A safer road is one that talks. Vehicles that communicate with each other, as well as with the road infrastructure, transport agencies and others, can warn drivers of upcoming hazards and ultimately prevent accidents and keep traffic flowing more smoothly. Finland saw the potential and, following the European Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) directive, is the […]
Reversible express lanes are used to ease congestion during rush-hour in large cities. These lanes sit in the center of large highways and create extra lanes to drivers in one direction or the other. HERE Traffic is the first digital service to give information on which way they’re pointing in real time. While reversible lanes are designed […]
The Ukrainian Association of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS Ukraine) officially launched today in Kyiv to promote the use of Intelligent Transport Systems across Ukraine. Intelligent transport systems (ITS) use modern technologies to make transport safer, smarter and cleaner. ITS Ukraine will work to promote the use of ITS systems in Ukraine and contribute to the […]
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), today announced that Martin Howell, marketing communications director of CTS operations in the U.K., will speak on “Disruptive Technologies in the Urban Built Environment,” at Base London 2015 to be held on June 30. With the theme, “Live | Work | Move London,” this […]
In its Risk Pulse “The city of the future belongs to cyclists” , Allianz explains how urban mobility is changing as a result of the rapid increase in “e-bike” and “bike-sharing” programs. According to Navigant Research annual e-bike sales figures are set to rise by 27 per cent to 40.3 million, and already today there […]
Speaking at the 3rd World Congress on Collaborative Mobility in Innsbruck the IRU showcased the Global Taxi Network that links legal taxi smartphone apps from around the world to allow customers to access high quality, legal taxi services anytime, anywhere. The importance of taxi industry innovation and the clear need to adhere to regulations put […]
Volvo Cars’ in-car control interface, Sensus, has been awarded the title of ‘Most Innovative HMI System’ at the 2015 Car HMI Concept & Systems conference in Berlin. The award singled out Volvo Cars as being at the forefront of HMI (Human Machine Interface) design and was based on the level of innovation, intuitiveness, complexity and […]
Ford marked National Women in Engineering day with an ‘open door’ day for local schoolgirls at its Dunton Technical Centre in Essex. To recognise Ford’s female engineers and to encourage more girls to consider science and engineering as a career, Ford gave local schoolgirls an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into the closely guarded activities at the […]
At the start of June ITS Ukraine’s Chairman Ian Bearder participated in a two day meeting with the Network of National ITS Associations. It was a productive meeting with many members expressing their happiness to see that ITS Ukraine had been created and interest in our work. As our first official meeting since the launch of […]
HERE, a leader in mapping, navigation and location experiences, has published an interface specification that defines how sensor data gathered by vehicles on the road can be ingested by a cloud. The aim of this step is to support the automotive industry in accelerating the deployment of technologies that improve road safety and ease traffic […]
