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Volunteer paper reviewers sought for 17th World Congress on ITS and ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
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Papers are now being accepted for both the 17th World Congress on ITS in Busan, Korea in October 2010 and for ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Houston, Texas in May 2010. Papers will be reviewed by a volunteer peer panel that will evaluate quality, relevance, and significance of the each paper's findings. More
Online paper submission opens for ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
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ITS America is accepting submissions for papers for its 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition, "Connecting Communities through Smart Transportation Solutions." Papers should be submitted online by Dec. 15. More
Intelligent Transportation Society of New York now on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
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ITS-NY has recently joined Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to help connect their members and other transportation industry professionals through online communications.
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Precyse Technologies Inc. named a finalist in Global ITS Congestion Challenge
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Precyse Technologies Inc. was named a finalist in the ITS Congestion Challenge for its wireless-based system that uses RFID tags to locate, identify, monitor and communicate with cars on the road.
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City and county of San Francisco Airport Commission announce RFP for Ground Transportation Management System
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The City and county of San Francisco Airport Commission is soliciting proposals for a Ground Transportation Management System for the San Francisco International Landside Operations Division.
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Another Dimension from METTLER TOLEDO
Vehicle dimensioning-in-motion (DVIM) provides a scanned image of each vehicle for permit enforcement. The operator can route the image, thereby providing enforcement agencies with the ability to view all vehicle angles. Verification is simple as the operator can rotate the image to view details of the longest, highest and widest points of the truck.
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With road trains, highways become public transportation
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Researchers in the European Union are using telematics to create "road trains" that join the benefits of carpooling with the freedom of driving alone. The latest concept, part of the EU's Safe Road Trains for the Environment initiative, groups cars with similar destinations into road trains over long stretches of highway.
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Coin-free parking coming to Port Elizabeth, N.Z., soon
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With the MobiPark Electronic Management System, the brainchild of local company Jongisizwe Traffic Solutions, coin-operated parking meters would be replaced by parking attendants with handheld HTC cellphones. The devices, which will be permanently linked to the municipal traffic management system, would capture vehicle information and calculate the parking fee due.
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Et tu, Toronto? Traffic a problem Caesar couldn't solve
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Traffic congestion is far from a new problem, or one exclusive to Canada's largest city, whose overcrowded roads, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, are costing the Canadian economy $3.3-billion a year. Across North America, individual vehicle trips have grown at a rate far outpacing either population growth or new transportation infrastructure for years.
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Funds will let PennDOT eyeball traffic
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Work started on a $13.6 million federal stimulus-funded project to install Intelligent Transportation System components on I-95. Crews will start just north of the Delaware state line and proceed north into Philadelphia.
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BMW pushing for smart traffic lights to aid fuel efficiency
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Creeping along from red light to red light on your way from a major sports event or concert, or stopped by every red light on the way home late at night, on empty roads, you've probably wondered why traffic lights in the U.S. aren't a little more adaptable.
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