Mike Dreznes, executive vice president at the International Road Federation (IRF) discusses road safety for work zone areas. Work zones around the world can create significant congestion and can cost society billions of dollars. Estimates in the United States alone include approximately 87,600 work zone crashes involving 37,500 injuries that result in 482 million lost hours, valued at approximately US$6.5 billion. When considering these numbers worldwide, it becomes clear that work zone safety and work zone
One leading traffic control solution company has announced a major acquisition to broaden its customer offer, while the delivery of an ambitious real-time journey information service for Scotland’s motorists is well on track. Guy Woodford reports
Kapsch’s TrafficCom says its high-profile recent US$16 million acquisition of Transdyn will enable it to offer current and future customers worldwide an extended end-to-end product and solution portfolio for intelligent transport systems (ITS).
The acquisitio
Siemens is currently developing intelligent transportation technology for the fast and orderly evacuation of citizens which is currently being piloted in Texas. In this project, traffic light timing systems register traffic flow and adjust the phases of red and green light accordingly.
One of Europe’s first smart lighting systems specifically for roudabouts is operating in Hungary and making big energy savings for local government, explains Miklós Muranyi*
