The old fuel tax methods can no longer produce the funding required to maintain the infrastructure without a massive increase in duty rates. In this issue we get a variety of views on two of the hottest topics in transportation; financing models and Smart Cities.
International Road Dynamics (IRD) says its VectorSense sensor suite provides a new measurement technology for use in commercial vehicle operations, toll road operations and vehicle safety and traffic data collection applications.
Inrix’s latest traffic monitoring tools help transportation agencies in the US and Europe monitor conditions on more roads in real-time and receive earlier notification of accidents, unplanned road closures and other events.
Global Traffic Technologies (GTT), has added speed, class and count capabilities to its Canoga 9000 series, using a single width four-channel traffic management card in place of the traditional two cards system.
Telensa has enhanced its PLANet SmartGrid street light control system by adding an on-board GPS module and the new NEMA 7-pin connector to its telecell options.
Smartek Vision’s industrial GigE camera GCP1931 with Sony’s ¬ first image sensor based on CMOS technology with global shutter provides a cost-effective camera for traf¬fic surveillance in all lighting conditions.
With 2.3MP resolution at a high frame rate of 50fps, high sensitivity due to the Sony Exmor technology and large pixels of 5.86μm, Smartek Vision utilises the full bandwidth of Gigabit Ethernet based on the GigE Vision standard as a proven data interface. The sensor and the camera design