The Sartre (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) project, funded by the European Union, has announced that it has successfully completed the first test demonstrations of a multiple vehicle platoon.
A partnership between the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Mobisoft and the Finnish Meteorological Institute and other bodies has developed a communication system for drivers to inform them about weather and road conditions.
Cannabis use poses a serious threat to road safety. A new report published by the British Medical Journal says that drivers who smoke cannabis within a three hour time frame before getting behind the wheel will double their risk of a serious crash.
A fresh set of problems has hit the long planned Messina Straits Bridge in Italy. There is now reduced funding available for the project from the Italian Government.
As part of a vision to make London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games sustainable, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has awarded a contract to ChargePoint Services (CPS) to supply and install GE DuraStation Electric Vehicle chargers and provide on-going after sales service support.
The first ever contract to be awarded through the UK Government Procurement Service (formerly Buying Solutions) ‘Traffic Management Technology’ framework is for a SPECS3 average speed enforcement system, to be installed in Nottinghamshire.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a US$237 million loan to the Renault Group to contribute to R&D for a new generation of batteries and motors for electric vehicles.
Spain’s capital city, Madrid, has awarded Telvent GIT a contract to manage, operate and maintain two of the three most important zones of the capital's traffic light network, involving over 1,600 traffic-light intersections.
University of South Florida researchers have published a report claiming that red light cameras do nothing to improve road safety, directly contradicting a national study by the Institute for Highway Safety that showed a major drop in fatal crashes in cities using red light cameras.
A partnership of American road and transport-minded bodies and individuals has delivered an open letter to Congress urging the approval of the multi-year surface transport investment bill. More than 1,000 entities signed the letter from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) coalition.
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has expressed doubts that the reauthorisation bill will be passed in the current session of Congress, according to the Innovation Briefs report by Ken Orski.
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.
BAE Systems and Caterpillar have signed a long-term supply agreement to collaborate on an energy efficient parallel hybrid propulsion system for heavy-duty trucks.
