Ground-breaking innovations in transportation technology are difficult for the current system to accommodate, and the system itself has yet to evolve to meet the changed set of fundamental needs and demands placed on it. Whereas the system has not yet completely gridlocked, there clearly exists a need for something that is smarter, more efficient, and better than what is in place now.
Read more: Frost & Sullivan: In Smarter Transportation Ecosystem, Physical and Digital Networks Are Interconnected
They are going to have a webinar on the subject, free I think. I dunno what they can add that Randal O'Toole, or this blog have not been writing about. I should hold a free webinar!
Speaking of free Webinars, here is this:
The purpose of this T3 webinar is to gain insight into an open-source alternative for deploying transportation management systems for state departments of transportation, municipalities, or other agencies. Open-source solutions tend to be less expensive to deploy, maintain, and enhance. In addition, agencies may benefit through collaboration by investing their resources in a common product that is mutually beneficial in function and form.Open source software, a subject dear to my heart. And the number of job offers in this subject seems to be picking up from my search results. Methinks we are making progress.
To illustrate this approach, two state agencies—the California DOT (Caltrans) and the Minnesota DOT (Mn/DOT)—will discuss and demonstrate how each agency derived individual and mutual benefits using the open-source Intelligent Roadway Information System (IRIS) Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS).
The webinar will explore the IRIS features and enhancements developed by the Advanced Highway Maintenance & Construction Technology Research Center at the University of California, Davis, in order to adapt and expand the IRIS for use within the Caltrans Stockton District 10 Transportation Management Center (TMC).
And lane guidance is advancing into Volvos:
SANTA ANA, Calif. September 22, 2010; Iteris, Inc., a leader in the traffic management market that focuses on the application and development of advanced technologies, today announced that its partner, Valeo, has succeeded in winning the supply contract to provide Iteris' Lane Departure Warning (LDW) technology to another global, mass-market automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Iteris' LDW will be integrated into Valeo's multi-function front camera system and will be offered as an option on two new vehicles scheduled to start production in 2011.
While this little company is advancing smart traffic lights:
ENEXA, KANSAS—Sept. 2, 2010— Rhythm Engineering, known for creating artificially intelligent traffic signal technology, is rolling out its newest product, InSync:Fusion. The launch builds on the success of InSyncTM, the top selling, most advanced and most widely deployed adaptive traffic control system in the country.Another few months and the industry might just start talking about Very High Speed Bus Rapid Transit!
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