Intelligent Transportation Systems Review, 2008

Content

• Chapter One: Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Economy Impacts Fuel Consumption
  • National Traffic Scorecard
    • Should The Car Be The Driver?
    • How to Get Intelligent Navigation
    • Information for You
• Regional Focus
  • Focus on Israel
    • Electric Car Cuts Oil Needs
  • Focus on United Arab Emirates
  • Focus on Belgium
  • Focus on India
    • Arunachal Highway Project on Fast Track
    • Institute of Technology-Bombay Plans Fuel Efficient Vehicles
    • Unintended Consequences
    • Highway Projects Crawled The Slowest in 2007
  • Focus on Indonesia
    • Land to Be Cleared for Toll Road
  • Focus on Brazil
    • Costs Stunting Exports
    • US$379 Million Amazon Highway Project Suspended
  • Focus on Turkey
    • Bid Opens for Highway Construction
    • Privatization of Roads and Bridges Suspended
  • Focus on Vietnam
    • Investment Needed in Road Infrastructure
  • Focus on Puerto Rico
    • Focus on Uruguay
    • Intent to Attract Private Capital
  • Focus on Canada
    • Consultations on Fuel Consumption Regulations
    • Projects to Enhance Transit Security
  • Focus on Greece
  • Focus on Arizona
    • Cell Phone Ban Proposals
    • Arizona-Mexico Border Toll Cosidered
    • Toll Roads Back on Agenda
  • Focus on Pennsylvania
    • Projects among Top for National Award
  • Focus on New Jersey
    • Tolls Raised on Two Major Roads
  • Focus on Massachusetts
    • Mass Turnpike Debt
  • Focus on The Netherlands
  • Navigation
  • A Clear View Even in A Fog
  • Nissan Marketing Carwings to Aftermarket
  • GPS Taxis Source for Traffic Information System
  • Tomtom Reveals Iq Routes Technology on Go Series
  • Procurement for Galileo Satellites
  • Second Galileo Test Satellite in Orbit
  • Galileo Ahead of Glonass
  • Garmin Standard in Suzuki Sx4
  • Consumer Reports Rates GPS Products
  • Navteq Increases Coverage and Content for Mexico
  • Navteq Traffic on The Rise
  • Navigon and Clear Channel Extend Relationship
  • Canadian Website Lets Drivers Share GPS Tips and Tricks
  • Street-Level Imaging Service
  • Clarion Releases Clarionmind
  • Websites to Deliver Information to GPS Units
  • Wireless Technology Responds Where GPS Doesn?T Work
  • Google Signs Agreement with Tele Atlas
  • Nokia Completes Acquisition of Navteq
  • Yahoo! Selects Trafficcast
  • Intrinsyc and Navteq Sign Map Distribution Deal
  • Teams with Radio Shack to Develop Mexican Pnd Market
  • Consumer Reports Rates GPS Products
  • Cell Phones Can Be Sensors
  • Decarta Offers Real-Time, 2-Way Service
  • Thunderstorms Can Disrupt GPS
  • Some of The British View Galileo as A Black Hole
  • Aussies Race to Develop Fail-Proof GPS
  • Sister Project Review Is Positive
  • European Parliament Takes Charge of Galileo
  • High Definition Traffic to France
  • GPS Product Advisor Site
  • S5 Wireless Goes Where GPS Can?T
  • US$25m Powers Airbiquity toward Navigation Devices
    • Garmin Nvifone Combines Navigation and Communication
  • Clear Channel Radio Has Ppp with Trumbull, Ct
  • Gnss Consumer Products Gets Boost from Russia's Glonass
  • Volvo to Offer Subscription-Free Real-Time Traffic
  • Latest Version of Where2 GPS System
  • Horizons-2 Satellite Successfully Launched
  • Tomtom and Google Maps Work Together
  • Apple Iphone 3G Includes GPS
  • Sense Networks Anounces Macrosense Platform
  • Smart Phones for Safer and Smoother Driving
  • Support for Sync 911 Assist
  • Rosatte and Feedmap Take Center Stage in Geneva
  • Glonass Satellite System N Lada Cars
  • Modernized GPS Satellite Begins Operations
  • Synthetic Vision System Certified
  • Ec Extends Review of Nokia's Acquisition of Navteq
• Telematics
  • The Word "telematics" Gets No Respect
  • Hughes Telematics Partners with Intrado
  • Isuppli Acquires Telematics Research Group
  • Eumetsat Agrees to Provide Data for Gmes
  • Combining Wifi, GPS, and Cell Tower Signals
  • Samsung Cell Phones to Use Garmin's Mobile Xt
  • Development of next Generation Protocol
  • Rfid Chips in Drivers? Licenses
  • Kore Telematics Introduces M2mglobal Alliance
    • Streetmapper 360 Ready
  • Airiq's Concludes Strategic Review
  • Multinav Digital Map Database with Global Coverage86
  • Fleet Management Gets Tracking Product
  • Fleet Management Interface Enhanced
  • Improved Trailer Management
    • Cross Country Automotive Services Acquires Atx Group
  • Mileage-Only Pay-per-Drive Program
  • Tele Atlas Expands Digital Map Coverage to India
  • Street View Spreads around The World
  • Fuel Savings with Masternaut Greenerfleet
  • Black Box Integrated System
  • High-Tech Innovations Aid Vehicle Safety
  • Microsoft and Hyundai-Kia to Develop Infotainment Systems
  • Decision on Dedicated Radio Band for Its
  • Trans-Canada to Be Widened
  • Bermuda Demonstrates E-Registration System
    • Study Finds 2 2 Million Connected Cars in Europe
  • Sk Telecom Enters China Telematics Market
  • Kapsch Trafficcom Ag Acquires Mobility Solutions Assets
  • Hughes Telematics to Combine with Polaris
  • Pay on Time or Walk to Work
  • Matching Funds to Networkcar Customers
  • Vehicle Location and Recovery Program
  • High Frequency Reader Module
  • Effects of Telematics on Independent Repair Market
    • Safe in-Vehicle Web Browsing
    • Delphi Expands Data Connectivity Portfolio
  • Advanced Id Has Tire Tag Breakthrough
    • Radio Data System Receivers Tune to in-Car Applications
  • Gm Upgrades Onstar Services
  • Pay-per-Use Telematics on The Way
  • Tolling
  • GPS/Gsm-Based Toll System
  • Use of Prepaid Transit Cards
  • Open Road Tolling in Florida Toll System
  • Ezgo Anywhere Tag
  • Indiana Toll Road Has Detractors
  • Contactless Transit Payments in Utah
  • Transponder Fulfills Driver Feedback Needs
  • Texas Rules for Signing Private Toll Contracts
  • Wireless E-Transaction System for Mass Transportation
  • Software Protects Toll Payers? Privacy
    • Delaware Has E-Zpass Success
  • Advanced Tolling in New York City
  • E-Zpass Coming to Ohio Turnpike
  • Somerset, England Council Bids to Fund Transport Means)
  • Texas Toll Road Construction Fast-Tracked
  • Central Texas Road Goes "cashless"
  • Texans Willing to Pay for Convenience
  • Private Texas Toll Road Uses Public Money
  • Txdot Wants Tolling Dialog
    • Texans Form Advisory Committee on Transportation Corridors
  • Plan to Toll Pennsylvania's I-80 Rejected
  • Brumby, Australia Paves Way for Fresh Fees
  • Illinois Revives Beeping Transponders
  • Nevada Considering Toll Roads
  • North Carolina Goes with Private Bridge and Highway
  • Ec Authorizes Aid for Public Transport in Germany
  • Belgium Testing Text-Message Train Tickets
  • Single Transport Ticket to Arrive in Moscow
  • South African Officials Warn against Toll Roads
  • Cape Town Rejects Toll Roads
  • Gauteng (South Africa) Single Ticketing for Metro
  • Erg Wins Utah Contactless Fare Payment Solution
  • Utah Department of Transportation to Try Flexible Charging
  • Proposed Mexico Toll Road
  • Itsmax Solutions Introduces Quebec's First Its
  • Possible Toll Expressway around Bangalore, India
  • Florida Toll Road Voted down
  • Plan Initiated to Finish Denver Metro Area Beltway
  • Swiss on-Board Unit Project Moves to Testing
  • Smartcard Scheme Arrives in UK
  • Payzone Network Collects for Better Traffic Flow
  • Alabama Likely to See Tolls New York times Has A Fix on The Toll Booth
  • Toll Bridge over North Carolina's Yadkin River Possible
    • View of Tolling Mixed in Florida and Pennsylvania
    • to Toll or Not Issue in Pennsylvania
    • British Transport Minister Defends M50 Barrier Free Tolling
    • Acquiring A 50% Interest in Chinese Its Company144
  • Los Angeles Will Toll Some Carpool Lanes by 2010
  • Plan to More than Double Existing New Jersey Tolls146
  • Tolls Might Provide for Quebec's Infrastructure
  • Toronto, Canada Urges Tolling City's Highways
  • Trafficgauge Has Traffic Map for Facebook
  • New Zealand Rejects Road Tolling for Tunnel
  • Ibm Awarded Contract by Queensland Government
    • Ibm Enhances Chinese Traffic Management Capabilities
  • Safety
  • Traditional Automotive Safety Wisdom Might Be Wrong
  • Method for Monitoring Driver Status
  • Cable Barriers Back on Schedule
    • Controversy in Safety Cables
  • Drivers Can Overestimate Capabilities of Driving Aids
  • Reducing Accidents in Sweden
    • British Traffic Signs Undergo Review
  • Bmw Enhances Driver Control
  • Accidents between Vehicles and Animals Increase
  • Slip-Hazard Alert and Road-Cam Service
  • American Trucking Associations Expands Safety Agenda
    • Onstar Introduces Stolen Vehicle "slowdown"
    • How Stolen Vehicle Slowdown Works
    • Hazards Can Cause Driver Distractions
  • Crash Avoidance Robotic Car
  • Integrated Lateral Vehicle Control
    • Integrated Lateral Vehicle Control
    • Green Road Markings Pave A Safer Way
  • Advanced Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
  • Safer Roads Campaign
    • European Ecall Public Safety Project
  • Drop in Highway Fatalities Reported for 2007
  • Infrastructure Cracks Are Showing
  • Video Advances Life-Saving Study
  • Vehicles with Eyes, Ears and Brains
  • Technologies for Commercial Truck Market
    • Updated Crash Data Guideline Published
  • Quixote Sells Its Intersection Control Segment
  • Simba Ii Project Aims to Increase Research
  • Effective Driver Warning Technology
    • Technological Solution to Driver Stress
  • You Do Not Have to Be Safe in Louisiana
  • Sw Research Institute Expands Collaboration
  • Safety Concern for Smart Micro-Car
  • Safety Agency Gives Smart Fortwo Good Marks
  • New England Journal of Medicine Says Cell Phone Use An Accident Risk
  • Toyota Brake Assist with Sat-Nav
  • Innovative Approach to Insurance Pricing
  • One in Four Drivers Want Bikers off Highways
    • Technology to Reduce Truck-Related Fatalities
  • Does Roof Strength Reduce Injury in A Rollover?
  • Dangerous Stretch of Oregon's U S. 26 Needs Improvements
  • Ratings System for Child Safety Seats
  • Studies Suggest Speed Cameras Do Slow Traffic
  • Road Talks Back to Mazda Asv-4 Vehicle
  • Who's Bad and Who's Worst in Vehicles
  • Responders Are Advocates for Roadside Safety
  • Eye Monitor to Pre-Crash Safety
  • Predictive Driver Risk Management System
    • Traffic Device Slows down Speeders
  • Station Wagons and Safety Ratings
  • Interim Rule on Truckers? Hours of Service
  • to Belt or Not to Belt, That Is The Question
  • Incentives to Buy Safe Cars
  • California's Laws Include Cell Phone Restrictions
  • Britain's Think! Campaign Earns Royal Award
  • Nist Tests Auto Crash Alert System
  • Teen Drivers Ignore Cell Phone and Texting Bans
  • Decrease in UK Drivers Breaking Mobile Phone Law
  • Thermochromic Pigment Can Paint The Road----Pink
  • Ice Spy Provides Drivers Important Data
  • 3-in-1 Collision Avoidance System in One Compact Unit
  • Metal Thefts Pose Safety Risk
  • Masternaut Takes Control of Welsh Gritters
  • New Mexico Uses Crash Mapping to Cope with Dwi
  • Tire Pressure Monitoring Devices for African Market
• Optimization
  • Statistical Model Predicts Road Traffic Conditions
  • Fuel Costs Impact on Traffic Patterns
    • Nissan to Test Intelligent Transport System Model
  • Airport Pavement Management and Optimization System
  • Traffic Signals in London to Be Re-Programmed
    • Freight Related Economic Impact
  • Stringent Requirements for Urban Traffic Data Systems Met
  • Transportation Insight Joins Partnership
  • Electronic Vehicle Registration
  • Benefits of Public Access to Live Traffic Video
    • Transit Signal Priority Systems Contract for Iteris
  • Caltrans Installs Sensys Networks
    • Technology and Sensor Contract with Caltrans
  • Proper Planning Limited Impact of Hurricane Ike
    • Evacuation Management System
    • Lerma Santiago Deposits Collateral for Highway Project
  • Traffic Device Keeps Utah's Green Lights on Longer
  • Taxi Fleets Accept and Deliver Paratransit Trips
  • Transcore Introduces Green Calculator
  • Westwood One Reengineers Metro Networks
  • Eu "clean Air for All" Campaign
  • Advanced Driver Assistance for Bmw 7 Series
    • Advanced Driver Assistanceontinued)
  • Cube Incorporates Esri's Arcgis Technology
  • Facebook Application for Trafficland
  • Ford's Smart Intersection "talks" to Cars
  • Iteris Awarded Orange County Bus Project
  • Vertical Mapping Resources Completes I-710 Project
  • Traffic Speed and Flow Information via Cell Phone
  • Networkcar Offers Activity Alerts
  • Transcore Introduces Cablink
  • Electronic Vehicle Identification Is Closer
  • Maccaferri Gabions on Car-Share Lane
  • Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Used Car Market
  • Michigan Dot Revamps Traffic Data
  • Optimize Traffic Light Timing
  • Rutgers/Parsons Brinckerhoff Study Bridges
  • Congestion Reduction Grants Passed out
  • Brazil Makes Transportation Investment Plans
  • Toyota Establishes North American Research Institute
  • Integrated Corridor Management
  • Speedinfo Sensors Offer Real-Time Traffic Information
  • Trafficland Expands Traffic Camera Coverage
  • Agreement to Improve Mexican Concession Framework
  • Eu Says Extra Funding Needed for Urban Mobility
  • Research Helps Cities Predict Traffic
  • Traffic Detection System Smoothes Traffic Flow
  • Telvent to Manage A Kansas Freeway System
  • Congestion Problem in Australia Is Cars
  • Fiat Tracks Driving Habits
  • Calcutta Launches Modernization Drive
  • Korea to Build Smart Highway
  • Principles and Tools of Road Weather Management
  • Traffic Control Systems for Turkish Coast
  • Real Time Traffic Testing in Barcelona
  • Fuel-Economy Gauges Rise in Popularity
  • Researchers Fight Gridlock
    • Moving toward An Integrated Transport System
  • The Self-Driving Tahoe
  • Tool to Secure Rural Transportation Networks
  • Traffic Flows with Orinoko
  • Inrix Releases Total Fusion Traffic
  • Enhanced Traffic Patterns from Navteq
  • One of World's Largest Bridges Opens
  • Cities? Infrastructure Could Be Massive Pothole
  • Wind River Teams with Intel to Drive Open Source Platform
  • Enhanced Straight-Line Diagram Toolset
  • Urban Mapping Has Mass Transit Data
  • Principles and Tools of Road Weather Management
  • Stockholm Reduces Traffic with Ibm Help
  • Creating A Safer and More Reliable Road Network
  • Minimizing Total Costs of Forest Roads
    • Gender Differences in Vehicle Preferences
    • Performance and Convenience
    • Communication and Comfort
    • Safety
• Government Watch
  • Stationary Speed Enforcement without in-Road Equipment
  • Fee Increase Could Shut down Emergency Services
  • Specific Eu Policies for Road Safety
  • Anti-Racing Legislation Enforced in U K
  • Biodiesel Board Requests Registration of Biodiesel Imports
  • Bureau E911 System Activated
  • Information Security Program and Practices Not Effective
  • Solving Communication Challenges
    • Chicago's Red-Light Noose Gets Tighter
    • Warning System Alerts Drivers to Red-Light Cameras
  • Ohio Supreme Court Accepts Traffic-Light Cameras
  • Ohio Police Oppose for More Red-Light Camera Signs
  • Red-Light Camera Sites Not So Effective in Texas
  • Ontario's Privacy Czar Approves Surveilance Cameras
  • Albuquerque Red-Light Camera Program Suspended
  • Iowa's Red-Light Running Programs Evaluated
  • Alberta Ok's Red-Light Cameras
  • More Traffic Cameras Coming in Tennessee
    • Delaware Adds Eight Live Traffic Cameras
  • Redfusion for Speed Enforcement
  • Improvement Package to Ease Congestion in UK
  • Spanish Consortium Selected Metro Studies
  • Gtt Wins Order of Infringement in U S. Patent Suit
  • Telvent to Implement and Manage 511 System
  • Chilean Concessions Law Takes 6 Months for Approval
  • Laws to Improve Safety in Construction Work Zones
  • Arizona Students Learn about Littering
  • Online Functions Enhance Divisions Customer Service
  • Money for Interstate Truck Parking Innovations
  • Security Recommendations for Motor Carriers
  • UK Transport Secretary Has Money to Cut Congestion on A14
  • Citizant Receives Program Management Contract
  • Chile's Road Concession Prequalification Process
  • Transportation Council Seeks $50 Million for Projects
  • Continuation of Inland GPS Operations
  • Calls Grow for Eu to suspend? Biofuels Push
  • Millions for Emergency Communications
  • Colombia Starts Billion Dollar Road Program
  • Eu Not Together on Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Plans
  • Environmentalists Call for Carbon Standards in Uk297
  • Arizonia Legislators Block Photo Radar Plan
  • Competitive Procurement Requirements
  • Intelligent Money Going to Railroads Not Highways299
  • Model for Automated Enforcement Law
  • Laser Atlanta Rolls out Weapon in War on Speeders
  • Environmentalists Call for Carbon Standards in Uk301
  • Vehicle Infrastructure Integration and Hydrogen Fuel
  • Real Simple Syndication Interface Started
  • Road Contractor to Pay US$8 Million in Fraud Case
  • Txdot Seeking Planning Partner for I-69/Ttc
  • Concerns over Gridlock Boosts Railway Legislation305
  • Historical Perspective on Gasoline Consumption
  • Laser Technology for Remote Detection of Vehicles306
  • Academic Institutions to Lead Centers of Excellence
  • Galileo Has Go-Ahead from European Union's Ministers
  • U S. Trying to Do A Better Job of Sharing Information308
  • European Parliament Adopts Intelligent Car Report309
  • Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
  • Tesla Plans to Commercialize An Electric Saloon Car
  • Ford Delivers Flexible Fuel, Plug-in Vehicle
  • Ford's Fuel Cell Vehicles Exceed Expectations
  • UK Electric Car Manufacturer Invests 30 Million
  • "nav N Go" Speeds Development Time
  • Renault Wants to Get An Electric Car on The Road
  • Clean-Air Hybrid Buses for Japan
  • More Consumers Willing to Pay for Hybrid Cars
  • Safety Sensors Not Allowed for Pennsylvania Driving Test