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Iteris has expanded its relationship with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) with the award of a US$1.4 million contract to provide traffic signal improvements. The project is part of the renewed Measure M regional traffic signal synchronisation program, which was approved by voters in 2006 for a 30-year extension. Measure M is the half cent sales tax for transportation improvements that was initially approved by Orange County voters in 1990, and was renewed by voters for a 30-year extensi

Urban transport of the future will become a reality in October in the French city of Grenoble thanks to a partnership between the City and the Metropolitan Area of Grenoble, French energy company EDF, Japanese car maker Toyota and Citélib, a local car-sharing operator. Toyota is contributing 70 of its i-Road and Coms ultra-compact personal mobility electric vehicles to a three-year integrated electric vehicle (EV) car sharing and public transport test project that is being launched in Grenoble, France in

On the 120th anniversary of the completion of London’s Tower Bridge, Arup, along with architects HOK, has unveiled its plans for a new bridge across the River Thames. The US$1 billion concept, called ‘Bridge East London’, would help transform leisure and business travel and enhance life in the east of the capital. It suggests a new road bridge over the River Thames, linking Beckton and Thamesmead at Gallions Reach. The proposed bridge would allow clear passage for ships and takes into account aircraf

Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has selected Trafficware’s SynchroGreen for the State’s first adaptive signal system. With traffic engineering involvement from consulting firm VHB, the new system was activated earlier this year. Video cameras located at the intersection provide real-time traffic volumes information to on-street traffic controllers. The system then uses a centralised command and control server to process this volume/occupancy data to analyse and dynamically adjust p

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD) has increased security and operational efficiency with a new 10-screen transportation control room at its recently-built headquarters building. The authority created a new safety and security system and images from any of the 300 cameras can be displayed on the new video wall which made up from 10 of Christie’s latest 55inch LCD screens. The cameras are installed at the busiest bus stops, at the Illinois Terminal Transfer Facility and in CUMTD’s maintenance and

A study of cycle versus vehicle accidents carried out by the University of Colorado, Denver (CU Denver) has found that the chance of collision decreased with more cyclists. The risk of accident was relatively high at intersections with less than 200 cyclists per day. “Anywhere above this threshold is where we are seeing the largest safety benefits,” said co-author Wesley Marshall, PhD, PE, assistant professor of civil engineering at CU Denver’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. The reasons for

The Council General for Mobility and Transport of the EU Commission is currently performing a study to determine the impact of big data on the traffic and travel industry, particularly as it applies to the growing multi-mode sector. Claire Depré from the Council General for Mobility and Transport stated: “The overall purpose of this study is to accompany the Impact Assessment for the initiative on access and availability of multi-modal travel and traffic data in the EU. The aim of this initiative is to e

A border traffic booking service pilot project, where drivers can book their border crossing in advance, is due to begin in Finland at the end of 2014 for passenger and freight traffic travelling from Finland to Russia through the Vaalimaa border crossing point. An agreement for the development of the pilot project was signed by the South-East Finland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (South-East Finland ELY Centre) and GoSwift Suomi earlier this year. It aims to evaluate whe