2013, world transportation experts will meet at Shaping Transportation in London, when German software and traffic consultants PTV Group extend the format of their traditional PTV Vision user group meeting. During the two days, speakers such as Dr Hans Jeekel, Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands, Sanjiv N Sahai, CEO of Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit Systems (DIMTS) and Allan Gooch who was responsible for transport planning during the 2012

Winners of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) 2013 Best of ITS Awards were announced during the opening plenary session of the 23rd ITS America annual meeting and exposition. This highly competitive program which recognises the most innovative projects and influential achievements in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) industry, and winners included, for best innovative product: Intelligent Transportation System Facility Management, Florida Department of Transportation

Swedish traffic safety and informatics company Sensys Traffic has won an order worth a minimum of US$16.78 million for traffic safety cameras from the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket). The three-year contract has potential for a six-year extension and covers the replacement of existing cameras, as well as the expansion of the number of traffic-safety cameras installed across the Swedish road network, and periodical review and maintenance of the cameras. The contract also covers the replacemen

Following its successful first meeting in Spain earlier this year, the Compass4D consortium met for the second time in Copenhagen to plan forthcoming work and to participate in a joint workshop with ITS Denmark on ITS deployment best practices. The Copenhagen pilot site is important to the project as the city will deploy cooperative systems on at least ninety buses and at twenty-one traffic signals. The route chosen for the pilot site is a central bus route running between Copenhagen Central Station and the

Swedish payment solutions provider Seamless and Q-Park, the country’s private car park operator are to partner on a project that will enable motorists to pay for parking via SEQR using their mobile phone. Customers simply use the SEQR app in the phone to scan a QR code, and then approve the transaction by entering their PIN. A customer paying for parking with SEQR can also extend the parking time directly from their mobile without needing to return to the car park. The customer receives an immediate digita

Kapsch has released the specifications of the time division multiplexing (TDM) protocols used in E-ZPass electronic toll collection signalling. Both patented and unpatented proprietary codes associated with what has been called the IAG system are now an open standard, free for all to download and use, says Chris Murray, president and CEO of Kapsch Trafficom North America. The IAG-TDM protocol is now available to all interested parties including competing toll system suppliers free of any royalty and in perp