News and information about the Ukrainian and international ITS industry.
Assignment Title: Consulting services for development of an intelligent road safety and network management system of roads network of Ukraine. The State Road Agency of Ukraine has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the project “Road Sector Development Project”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The […]
According to a post at OddessaBlogger.com, “Sergey Dubenko, head of the Odessa City Council working group to improve traffic management group has now announced that Odessa will adopt “European norms” regarding the speed limits within the city. The maximum speed will be officially reduced from 60 kph (as used in Russia and Belarus) to 50 […]
Driving in Ukraine is unlike driving in the EU – its a unique experience. That is, uniquely bad. Years of neglect have left most roads in a desperate state of disrepair and corruption within the institutions of State responsible for road building/maintenance means that even when repair work is done it is often under-funded and […]
On 20th October ITS Ukraine met with Ivan Sherstyuk from Easyway to discuss their work and the services they provide in Ukraine. Easyway is a leading travel data app for Ukraine that provides passenger information and route timetables for public transport in Ukraine. Whilst easyway have done a remarkably good job at providing the data […]
On 22 October ITS Ukraine visited an innovative Ukrainian company that designs and produces industry leading Ultracapacitors. Yunasko, which has a head office in Kyiv and factory in western Ukraine. They have a large scale ultracapacitor production plant currently under development in Latvia as the company expand to supply ultracapacitors for electric buses in China. For […]
On 20 October ITS Ukraine met with Igor Vladymyrskyi and Sergiy Shukayev at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, located on a huge campus on Peremohy Ave in Kyiv. After a brief discussion about ITS Ukraine and possible areas of research and collaboration, Igor and Sergiy gave us a guided tour of the KPI museum which showcases the […]
On 6 November the Commission launched the second call for proposals of the Connecting Europe Facility, with more than €7.6 billion of investment to finance transport projects – €6.5 billion of which is earmarked for cohesion countries. Applicants have until 16 February 2016 to submit their proposals. More info available here
Ukraine is leading the way among emerging economies in financial sector reforms, according to the EBRD’s latest Transition report which says that the outlook for market reforms across the whole area appears to have improved. The Transition Report 2015-16 shows that many factors holding back the reform process persist. However, despite isolated cases of reform […]
Львівський концерн “Електрон” презентував перший в Україні електроавтобус. За інформацією Zaxid.net, електроавтобус може перевозити до 100 пасажирів, розвиває швидкість до 70 км/год, за день може проїжджати без підзарядки 200 км. Зарядкою з потужністю 380 вольт батареї автобуса заряджаються за 15-20 хв. Споживання електроенергії такого автобуса на день в десять разів дешевше від споживання пального звичайного міського автобуса. В […]
Proceedings of the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux have been released. Read Eric Sampson’s Executive Summary below . You can also download a report from the Ministerial Round Table discussion that took place during the congress here. Congress Report – Executive Summary Bordeaux was all about deployment issues but especially so for connected and highly automated vehicles. In […]
