Smart Cities Invest in Mobility. A simple statement but also the title of a fascinating session at the IRF World Meeting, as Brendan Halleman and Tom Antonissen report. The International...

César Bartolomé discuss the role of the concrete pavement in improving fire safety in road tunnels. The social role of roads is undeniable. Roads service citizens by connecting people with...

Open specifications, open source and open data for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, by Eirik Skjetne and Hans Westerheim. Norway is a relatively small country and therefore offers a small...

In 2012 Nottinghamshire, UK, installed a SPECS3 average speed camera system on the A614, monitoring traffic along 21km of single carriageway road.  The solution was chosen because previous installations of...

A new public and private sector initiative is creating new possibilities in road traffic services. Eemil Rauma and Elis Pöyry reveal all. New possibilities are arising from the emerging revolution...

A Emirhan Ozdemir takes a brief but fascinating look at the history of tolling – and Turkey’s unique place in it. Tolling on highways is a necessity in today’s world,...

Vehicular networking and road weather services are advancing traffic safety in Finland, say Timo Sukuvaara, Pertti Nurmi, Evgeny Atlaskin, Kari Mäenpää and Riika Ylitalo. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) and between vehicles...

Karri Rantasila and Matti Lankinen on FITSRUS, the project that facilitates smoother passenger traffic across the Finnish–Russian border. The FITSRUS (Helsinki–St. Petersburg Smart Transport Corridor) project promotes smoother traffic flows,...

Oleg Raihman on the importance of toll roads, and roads in general, to the overall well-being of a developing country. Traditionally, the roads in Russia have not only been routes...

There are two common responses to reports about Google's work on self-driving cars, the latest of which concerns the company's desire to have them available to buy within the next...

Paul Hutton sets out to identify what’s real and what’s fanciful in the smart safety solutions sector by talking to five experts from different parts of the industry with a...

In September 2014, ITS Florida, ITS Georgia, and Gulf Region ITS (GRITS) will meet in Mobile, Alabama at the largest regional ITS meeting ever held, the ITS 3C Summit. In...