City of York tackles congestion and pollution with Alchera Technologies

York has become the first city in the UK to introduce city-wide real-time transport modelling to help ease congestion and pollution through its Smart Travel Evolution Programme. (STEP) Phase one of the programme, which started earlier this year, involved improving the connectivity and data collection of York’s transport technology assets in order to future-proof how […]

Free planning tool launched to help authorities with active travel

A new planning tool, developed by the Road Safety Foundation, is being launched to help Local Authorities to model the variables that make active travel safer, more pleasant and less stressful. “Increasing levels of active travel has environmental and health benefits, but to achieve truly healthy mobility, it must also be safe and feel safe,” says Kate […]

PTV and Econolite combine to leverage growth potential in the smart and sustainable mobility solutions market

Bridgepoint, the quoted private assets growth investor, and Porsche Automobile Holding have announced that they will support traffic simulation software company PTV in its partnership with Econolite, the leading North American provider of intelligent traffic management solutions. The two companies will join forces under the umbrella of a newly formed holding to provide hardware, software […]

Aimsun wins ITS Australia award

The global transport modelling company Aimsun has been honoured with a top prize at the ITS Australia awards for a project which helps solve traffic jams before they happen. It Smart Transport Infrastructure Award for its M4 Smart Motorway Project – Simulation-Based Support for Smart Motorway Infrastructure. This real-time transport management support system fuses live […]

Aimsun wins new Paris transport planning contract

The City of Paris has awarded Aimsun another four-year contract to provide the modelling framework for all urban planning and operations. This is the fourth consecutive Paris contract for Aimsun, which has been active in the city since 2010. Aimsun says its French team has grown steadily over the last 11 years, providing expert, on-the-ground […]

Aimsun’s latest release focuses on sustainable mobility

Digital mobility modelling experts Aimsun have released the latest version of Aimsun Next modelling software focussing on multi-modal travel. The company says Aimsun Next 22 builds on its ongoing commitment to transportation network analysis and optimisation. New features enhance sustainable, efficient mobility with a special focus on enabling large-scale, multi-modal models for cities, highways, and […]

Air quality modelling project shows how the right traffic management solution can significantly reduce emissions

A new traffic management technique which has been trialled in Oxfordshire for the past year has proved how air quality can be significantly improved through a technique to manage traffic jams before they happen. The NEVFMA scheme uses global transport modelling firm Aimsun’s traffic simulation to reduce congestion and therefore harmful, traffic-related pollution, with analysis […]

Aimsun highlights how it can help cut emissions on key route in Madrid

The transport modelling firm Aimsun has released a video explaining how it is carrying out a study to model traffic-related emissions from different types of vehicles using the M30 highway in Madrid. As part of the EU C-Roads project, Aimsun is working with OPUS and Calle30 to take real-time observed data from vehicles in the […]

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