ITS (UK) honours Patey and Ali in annual awards, and acclaims environmental, digital and community innovations
The country’s Intelligent Transport industry association ITS (UK) has given its highest honour, the Rees Hills Award for Personal Contribution and Achievement to Ian Patey, WSP’s ITS Head of Profession, Intelligent Transport. Mr Patey has more than 37 years’ experience in transport design and consultancy, and has played a leading role in many of the […]
Yunex Traffic to install Zephyr® air quality monitors across Liverpool City Region
Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority has awarded a contract to Yunex Traffic to supply and install 37 Zephyr® air quality monitors, and to maintain them for a period of five years. The monitors will be installed in 37 existing traffic signal locations across the six authorities, with the option for a further 10 to […]
Siemens chooses five bidders for Yunex division
A German newspaper is reporting that Siemens has chosen five bidders for its mobility division Yunex Traffic and given them until just before Christmas to make an offer. Reuters has picked up on the Handelsblatt report which suggests the five bidders are Cubic, belonging to Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital; Italian toll operator Autostrade; […]
Yunex Traffic wins Newcastle CAZ work
Yunex Traffic, the new name for Siemens Mobility’s Intelligent Traffic systems business, has been awarded a contract to design and install a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera monitoring and enforcement solution across Newcastle city centre. The introduction of the system follows a consultation undertaken by Newcastle and Gateshead councils with […]
Countdown to Congress – a Highways Voices special looking forward to Hamburg 2021 with GEWI, Yunex Traffic and the event organisers
“I think the excitement about getting back to normal business long last,” explains Danny Woolard of GEWI as he looks forward to the ITS World Congress in Hamburg next month. In a special Highways Voices podcast which also features Yunex Traffic and the event organisers and sponsored by GEWI and SWARCO, GEWI’s UK representative says […]
Aimsun’s air quality modelling solution nominated for prestigious industry prize
The global transport modelling firm Aimsun is in the running for a major award in recognition of a solution it’s pioneered to fuse transport modelling, live traffic information and air quality monitoring to better manage traffic flow. The NEVFMA solution, delivered for National Highways with Earthsense, Oxfordshire County Council and Yunex Traffic is in the […]
Egis consortium awarded a 5-and-a-half-year contract to deliver the UK’s largest Clean Air Zone
Egis has been awarded the contract to help deliver the largest Clean Air Zone in the UK in Greater Manchester, to support its aim to drive the growth of a healthy and sustainable city-region. The company has signed what it describes as a ‘ground-breaking’ contract to set up and operate an end-to-end service for Greater […]
Yunex Traffic rapid chargers at heart of new EV hub in Somerset
Yunex Traffic has installed and commissioned two rapid charging units for a new electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in Portishead, Somerset. Yunex, which is the new name for Siemens Mobility’s Intelligent Traffic Solutions business, worked with North Somerset Council to install two 50kW rapid DC charging units serving four parking bays, the hub forms part […]
Yunex Traffic completes connected mobility trials for Project Synergy
Yunex Traffic has successfully completed a traffic signals connected mobility trial to demonstrate the integration of V2X infrastructure and the communication of road signs via In-Vehicle Information messages. Working with project partner Transport for Greater Manchester on the Innovate UK-funded Project Synergy, Yunex, which is the new name for Siemens Mobility’s ITS business, worked on […]
Siemens confirms autumn Yunex rebrand
Siemens ITS has confirmed that its rebrand to be called “Yunex Traffic, A Siemens Business” will be completed by 1 October. In an email, Siemens ITS UK Managing Director Wilke Reints explains that this stand-alone Siemens-owned company is “a significant step that will allow us to respond faster and more flexibly to you, our customers, […]