International

German multinational Siemens AG has teamed with parking services provider Streetline to launch a smart parking project in Braunschweigh, Germany. The city has already completed the installation of parking sensors and networking equipment needed for the project. The equipment will monitor real-time data in parking locations to determine availability of parking space. This parking information is then distributed to drivers ...

INRIX, a US based provider of traffic information and intelligent traffic services has developed a traffic application for Android users. The application generates traffic information by analysing real-time data from road sensors, traffic incident reports, crowd-sourced data and other public and private sources. The principal aim of the application is to help motorists tackle rising fuel prices. The application gives ...

Toyota Motor Company is recalling 7.4 million cars and trucks worldwide due to a problem of defective power window switches in the vehicles. The defective switches can stick, cause smoke and potentially cause fires. The switches get sticky due to wear over time; this combined with the grease applied to them at the manufacturing stage causes them to overheat. The ...

Wessx Water, a water supply and sewerage utility company in Somerset, UK has launched a modified Volkswagen Beetle car, christened Bio-Bug, running on methane gas produced from human waste. The methane is produced using the process of anaerobic digestion in which bugs, break down bio-degradable material (in this case human waste) in the absence of oxygen to produce the gas. ...

US based Aviation Safety Technologies Inc has developed SafeLand, a technology that gives pilots accurate information about conditions on the runway, information that could be vital during landing in bad weather. SafeLand measures parameters such as speed, deceleration, temperature, pressure and wind which enable pilots to get reports such as runway surface characteristics, braking friction, brake and tyre wear and ...

Sernis Inc has developed a solar powered Intelligent Wrong Way Detector SK-WWD that enables real time detection of vehicles moving the wrong way on a highway. The Detector which uses a real-time image processing technology works with a range of pavements. It comprises a sensor type camera, which identifies vehicles in the wrong lane, and a dynamic sign. The dynamic ...

CarCharging, a US based provider of electric vehicle (EV)  charging services has filed a provisional patent application for an electric vehicle charging station with a toggle unit. The new charging station can charge multiple vehicles without inserting or removing plugs during charging. Due to this ability to simultaneously charge many vehicles, it will solve problems such as other electric vehicle ...

Salt Lake City in the US, in collaboration with parking and enforcement technology developer Aparc System, has awarded a contract to mobile payment platform provider QuickPay to offer mobile parking payment facilities to the city drivers. Programmes such as parking plans, coupons, dynamic pricing and automated validations from local businesses can be easily executed on the QuickPay platform. The new ...

International Road Dynamics Inc (IRD) recently installed its weigh-in-motion system WIM@Toll at toll plazas along the Tavan Tolgoi – Gashuun Sukhait toll road in Mongolia. The road is a crucial route that facilitates the development and expansion of mining in the high quality coal deposit areas of the Gobi region. The WIM@Toll system uses IRD’s Slow Speed Weigh-In-Motion (SSWIM) scales ...

Ambassador Bridge, an important international bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario in Canada to Detroit, Michigan, has installed 3M’s newly introduced 3MID6204 Multiprotocal Reader. The ID6204 can read all six tolling protocols used in North America – ISO 18000-6C, ISO 18000-6B, ISO10374, CalTrans Title-21, ASTMv6 and PS111 (IAG). This ensures seamless operations with tags of any type used on customer vehicles. The ...