ROADS FOR THE FUTURE
Published at 26.10.2008 in Infrastructure, Technology
Speakers at the recently held 3rd European Road Congress looked at ways of preparing infrastructure to cater for future mobility demands. These demands were among others formulated as a substantial reduction of road accidents within Europe. It can be achieved through implementing more technology into the vehicles, which will make them costlier.
TFL TRIALS AGAIN LIVE CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV ON LONDON BUSES
Transport for London has begun a six-month trial of live CCTV on a north London bus route. Twenty one Arriva double-decker buses have been fitted with technology that will allow pictures to be beamed live to the Centrecomm control centre shared by officers from Transport for London and the Metropolitan Police’s Transport Operational Command Unit.
BUSES IN DENMARK PROVIDE FREE WIRELESS INTERNET
Published at 15.10.2008 in Infrastructure, Public transport
Arriva Scandinavia and NZR have announced the roll out of free broadband internet access services to customers on the Arriva Denmark bus fleet. Twenty three buses have already been equipped with the Multimesh mobile broadband gateway developed by Meshhopper Wireless (member of UK based Something Group).
SKYMETER TO DEMONSTRATE SMART TRANSPORTATION PRICING IN SEOUL KOREA
Skymeter will be Cisco's technical solution partner for Location, Time, and Distance-based road user charging in the "Connected Urban Development" project. Cisco made the announcement rcently at the Clinton Global Initiative conference "Connectivity for Sustainability". This is a major development in the application of GPS technology to road user charging and the operation of public transport.
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.
