Emovis wins Montenegro tolling project
Local authorities in Montenegro have awarded tolling company Emovis with a new contract to upgrade the tolling systems in the Sozina tunnel, linking the country’s capital Podgorica with the port town of Bar The tunnel links the capital city Podgorica to the key port of Bar. The 9-month delivery project includes the renewal of the […]
Michelin unveils wrong way driving safety solution
Michelin’s data intelligence arm MICHELIN DDi has announced a new solution to try to stem the rising global wrong-way crash trend with its latest service, Wrong Way, which is directed at making roads and travel safer for drivers. It says with a concerning increase in road fatalities due to wrong way driving in the past […]
JCT issues Symposium call for papers with slots filling up
The programme for the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium is filling up fast with almost two-thirds of September’s event line-up either agreed or in negotiation. But the organisers say there is still time to submit a paper proposal. If you would like to present and qualify for a free day then all you need to […]
Nota AI™ completes AI parking Proof of Concept in Milton Keynes
Nota AI™ (Nota Incorporated), the South Korean IT start-up, has announced the successful implementation of their newest addition to the Nota ITS solution – smart parking – after completing a trial for their Artificial Intelligence-based parking management system in Milton Keynes. The Proof of Concept used the company’s existing AI Camera technology to analyse parking […]
TfL set to deliver operating surplus
Transport for London has announced its latest budget shows that it will achieve an operating surplus in 2023/24, with revenues covering the costs of the existing transport network. This means TfL is expected to achieve financial sustainability and delivering transport improvements across the whole of London. Across the next financial year, TfL’s £9.1bn in revenue will cover its expected £7.9bn operating costs – which […]
Aston University project with Aurrigo improves its driverless vehicle’s capabilities
Aston University has announced it has completed a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Coventry-based global transport technology firm Aurrigo, resulting in a machine vision solution making its autonomous vehicles more capable. The project has led to the company’s driverless vehicles being able to see and recognise objects in greater detail resulting in improved performance across […]
Tunnel operators catch the new wave of AI-powered automatic incident detection
Thermal imaging-based camera company Teledyne FLIR has announced new AI-supported cameras for incident detection in tunnels. The new systems can be trained on large datasets of images, and learn how to identify and classify objects in an image. They use this knowledge to make decisions based on new images that they have never seen before. […]
Coventry getting three more average speed camera schemes
Three more roads in Coventry are getting new average speed enforcement systems. Holyhead Road, Allesley Old Road and Allard Way will be getting the cameras in a council attempt to slow down drivers and improve road safety. The cameras are due to be switched on at the end of this month. The Coventry Live website […]
Tesla starts rolling out new self-driving beta version
Tesla has finally started the broad rollout of Full Self-Driving Beta v11, a significant update that is Autopilto with the Full Self-Driving Beta software stack. The website Electrek reports the Tesla FSD Beta v11 is both an “exciting and scary step” as it is supposed to merge Tesla’s FSD and Autopilot highway stacks. FSD Beta […]
New app turns phone into dashcam, making it easy to report driving offences
A new free app is being launched which turns a phone into a dashcam, which can be used to report different driving offences to police. The Sun reports DashcamUK, which will launch in May, can capture 21 traffic violations from ignoring a red light to using phones while driving. It can also detect speeding. To […]