News and information about the Ukrainian and international ITS industry.
Gothenburg is launching the public transport of the future. Gothenburg’s first route for electric buses will open on 15 June. The buses are silent and emission-free and run on electricity from wind power and hydropower. The bus route is among the most modern in the world. Among other things, passengers can recharge their phones onboard […]
The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have launched Beeline, a mobile app that allows commuters to pre-book rides on express private bus routes. LTA and IDA have partnered private bus companies such as Bus-Plus to operate the initial set of buses routes listed on the app. Beeline is an experiment to […]
Among the features of the upcoming IAA in Frankfurt will be the “New Mobility World” exhibition area, designed to showcase the emerging digital mobile world that will span all sectors. The area will also include telecommunications companies. The exhibition area will incorporate five areas: Connected car Automated driving E-mobility Urban mobility Mobility services The area […]
The first phase of Map Maker’s reopening has begun, starting with six countries. Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, Philippines and Ukraine are now open for editing. Regional Leads in every country will be able to moderate: Mappers in each country were selected as “Regional Leads” to moderate edits done by other mappers in their respective regions. […]
The city of Prague is testing new electric buses with a view to fully introducing the vehicles on routes in September this year. The aim of the testing is to verify the operational, technical and economic parameters of the vehicle which, with a fully electric vehicle heating system, ensures zero-emissions at the point of operation. […]
Elite technology innovation center, Transport Systems Catapult (TSC), has announced the opening of a ‘Visualisation laboratory’ at its headquarters in Milton Keynes. The laboratory will allow designers and engineers to use cutting edge virtual reality technology to improve the UK’s transport network. The laboratory includes the UK’s first commercially available omnidirectional treadmill built by Swedish […]
European Union is framing the future of aviation by declaring main principles for developing drone service market. The European aviation community gathered in Riga in March 2015 established the following basic principles: Drones need to be treated as new types of aircraft with proportionate rules based on the risk of each operation. EU rules for […]
The European Investment Bank has provided a loan of €400 million to finance projects devoted to the modernisation of public infrastructure in Ukrainian cities. The aging infrastructure of many Ukrainian municipalities requires substantial modernisation. “Up to 80% of municipal infrastructure networks are in lousy condition,” says Hennadiy Zubko, vice prime minister and minister of regional […]
Ukrainian residents to be able to use the international online payment systems (such as PayPal, ApplePay, GoogleWallet and others) to receive cross-border payments. The National Bank of Ukraine points to and welcomes the strong interest shown by businesses and the Internet users’ community of Ukraine in the use of the state-of-the-art online payment systems (such […]
Ford Motor Company announced today during Gamescom a competition that challenges video game developers to create solutions for global mobility issues. The Ford Smart Mobility Game Challenge, developed with Cologne Game Lab, encourages developers to turn the challenge of integrating different transport modes within a city into fun and engaging online games. Gamescom 2015 – […]
