Umovity appoints new CEOs for Software and ITS divisions
Umovity, the joint brand uniting Econolite and PTV Group, has announced an expansion of its executive leadership team. Umovity Group CEO Andy Myers (pictured) has introduces Nick Ghia as the new CEO for Umovity Software by PTV Group, and Spiro Gjorgjievski as the new CEO for Umovity ITS by Econolite. With these appointments, Umovity reinforces its strategic focus […]
Compliance, Collaboration, and Control Rooms: The latest industry thinking from the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
Traffic signals remain the most effective way to manage transport networks in most urban centres, and they take centre stage this week in Leeds at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium. Today’s Highways Voices looks into the latest thinking in the industry, as we learn about SCOOT 8 AI from TRL Software, and how it, and […]
PTV brings new radar to UK market thanks to sister company Econolite
The transport modelling and simulation company PTV is further expanding its solutions offering in the UK through its Umovity parent company. Umovity brings together hardware and software solutions through PTV and California-based intelligent traffic management solutions company Econolite. The new EPIQ RADAR sensor solution incorporates detection solution software to deliver superior traffic detection, accuracy, and […]
Model2Go goes Vissim: PTV Group launches automated, ready-to-use microsimulation models
At the ITS World Congress in Atlanta, PTV Group, part of the international brand Umovity, announced the launch of a major innovation, PTV Model2Go for PTV Vissim, bringing automated, ready-to-use microsimulation models to the world’s leading traffic simulation software. Developed in partnership with leading Japanese map data provider Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. (DMP), this […]
Highways Voices Live from Atlanta – Big ideas, bold leaders and smarter roads
Today on Highways Voices we’re in the USA for the ITS World Congress in Atlanta talking emerging technologies in transport technology, a new faster modelling solution and what it’s like to be a CEO of a multinational company. Our guests are from Clearview Intelligence and WSP, and we bring you two CEOs – Christian U […]
On the right Lines: PTV enhances its Public Transport service planning tool
Modelling and simulation software company PTV Group has issued a major new feature to its web-based tool for local authorities and bus operators to better plan public transport routes and timetables. The software, which enables operators to deliver services to more passengers while maximising efficiency and minimising cost, now includes passenger demand assignment and ridership […]
Canadian city uses PTV modelling software to redesign bus network
The City of Winnipeg in Canada is using PTV Lines transport modelling software as the backbone of a redesign of its bus network. This effort aims to meet the demands of the city’s rapid population growth and evolving transit needs. Local transit operator Winnipeg Transit is using the cloud-based tool from PTV, part of Umovity, to […]
PTV signs strategic partnership for sustainable, integrated, and technology-driven mobility in Hamburg
PTV Group, part of the international brand Umovity, and the State Office for Roads, Bridges and Waterways, a subsidiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg under the Ministry of Transport and Mobility Transition, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing integrated and sustainable mobility solutions. Through this partnership, LSBG and PTV Group […]
Authorities urged to work together more on data collection and modelling
Local authorities, consultants and data providers are being encouraged to collaborate more closely in their transport modelling work to speed up and standardise the way new projects are planned and traffic is managed in real time. More than a hundred modelling professionals meeting at the PTV User Group annual meeting in London heard an expert […]
Modelling practitioners share ideas and experience at PTV User Group Meeting
Modelling and simulation software company PTV Group’s UK and Ireland Division will put expert users front-and-centre next week, as they examine the future of transport and modelling at the company’s annual User Group Meeting in London Its 24th annual meeting, on Monday 4 November, welcomes leading practitioners from across the country get together to examine […]