2011 ITS World Congress Conference Day 2

October 19, 2011


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The opening Day of the 18th ITS World Congress was a resounding success with many thousands of visitors and delegates from all corners of the world flooding the aisles of the exhibition halls and attending a host of sessions. Here, in the second of ITS International’s e-newsletters direct from the venue, is a selection of the many new products that are being debuted at this year’s mega event.

I hope you find them useful.

Regards,

Andrew Barriball
Publisher, ITS International

And the winners are…

Last night, the top innovators in the ITS industry were recognised in the 2011 Best of ITS Awards. “This is the leading awards programme in the country on transportation innovation and each of the winners are truly propelling transportation innovation forward,” said Scott Belcher, ITS America’s president and CEO

Don Mass and Mark Simpson

Peek is keeping traffic issues under control

Peek Traffic Corporation, which with US Traffic Corporation was awarded a procurement contract by the New York City Department of Transportation earlier this year, is highlighting its new ATC-3000 advanced traffic controller.

Tim Henry

Sony cameras make their mark

A relative newcomer to the ITS World Congress, Sony is showcasing its line of industrial cameras from its high-definition block cameras to its latest GigE camera series.

Ron Wolcott

Telegra’s ‘one-stop shop’ message

Telegra is at the World Congress to promote itself as a one-stop shop for traffic management systems for monitoring, maintaining and controlling dynamic transit activities for a variety of applications, including highways, toll roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, seaports, rail, public facilities and military bases.

Dan Skites

Image Sensing Systems first

Image Sensing Systems (ISS) is unveiling a first here in Orlando – the company’s hugely successful RTMS G4 radar detector is now available with an IP camera option to provide the user with visual setup confirmation, data capture and verification over a TCP/IP connection.

Terry Bergan

IRD weighs in with traffic and tolling solutions

IRD (International Road Dynamics), which has built its reputation on integrating weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems with complementary products, is presenting WIMPlus solutions on its booth here at the ITS World Congress.

Jan Larleton

Vaisala unveils RoadDSS software

Road weather technology begins with the sensors on the road and ends with the software displaying the information, and just like the distance between the sensor and the software so too are the providers.

Patrick McGowan

Telvent showcase includes SmartMobility ICM

With the president of Telvent Transportation North America, Patrick McGowan, serving as the chairman of the 18th ITS World Congress and the company’s CEO, Ignacio Gonzalez-Dominguez giving a keynote address during the opening ceremony, Telvent has a strong presence at this year’s conference.

Abbas Mohaddes

iPerform measures and manages

Iteris has introduced the iPerform information management solution that utilises all available data resources to provide effective performance analysis and prediction. The software can fuse information from a full spectrum of sources including roadway sensors as well as weather and other traffic related data. Moreover, Iteris says it provides this valuable information for not only freeways, but for arterials and multi-modal forms of transportation as well.

Andrea Ghio

Siemens shows iwatch application

Siemens has launched a new mobile application called iwatch based on its Sitraffic Concert traffic management solution, giving service engineers ubiquitous access to real-time traffic information on their iPads while in the field.

Hidenori Tsukahara

NEC delivers innovation for onboard information

NEC is displaying a new concept in onboard information terminals at the World Congress. The display unit has multiple functions, including navigation, traffic information services, scheduling for vehicles on pick-up and delivery duties and real time data transfer from a smartphone.

Henrik Stoltenberg and Michael Erstad

Q-Free targets tolling first

Q-Free is claiming a first for a major system solution being unveiled here in Orlando this week. The company is launching its first video based single gantry multi-lane free flow system – a fully automated system that takes front and rear pictures and tracks the vehicle through the tolling zone.

Paolo Rinelli

TSS highlights Aimsun Online

TSS-Transport Simulation Systems is highlighting Aimsun Online, its pioneering, real-time decision support system (DSS) for traffic forecasting and management. This software system slots right into the traffic control centre and continuously processes live field data, simulating the movement of every single vehicle inside a road network of any size, from a single highway corridor to a major world city or even a whole region.

Arnaud Quemard

CS America debut

CS Communication & Systèmes has announced a name change for its Intrans Group business, a specialist in the design, supply and maintenance of high performance toll systems established in the US since 1979, to CS America.

Martin A Manners III

MG Squared goes back to the future

MG Squared is back on Orlando – returning to the site and event where its innovative lowering device was first introduced to the world. It was 15 years ago at the 1996 ITS World Congress here in Orlando that MG Squared displayed the first lowering device specifically designed for traffic management cameras.

Steve Shelby and Gary Duncan

Econolite keeps Anaheim moving

The world-renowned Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California attracts some 15 million visitors a year. This poses a demanding challenge for efficient traffic management on the surrounding roadways, which are subject to wide and often unpredictable swings in the volume of traffic and the directional flow.

Michael Volling

Sensys solves sensor puzzle

Sensys Networks has completely revamped the topology of its universal solution for freeway, arterial and intersection management. A new Access Point Controller Card (APCC) has brought the processing portion of its in-road sensor system down from an above-ground location and into the traffic controller cabinet

David Arrouart

LeddarTech lands Morphodetection order

When LeddarTech first planned to use the ITS World Congress to launch its latest innovation, the Leddar side-tec, the company didn’t know it would also be able to announce an order for around 300 of the devices from Morpho, a Safran Group subsidiary.

Sebastian Gutierrez and Nazy Sobhi

Case announces new teaming

Case Systems, a leading provider of wireless communication and data management technology, has announced here at the ITS World Congress that it has teamed with TrafficCast International to develop the Bluetooth Call Box (BCBX) system, enhancing public safety and mobility on the nation’s congested roadways.

Mike Payne

Lane-in-a-Box idea for tolling requirements

ITS World Congresses are where breakthrough products often grab the imagination and this is certainly going to be the case if you visit booth 1507. You will get the first glimpse of Lane-in-a-Box, a completely new approach to the provision of roadside tolling, monitoring or management.

Daniel Ulz

Efkon’s tiny but powerful solution

Visitors to the Efkon booth will have an opportunity of getting their hands on the company’s latest development – or should that be hand? Because the company’s Image to Information (I-to-I) Reader, an innovative product which builds on established technology, is tiny and weighs in at a mere 1.0kg.

Parsons Brinkerhoff

Parsons Brinkerhoff has influential Congress role

Parsons Brinkerhoff’s participation at this World Congress is a fairly accurate reflection of how the company operates in the real world. PB recently celebrated 125 years of service;

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