Norwegian industry stalwart plus Austria, Netherlands, UK and Türkiye win inaugural ITS Nationals Awards
The network of national Intelligent Transport Systems associations has hosted its first annual awards ceremony in the Swiss capital Bern, and honoured ITS veteran Trond Hovland with the title “Network Person of the Year”. The five winners were: Mr Hovland won the award, sponsored by SWARCO, in honour not only of his work in the […]
Yunex Traffic win starring role in Dutch infrastructure project
The Dutch Rijkswaterstaat has awarded the contract for the prestigious Tilburg 3 (TB3) project to the Orion Consortium, a combination of Istimewa Elektro, Mourik Infra, and Yunex Traffic. This strategic infrastructure project is a comprehensive renovation and maintenance project for the waterways in North Brabant and Central Limburg. This project, which is part of the […]
Amsterdam replacing Chinese CCTV & traffic cameras over spying concerns
The municipality of Amsterdam will stop the use of cameras made in China due to concerns about human rights and espionage, said Alderman Alexander Scholtes, who handles issues related to the city’s information and communications technology policy. The Chinese cameras are expected to be phased out within five years, Scholtes wrote in a letter to […]
HAAS Alert and Monotch announce digital infrastructure partnership
Dutch roads will become safer and more connected thanks to a new partnership between Monotch and HAAS Alert, which will deliver in-car safety messages from Monotch’s TLEX-based national UDAP (Urban Data Access Platform) system to vehicles on HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud® digital alerting platform, including Stellantis vehicles. HAAS Alert, a Chicago-based automotive technology developer, announced […]
Dutch company explains Talking Traffic, and how data can change congestion levels in UK
A webinar on Thursday morning will explain how Talking Traffic was introduced into the Netherlands, and its potential to improve traffic management in the UK. Talking Traffic, delivered by Monotch, is an initiative using the exchange of real-time data between road users and intelligent traffic infrastructure to improve traffic flow and road safety. Monotch are […]
Monotch and TraffGo Road announce partnership
Dutch-based Connected ITS company Monotch and TraffGo Road, a subsidiary of international Information & Communications group Materna, have announced they are joining forces to bring the TLEX® product to the German market. The Traffic Live Exchange platform TLEX is described as “the powerful platform that is the proven foundation for connected mobility and digital infrastructure”. […]
National Highways signs up for closer working with European counterparts
A group of European highways authorities have today declared an intention to work more collaboratively with one another. Representatives of England’s National Highways came together with counterparts from Die Autobahn of Germany, and the Rijkswaterstaat of the Netherlands, to sign a memorandum of agreement at Highways UK. The agreement is intended to establish a platform […]
Emovis awarded new contract for the Dutch vehicle authority
The Dutch vehicle authority has awarded a contract to tolling company Emovis to design, install and maintain the first free flow tolling system in the Netherlands on two new major roads. The first project is for the new highway A24 (Blankenburgverbinding) near Rotterdam which is currently being built. It connects the A15 and A20 and […]