ITS World Congress 2024 opening ceremony – follow main points live
The 30th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress is getting underway in Dubai. The Opening Ceremony will feature the emirate’s leader, His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, underscoring the importance of the Congress to Dubai’s vision of becoming a global hub for smart and sustainable mobility. The organisers ERTICO say his attendance reflects […]
UK Pavilion built and ready to promote the country’s transport tech in Dubai
Eleven Small and medium enterprises are ready to begin promoting British transport technology excellence at the ITS World Congress in Dubai, thanks to the support of the Transport Technology Forum, Department for Transport, Innovate UK and the Department Business and Trade. The UK Pavilion is being hosted by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group and […]
ITS pioneer Richard Harris remembered at ITS World Congress event
A gathering has taken place at the ITS World Congress in Dubai to remember the long-serving Intelligent Transport Systems expert Richard Harris, who died of cancer in June. The ITS Hall of Famer was internationally recognised as a leading authority on ITS and a respected thought leader on transport and mobility policies and trends. He […]
VivaCity wins inaugural exhibitors’ award at JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
VivaCity’s smart signals control solution has won the first ITS UK-sponsored “Most Innovative product or Service at the Exhibition” award at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham. The solution was chosen out of ten who were shortlisted for recognition at the popular event. “Congratulations to VivaCity on winning the inaugural ITS UK’s Most Innovative […]
DfT reminds authorities of the need to confirm TSOG and GLF spending plans
The Department for Transport has written to all local authorities who received a share of £50 million of Department for Transport grants to fix traffic signals, reminding them to provide written declarations indicating the intention to use their grant allocations in accordance with the terms set out in award letters. In April, all eligible English […]
Pedestrian safety innovations discussed with Starling Technologies on this week’s Highways Voices
Highways Voices returns after its summer break with an interview recorded at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham. Andrew Caleya Chetty is our guest, CEO and Founder of Starling Technologies, talking about its innovative approach to pedestrian safety using computer vision and machine learning. He explains how Starling’s system, which can handle saturated pavements […]
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium gets new venue for 30th event next year
The popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will take place in Leeds next year, as the three-day conference and exhibition moves from its recent home in Nottingham. Due to changes in student requirements at Nottingham Trent University, the Symposium was unable to be accommodated in its usual September slot, so the organisers have found a new […]
UK transport technology leaders gear up for the ITS World Congress in Dubai
Participants in the UK Pavilion at next week’s ITS World Congress in Dubai have spoken of their excitement at taking part in the global event, calling it an “invaluable opportunity to forge new business partnerships.” Eleven small and medium enterprises are exhibiting on the pavilion which is hosted by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group […]
Do traffic signal improvement schemes achieve their objectives? Delegates at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will find out how tomorrow
A learned paper at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham this week will look at how to implement adaptive traffic optimisation, and importantly, how to analyse the before-and-after to check it does what it’s meant to do. In the paper “Experiences with ImFlow in Cheshire East – challenges and successes”, John Ball from […]
Hardware and software come together through Umovity at JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
Modelling and simulation software company PTV Group will introduce the traffic signals community to its first piece of traffic detection hardware in Europe at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham next week. As part of the integration with its sister company Econolite, the sensor EVO RADAR has been successfully trialled in in South Gloucestershire. […]