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Owners of Hondas with crash avoidance features are much more likely to have forward collision warning turned on than lane departure warning, IIHS researchers found in a recent observational survey. The researchers observed vehicles brought in to Honda dealerships for service. They found that all but one of 184 models equipped with the two features had forward collision warning turned on, while only a third of vehicles had lane departure warning activated. IIHS says the findings are consistent with pre

Perceptics, working in conjunction with Unisys Federal Systems, has been awarded a key contract by US Customs and Border Protection to replace existing licence plate reader (LPR) technology, and to install Perceptics next LPRs at 43 US Border Patrol check point lanes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Perceptics LPR integrates vehicle and surrounding scene and driver images and offers a range of features that provide personnel at border checkpoints with high quality images and high licence pl

Init has been awarded the contract for a region-wide electronic fare management system in Tampa, Florida

Bournemouth Council has opted to use WPS’ ParkAdvance IP-based car parking system, including contactless payment card in/card out technology for one of its largest and busiest car parks, Richmond Gardens. Customers are able to wave and pay using a contactless card when accessing the car park; the fee is deducted from the card when the vehicle leaves. As part of the solution, WPS also installed automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), increasing security and intelligently monitoring the flow of traff

Construction group Strabag has been awarded a contract to build a further section of the A1 motorway in Poland. Following the award of the construction of the Woźniki–Pyrzowice section, the group will now build the 16.7 km long stretch between the Zawodzie Junction and Woźniki Junction. The project, which has a value of US$118 million (€108 million), is expected to be opened to traffic in the second half of 2019.

Here and Samsung have extended their technology collaboration to Samsung’s new connected car network. Here will make its Rest APIs for maps, geocoder and traffic and others available to third-party developers via the Samsung connected car network, enabling the development of location-enabled applications and services that pair with a range of connected devices from Samsung, such as the new Samsung Connect Auto. Plugging into the vehicle’s standard diagnostics port, Samsung Connect Auto turns any vehi

Los Angeles Metrolink has launched the first version of its mobile ticketing app, which will allow its passengers the option to purchase tickets via a smartphone, tablet or other mobile device for the first time in the agency's 23-year history. The Metrolink mobile app utilises the Masabi JustRide mobile ticketing system, which is used by other transportation providers across the US and Europe. Metrolink will test the app and enable passengers to purchase tickets on the Inland Empire-Orange County L

According to news reports, UK Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce funding for driverless truck trials on the M6 motorway when he delivers his budget this month. A stretch of the M6 near Carlisle has reportedly been earmarked for the trials, which could see platoons of up to ten driverless lorries take to the road as the government pushes ahead with next-generation transportation in a bid to reduce congestion and journey times. The trucks would each have a driver in the cab as a safety me

According to Dr Victoria Adesanya-Aworinde, technology analyst at IDTechEx, the electric bus (e-bus) market is growing at a CAGR of 20 per cent in terms of unit sales. She says the rapid growth is a game changer for the battery market as electric buses require large-sized batteries ranging from 74 kWh (fast charging e-bus) to over 300 kWh (slow charging e-bus). IDTechEx Research forecasts that the e-bus battery market will overtake the consumer electronics sector by 2020. The new IDTechEx Research repor

Construction technology group Strabag has merged its subsidiaries Center Communication Systems (CCS) and Strabag Anlagentechnik (SAT) to form Strabag Infrastructure & Safety Solutions. Both companies are well-established in the traffic safety technology, tunnel equipment and communications technology sectors; CCS has developed communications systems and safety technology for emergency and rescue services, public transport, public safety and industry, while SAT has delivered end-to-end solutions in the f

About 87 per cent of drivers in the US engaged in at least one risky behaviour while behind the wheel within the past month, according to latest research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. This includes driving while distracted, impaired, drowsy, speeding, running red lights or not wearing a seat belt. These results come as nearly 33,000 Americans died in car crashes in 2014, and preliminary estimates project a nine percent increase in deaths for 2015. The report finds that one in three drivers ha

Two road-building schemes worth US$283 million, which are a key part of the UK government’s long-term economic plan for Bedfordshire, are on course to be delivered on time and on budget by spring 2017. The 2.8 mile, US$229 million A5-M1 Link scheme is being delivered by Highways England, while the US$54 million, 1.8 mile Woodside Link project is being completed by Central Bedfordshire Council. The A5-M1 Link dual carriageway project is intended to improve the east-west connection between the A5 and M1

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is upgrading its high occupancy vehicle express lane equipment to enhance access to the lanes and to prepare for interoperability requirements that go into effect in October 2015. The Minnesota MnPASS system that provides a congestion-free travel option during peak-drive times on highways with high levels of congestion. MnPASS Express Lanes give all commuters a reliable travel choice that saves them time, increases a highway’s capacity to move more peop

The municipality of The Hague in the Netherlands is to move to digital parking enforcement, using Agendum’s Scanman platform, which is already used in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Haarlem and Utrecht. Parking enforcement officers using cars or scooters will scan parked vehicles; the scans are processed by the Scanman system to confirm parking permit validity and data on vehicles without a parking permit are forwarded to on-street parking attendants, who use CityControl’s Sigmax hand-held computer for f

Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Transport for London (TfL) have been awarded the Technological Innovation award at the UK’s18th annual Rail Business Awards, which recognises excellence and innovation in the United Kingdom’s rail sector. Launched in 2012, the contactless bankcard system was extended in 2014 to cover London’s entire transport network, including Tube, rail, bus and tram services. Since the introduction of the contactless payment scheme, more than 350 million contactless journeys hav