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U-blox has announced the immediate availability of an off-the-shelf reference design for the Brazilian stolen vehicle tracking (SVT) market.

TRW Automotive Holdings has developed an advanced pedestrian protection system that uses up to three remote acceleration sensors (RAS) located in the front bumper area.

While suppliers of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) in the UK endure a stagnant market and budget cuts, growth opportunities in the US continue to ramp up.

Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) has acquired 100% of the shares of the specialist infrared camera producer VDS Vosskühler, based in Osnabrück, Germany.

The city of Indianapolis has selected Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a Xerox Company, to overhaul its public parking system.

Road toll system provider Kapsch TrafficCom is to raise production capacity at its factory in the Swedish town of Jönköping as a result of two orders which have a combined value of US$29.37million.

Expressway companies in Japan plan to rent out unoccupied space on their superhighways, like those on sound-insulating walls, throughout the country for utility companies to generate solar power.

Init Innovation in Traffic Systems has won a contract, worth over US$21 million, from the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DoT) under which the Karlsruhe-based telematics specialist will supply a telematics system as part of the DoT's master plan for the development of public transport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Siemens Industry has announced an agreement with Streetline, a leading provider of sensor-based smart parking solutions in the United States, to jointly market a range of smart parking products and services for municipalities, airports, universities and private parking operators.

The state of Western Australia (WA) has announced funding worth US$7.69 million to refit 1,800 taxis in the state with surveillance cameras to boost security.

Q-Free has received an order, valued at approximately US$26.5 million, from the Portuguese road operator Ascendi for a major infrastructure project in Portugal.

The Indian government has appointed the UK-based Urban Light Transport PRT (ULTra PRT) to study the feasibility of operating driverless pod taxis at Gurgaon in Haryana state of India.

The incidence of drugs among drivers injured or killed in road accidents is in the range of 14-17 per cent, according to a new report published by the International Transport Forum, a transport think tank at the OECD. Cannabis and benzodiazepines top the list of drugs involved in lethal motor accidents, according to the study.