Highway & Network Management

UK plans truck charging scheme

March 15, 2012

Plans for a lorry road user charging scheme to create a fairer deal for UK hauliers were announced yesterday by roads minister Mike Penning.

Europe and Singapore sign transport cooperation agreements

March 15, 2012

Siim Kallas, VP of the European Commission and commissioner for transport, and Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the EC and Singapore on co-operation in the field of ITS.

San Francisco and Medellin win the 2012 Sustainable Transport Award

March 15, 2012

The US city of San Francisco, and Medellin, Colombia have been declared the winners of the 8th annual Sustainable Transport Award by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.

Siemens and NIS Glonass sign MoU aimed at Russian truck tolling system

March 15, 2012

NIS Glonass, Russia's national navigation services provider, and Siemens have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and implement navigation and road tolling solutions based on Glonass, Russia'’s navigation satellite constellation.

Golden River Traffic renews five year monitoring programme

March 15, 2012

Golden River Traffic, part of Clearview Traffic Group, has renewed a five year contract with Sheppey Route Limited to maintain the road traffic monitoring system on the A249 Stockbury to Sheerness, in the UK.

Mexico installs first 18000-6C solution for tolling

March 15, 2012

Mexico's federal tolling authority, RFID technology specialist Sirit, and Axiompass, an integrator and supplier of tolling equipment and RFID systems, have announced they have successfully installed the first toll-free system for residents in the country using Sirit RFID readers.

German HGV toll to be extended to federal roads

March 15, 2012

According to information obtained by Handelsblatt, a German daily newspaper, the German Federal Government and the Toll Collect consortium of Daimler, Deutsche Telekom and Cofiroute have largely agreed on a contract to extend the HGV motorway toll to about 1,000 km of four-lane federal roads with effect from 1 August 2012.

Telvent wins Brisbane ITS contract

March 15, 2012

Telvent GIT has been awarded a contract by the Transcity JV, with Brisbane City Council as the end customer, to implement the ITS for Legacy Way (formerly Northern Link) in Australia.

EBRD loan for Bosnia

March 15, 2012

Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors has aided in a pilot study using an electric vehicle to power traffic lights.

Road markings for wet night visibility

March 15, 2012

Potters Europe is launching its new on site road marking technical support service. The new service is headed by Potters Europe technical service engineer Jason Prince, who was using the Traffex exhibition in Birmingham, UK, to advise visitors about the benefits of the new service, which he says will assist customers in applying reflective road markings to achieve optimum performance.