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Telvent GIT has announced that it will provide continuous engineering and IT services to upgrade and enhance Pinellas County’s advanced traffic management system (ATMS) and ITS. Since becoming operational in 2006, the county’s ATMS has reduced the number of stops and delays and improved overall travel times. Additionally, Pinellas County has realised an improvement in air quality. Telvent, which has worked with the county since 2003, will upgrade and enhance the ATMS and ITS systems with its advanced techno

A substantial portfolio of resources is available and expanding, to help employers and professionals build essential skills for current and future needs – the ITS Professional Capacity Building Program. Pete Goldin reports. The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) views ITS as key to the future of transportation, as is evident from the department’s ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) program. This is a further manifestation of USDOT’s commitment to ITS. The PCB program provides anyone in the transpo

A US$4.79 million framework agreement is being put into place by the UK Government for traffic management technology. Those using the framework agreement will include local authorities and the Highways Agency, although it will also be used by quangos, central government departments and executive agencies.

Teledata World Services has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of the equity of Superior Traffic Controls, a developer and manufacturer of roadside safety and incident management products. The transaction will result in the majority shareholders of Superior becoming the majority shareholders of the Teledata and comes at the conclusion of a two-year search for a new business opportunity Teledata could merge with or acquire.

Iteris has been awarded a US$1.4 million ITS integration services contract from the city of Oxnard, in California, for deployment of the city’s ITS Master Plan. Since 2006, the company has been providing ITS services to Oxnard which is the 19th most populous city in California and the most populous in Ventura County. The six-year partnership began with the development of the city’s ITS Master Plan, followed by detailed design of the citywide ITS, and now its integration and deployment.