Australia steps in to deliver global ITS event in 2023
ITS Australia is expanding its annual Summit next year to offer the world’s ITS community a chance to meet face-to-face. The ITS World Congress 2023 will be held in China, but Covid travel restrictions mean that the event will be available virtually to international visitors. This would have meant that for the second time in […]
Talking Net Zero, radar and start up opportunities – Tuesday from the ITS World Congress in LA
Day two of the ITS World Congress from here in Los Angeles hears talk of, among other things, low carbon transport, start up opportunities and radar technology as we hear from WSP, SWARCO and Navtech Radar. Remember all our podcasts are designed for you to listen to whether you’re able to be at the event, […]
Looking ahead to the first day of the 2022 ITS World Congress – Highways Voices from Los Angeles
We look ahead to Monday at the ITS World Congress on today’s Highways Voices from Los Angeles. In the podcast we hear Professor Eric Sampson’s comments on the main topics being discussed in the sessions, including an international forum on sustainability and resiliency, with mobility network management, moving transit to zero emissions. And a number […]
Highways Voices podcasts from the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles
Highways News is, of course, reporting for you from the global ITS World Congress in Los Angeles next week with daily podcasts from the event. All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors GEWI, SWARCO, Nota AI, one.network and Navtech Radar, all of whom you can meet in LA. Our first podcast, looking […]
Gaist launches roadscape white paper
The roadscape technology company Gaist has launched a white paper called, ‘understanding the roadscape, the answer to life, the universe and everything?’, exploring questions around the strategic implications of decisions made on our roads today, and what is needed to take a longer-term view on how and who uses our roads and the spaces around […]
Road transport prices reach new highs for 2022, despite falling fuel prices
The average price-per-mile for UK haulage vehicles rose by 1 point this month, to 117.8 points in August, after showing signs of falling midway through the month. This follows the trend of previous years: there hasn’t been an August price fall since the TEG index began in 2019. The overall price-per-mile for road freight has […]
The latest thinking in traffic signals technology on this week’s Highways Voices
This week’s Highways Voices looks at the key way you can manage traffic in a town or a city – by discussing the latest in signals technology. Presenter Paul Hutton is at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham, as he talks to Mark Crabtree of TRL, who’s been in the industry for 47 years […]
VESOS welcome Apple’s crash detection system but stresses eCall’s greater functionality
The start-up eCall consultancy and solutions company VESOS is welcoming the new crash detection feature on iPhones, but says it’s “far from” the end of a need for the eCall emergency alert system. Apple has announced that its new iPhone 14 models include a feature which allows users to send an Emergency SOS via satellite […]
Easymile launches large autonomous, on-demand public transport service in Germany
Passengers in a suburb of Munich are able to book autonomous on-demand vehicles in a mixed fleet as part of the public transport system for the first time. It is one of the largest public transport projects in Germany to pair autonomous and conventional vehicles. The ultimate goal of the project is to enable autonomous […]
The future of intersection pedestrian safety tested for real at ITS World Congress
Visitors to the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles later this month will have the chance to try for themselves a revolutionary new Artificial Intelligence solution that warns people of traffic collisions before they happen. South Korean company Nota AI has pioneered its Safe Crossing technology which uses CCTV images to detect the movement of […]