International

More than 10,000 participants from 91 countries, including 3000 delegates, 2500 visitors and 183 representatives from 22 countries, attended the 19th ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) World Congress held in Vienna from Oct 22 to 26, 2012. The theme of the Congress was ?Smarter on the way?. About 304 companies from 33 countries exhibited the latest ITS products and services while ...

The iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA has begun trials of a new Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system. The new system will replace the manual tolling system used at the bridge since its inception in 1937. The elimination of manual tolling will save an estimated $19m in salaries and benefits over eight years and help bridge a projected ...

ITS America and ITS Tennessee are hosting ITS America?s 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition from April 22-24, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. The summit?s theme this year is ?Real Progress ? Great Future? and will focus on the results of deployment of ITS technologies thus far across the United States, and what needs to be done further for creating a efficient, ...

Skyguide ? the Swiss air navigation service provider will use the Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) software, a solution developed by Quintiq Inc, to increase efficiency and transparency, improve service delivery efficiency and reduce costs by optimising the planning of rosters and job allocations for its 800 Air Traffic Controllers and other staff. The use of the APS software is ...

Two players in the North American electric vehicle industry ? DBT USA, a manufacturer of EV charging solutions and ChargePoint Inc which operates an online network of EV charging stations have collaborated to provide more EV charging facilities for the motorists. By this collaboration ChargePoint can direct users to DBT USA?s new Level II EV charging stations. They will get ...

Auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra has introduced Blue Sense, a new android based application for its XUV/500. The application will allow drivers to control the vehicle?s infotainment system, besides being able to view information such as climate control temperature, the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), fuel consumption, besides issuing warnings of an open door or low fuel. The phones can ...

The European Union (EU) has introduced a single driving licence for the entire union. The new licence has a credit card style format with a photograph of the licence holder. Member States of the EU can include a microchip which will give access to information about the licence holder. The licence is supported by a European electronic data exchange system ...

A study on driver behaviour conducted by Direct Line, a motor vehicle insurance based in the UK has found that motorists are distracted from driving about 18% of the time that they are on the road. The things that distract them include advertisements, sceneries and clouds. The study done using the latest eye-tracking technology to see where and when drivers ...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has placed an order with SFC Energy AG for EFOY Pro fuel cell generators for 242 of its T5 Transporter vehicles which are used by the German Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) for toll inspection. The EFOY fuel cell generates power fully automatically, noiselessly and without any emissions for the measuring and surveillance devices and office ...

Point Grey, the Canadian designer and digital camera maker for industrial applications, has introduced two new camera models ? the 2.8 MP 1080p30 and the 5 MP. The two models are an extension of the Zebra2 camera series made especially for traffic and surveillance applications. The 2.8MP 1080p30 gives superior light sensitivity while the 5MP model is best suited for ...