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Challenges and benefits of adaptive signal controlDelcan's Joe Lam, who managed the first computerised signal system in the world, provides an expert insight into adaptive signal control. There are no gadgets in the world that regulate our daily...
US 511 system, the future of traveller information?What started out at the turn of the millenium as a simple dial-up travel information service has grown out of all recognition in the digital age. Pete Goldin surveys the development to date of the US...
Mexico and the US slow to adopt ETC interoperabilitySplinteroperability is a word devised by Travis P. Dunn and Victor J. Michelet C. to encapsulate the lack of progress towards ETC harmonisation in the US and Mexico. Five thousand miles of tolled...
Active traffic management - challenges and benefitsMinnesota DoT has built one of the most intensive Active Traffic Management (ATM) systems on the road today. Like many ITS deployments, the state has gained benefits but also faces many challenges,...
Developing Mexico's ITS standards and infrastructurePromoting open market conditions for ITS deployment remains a major part of Mexico's recent infrastructure modernization program. Travis P Dunn, partner at D'Artagnan Consulting, looks at the...
New York's award-winning traffic control systemA comprehensive ITS strategy in New York built on a system of key building blocks has been crowned with an IRF award for the city's Midtown in Motion adaptive control system. Jon Masters reviews New...
Driverless vehicles just around the corner?umors that self-driving taxis are about to hit the streets of Las Vegas have turned out to be untrue but the age of the driverless vehicle is only just around the corner, as Pete Goldin finds out. ...
Need to analyse risks of 5.9GHz spectrum sharingScott Belcher of ITS America explains why moves towards spectrum sharing in the 5.9GHz band should not be allowed to proceed until further analysis of the risks to road safety has been undertaken....