National Highways switches to winter operations
National Highways has officially switches to autumn and winter operations, with meteorological experts from the Met Office and MetDesk closely monitoring weather forecasts “and are prepared for whatever conditions the autumn and winter season may bring”. The Government-owned company says that, based on current weather forecasts, you are unlikely to see gritters spreading salt on […]
Driverless cars stop in San Francisco’s fog
Anyone who’s been to San Francisco knows the city is susceptible to fog, but they may not have thought its growing fleet of driverless vehicles would fall victim to it. However that’s what happened to five Waymo vehicles in dense fog on Tuesday morning, who pulled over on a street in the southwestern area of […]
New contracts forecast bright future for National Highways weather teams
Three new weather forecasting contracts, which will help keep drivers moving, have been signed by the Met Office, DTN and MetDesk. The Weather Forecasting Information Service (WFIS) comprises two regional winter season contracts and one all year-round national contract, which will provide National Highways’ decision-makers with round-the-clock weather forecasting information to support them in making […]
TomTom chooses Vaisala’s road weather service to improve driver safety
The global weather, environmental, and industrial measurement company Vaisala has announced an agreement with location technology specialist TomTom, to bring accurate insights and actionable road weather data to the TomTom Hazard Warnings service. TomTom Hazard Warnings creates time-critical signals that alert drivers and automated vehicles to safety critical incidents as they happen. These incidents include […]
Vaisala, Vivacity and TfWM analyse street level weather and its effect on congestion
The weather company Vaisala has analysed the link between weather and traffic and its effect on transport as a whole. Business Development Manager, Weather and Environment Daniel Johns has written a blog pointing out it is mostly the chance of an accident that we think of first. Ice and snow are the most obvious culprits, […]
Jenoptik data proves drivers stick to variable limits, so key route can stay open more often
Analysis of the driving speeds of vehicles crossing the Orwell Bridge in Suffolk has proved that drivers are adhering to dynamically reduced speed limits in windy weather. The compliance is being attributed to average speed camera enforcement technology on the key stretch of the A14 which usually has a 60 mph limit, enforced by Jenoptik’s […]
Vaisala expands its modular Indigo product family
The global weather, environmental, and industrial measurements company Vaisala has launched a new Indigo510 transmitter, which is compatible with all Indigo smart probes. The features include modular support for one probe at a time, and a large touchscreen display for local data visualization. The new Indigo510 is the latest addition to Vaisala’s top-of-the-line Indigo transmitter […]
HERE adds more weather data to its marketplace product
HERE Technologies has announced that Tomorrow.io, the weather technology company, will be making its weather data available via the HERE Marketplace – a hub for global location data exchange and a platform to build location intelligent applications that accelerate data-driven innovation across industries. HERE says that as it continues to rapidly expand the number of […]
HERE adds weather to Marketplace offering
The location data and technology platform HERE has added CustomWeather to its HERE Marketplace, providing software developers access to robust sets of weather and climate data. The company explains that weather conditions and environmental data are increasingly used by automakers, in transportation and logistics, and across supply chains to improve operations, driver safety and end-customer […]
Vaisala and JCDecaux provide air quality information to selected public transport shelters
A pilot in the Finnish capital Helsinki is providing air quality information at two public transport stops until the end of the year in an attempt to enhance people’s understanding of air quality issues in the city. Weather data specialist Vaisala is working with a series of partners to disseminate hyperlocal information about the air […]
