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October 31, 2019

Intelematics: five takeaways from ITS World Congress in Singapore

If you weren’t fortunate enough to be at the 26th ITS World Congress in Singapore – fear not! Stephen Owens of Intelematics takes you through his highlights of the show… Having recently topped the world’s first Smart City Index, Singapore was the ideal host city for this year’s ITS World Congress and provided a fantastic opportunity to bring the International ITS community to the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Themed ‘smart mobility, empowering cities,’ it was an enjoyable week full of networking and lea
October 30, 2019

Intelematics veteran to get ITS Australia lifetime award

Intelematics veteran Brian Smith is to receive the ITS Australia Max Lay Lifetime Achievement Award for advancing the country’s navigation technology. Rod Chapman, CEO of Intelematics says: “Today, thanks in large part to Brian, Intelematics uses the Suna Traffic Channel to provide traffic congestion and incident information to more than 4 million Australian and 2.5 million New Zealand drivers.” Intelematics provides vehicle manufacturers, road authorities and fleets with services including vehicle t
October 30, 2019

Luna unveils ‘cm-level’ positioning for e-scooters

Dublin-based start-up Luna has released a telematic device which it says uses 10cm-level positioning accuracy to help scooter companies ensure their scooters are ridden and parked correctly. The device uses GNSS/GPS positioning with an integrated correction service to achieve this accuracy. It also uses machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise parking spaces in GPS blackspots via 2D images (QR codes) located in and around the site, the company adds. According to Luna, the device aug
October 30, 2019

Cohda achieves C-V2X certification in China

Cohda Wireless has announced its cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) software stack is compliant with Chinese standards and specifications via the IMT-2020 certification. Cohda says IMT-2020 is regarded by many OEMs as one of the interoperability standardisation processes that is likely to be adopted – alongside others such as the China Society of Automotive Engineers’ CAICV. The company will now undertake road trial testing of its applications with a range of Chinese OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers organise
October 29, 2019

LG U+ uses app to summon AV at South Korea demo

LG U+ demonstrated how a smartphone app can be used to summon an autonomous vehicle (AV) at the LG Science Park in Seoul, South Korea. A report by Korea Joongang Daily says an LG U+ employee summoned the AV connected to the carrier’s 5G network from a nearby car park and was able to monitor the car’s location through the app. Once inside the AV, the employee used the app to initiate a 2.5km journey around the park while a safety driver remained in the front seat. During the trial, a manually operated
October 29, 2019

Kistler weighs in with its WIM systems

Swiss-headquartered Kistler is using ITS World Congress to present the company’s proven weigh-in-motion Lineas sensors, available in three sensor lengths: 15m, 1.75m and 2m, and two connecting cable length options – 40m and 100m.
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October 29, 2019

Carrida has big plans for mini camera tech

Carrida Technologies, a specialist in automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) cameras for traffic and parking applications, has announced plans to expand into other sectors.
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October 28, 2019

Cohda introduces MK6C Evaluation Kit

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Cohda Wireless has launched a hardware solution MK6C Evaluation Kit with the aim of accelerating the commercial introduction of cellular Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X) technology.

October 28, 2019

ABB delivers 20 EV chargers to Egypt

ABB is supplying 20 DC fast chargers across Egypt which it says can recharge electric vehicles (EV) in 15 minutes.

The company says the deployment supports Egypt’s plans to reduce air pollution by 50% by 2023.

The Terra 53 DC fast chargers are being installed at National Petroleum Company gas stations across the country’s road network, car dealerships and busy urban areas.

Each charger comes with ABB Ability connected services, which continuously collects data to remotely monitor and control the operation of the chargers.

 

October 28, 2019

C/AVs could mean cheaper roads

The safety benefits of C/AVs have long been promoted – but research suggests they should also contribute to cheaper roads. David Crawford investigates the potential benefits in infrastructure costs Building narrower freeway lanes to accommodate the enhanced route-tracking capabilities of connected and autonomous vehicles (C/AVs), running in platoon conditions, could result in cost savings of £0.5 million (€0.56 million or US$6.5 million) for every km of road length built. Such benefits could be secur
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October 28, 2019

Redvision upgrades VMS1000 system

Redvision has updated its VMS1000 open-platform control system which it says can be used for traffic management and vehicle counting.

Stephen Lightfoot, technical director at Redvision, says the new object-linking feature can be used to configure “a logical flow between cameras on screen” while the field-of-view-direction depiction feature is for “fixed cameras and PTZs on maps”.

“Additionally, over 300 camera brands and 10,000 individual camera models are integrated with the VMS1000,” he adds.

October 28, 2019

ARTBA president: what happened to the hoverboards?

What keeps Dave Bauer up at night? David Arminas caught up with the head of ARTBA at his Washington, DC office during daylight hours Dave Bauer doesn’t really have many sleepless nights. He might sleep, though, with one eye open, just in case. “We have become a much more divided country politically,” says Bauer, president of ARTBA – American Road and Transportation Builders Association. “Whether you are thinking about federal government, or state or local government, there’s a hostility now in our politi
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October 28, 2019

Fusus unveils smart city video platform

Fusus has launched a unified video solution for smart cities which it says combines private and public video sources into a single platform called FususOne. Fusus detects, analyses and connects to every camera on a building’s network and sends a unified video feed to a single web interface, the company adds.

Fusus CEO Chris Lindenau says it pulls in “video from multiple sources into a single platform to speed emergency response and provide situational awareness”.

October 28, 2019

Yotta: we need EV charging map to drive change

When it comes to finding the location of EV charging points, we need to be thinking about the needs of ‘smart communities’ as well as smart cities, says Chris Dyer of Yotta
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October 28, 2019

Why Netflix could overcome road pricing resistance

As the US moves towards a national road usage charging trial, education is paramount – and subscription services like Netflix might help people understand why the money is needed, writes Bill Cramer
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October 28, 2019

NCS signs agreement with LTA’s MSI Global

Singapore-based information, communications and tech services provider NCS has agreed in principal to provide consultancy and intelligent transport solutions to overseas customers. NCS, part of the Singtel Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with MSI Global, the commercial arm of Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA), under which the company will provide services such as planning, design and project maintenance for government and transit agencies in Australia, China, Hong Kong and South-east
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