European Commission adopts new rules to improve EU-wide traffic information services for road users

The European Commission has adopted new rules which will help provide road users across the EU with more accurate, accessible and up-to-date traffic information related to their journeys (Real-Time Traffic Information). This can include information about expected delays, estimated travel times, information about accidents, road works and road closures, warnings about weather conditions and any other relevant information. Such information can be delivered to drivers through multiple channels: variable message signs, radio traffic message channels, smartphones, navigation devices, etc.

ITS World Congress Call for Papers and SIS submission close on 19 January

The Call for Papers and Special Interest Sessions submission deadline is approaching! Submit your Paper/Special Interest Session now to have the opportunity to present your contribution at the ITS event of the year. Authors can submit technical, scientific, commercial papers, and special interest session proposals until 19 January. No extension will be granted.

TISA represented at the C-ITS Platform

The new C-ITS Platform of the European Commission, established to bring Cooperative Systems forward, recently had its Kick-off at the European Commission premises in Brussels. As part of the C-ITS Platform, TISA appointed Andreas Schmid, Chairman of the TAWG and Thomas Kusche, TISA President.

Investment Plan for Europe – Speech by Violeta Bulc

EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc delivered a speech at the Committee on Transport at Tourism at the European Parliament: “The investment needs in transport are huge: according to studies conducted on the 9 European corridors, more than 75 billion euros of investment is needed every year, just on the Corridors which are part of the TEN-T network. Firstly, investments needs are particularly high for the cleaner modes of transport — rail and inland waterways — where missing links and bottlenecks must be solved, notably at the borders, in order to have a unified and more efficient transport system.

INRIX partners with Samsung to deliver traffic-powered App for the connected car

INRIX®, Inc. has entered a strategic partnership with Samsung focused on leveraging mobile technology to connect cars for smarter cities.

Debuting on Samsung’s new lineup of mobile devices just in time for the holidays, INRIX real-time traffic and travel time insight powers several new apps and services designed to help drivers save time, fuel and avoid frustration every day including: