GREY ISLAND'S NEXTBUS PREDICTS ARRIVAL TIME ON CELLPHONE
Grey Island Systems International, Inc. will deliver her NextBus software system to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) . The TTC operates the third most heavily used transit system in the USA and Canada serving over 450 million customers annually in the Greater Toronto Area. The TTC provides this service to the City of Toronto with an extensive network of subways, streetcar lines, bus routes, and a specialized service, Wheel-Trans, for people with disabilities.
CITY BUSES AS DATA COLLECTORS
City buses equipped with mobile sensing platforms could send out live information that can be used to control traffic and detect road hazards. This idea is part of the MORYNE project, an EU-funded €3.8m (£3m) study that aims to make European roads safer and less congested. A total of 11 companies and organisations from Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary and Spain collaborated on the project led by EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company).
INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE UPGRADED
Published at 26.08.2008 in Infrastructure, Mass transit
India's central government has approved a proposal to upgrade 5000km of existing highway at a cost of US$1.63 billion. Contracts for the work are expected to be awarded within the next few months. At the same time the New Delhi municipality unfolded plans to improve the local infrastructure, among others to better facilitate the growing public transport.
LONDON FIRES TRANSYS FROM US$190 MILLION A YEAR OYSTER CARD CONTRACT
Published at 25.08.2008 in Infrastructure, Public transport
Transys, the consortium owned by Electronic Data Systems , Cubic Corp.'s transportation systems unit, Fujitsu's services unit and WS Atkins, responsible for operating London’s Oyster ticketing system has had its contract revoked by Transport for London (TfL) in a move aimed at saving millions.
THE EU WANTS VEHICLES TO WARN EACHOTHER FOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
Published at 06.08.2008 in Infrastructure, Safety
The European Commission intends to make it possible for vehicles on the road to warn each other automatically for traffic jams and dangerous situations, like for example black ice. To enable this kind of smart communication between vehicles a part of the European wireless spectrum will be made available intentionally for this type of messages.
