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PBS&J’s Eli Sherer, on the use of the GEWI TIC advanced traveller information system in SW Florida.

Implementation of the 511 traveller information system in the State of Florida has at times been both complicated and contradictory. The Florida Department of Transportation contains seven different district offices, each effectively its own entity with its own procurement processes and standards, plus a turnpike authority which sits across several of these.

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EU-India eSafety conference call for proposals

The EC-supported, ERTICO-coordinated EU-India eSafety project met in New Delhi, India, last week for the ‘Intelligent Future for Transport and Road Safety in India’ conference. It was held to discuss cooperation in real-time traffic information and emergency response services, and to make recommendations for future cooperation.

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An Intelligent Transportation System Demonstration in China – DYNASTY

Demonstrating a Platform for DYNAmic Traffic Information Services for the Beijing DYNASTY DYNASTY is a European-Chinese ITS cooperation project co-funded by the European Commission’s (EC) Asia Information Technology & Communication Programme. This program aims to demonstrate commonly developed innovative dynamic traffic information collection, processing, and transmission technologies and applications, with the help of key Chinese […]

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GEWI aids software integration

The software is continually improved with updates to meet the frequently changing requirements of its customers. GEWI claims the new features will allow customers to easily integrate advanced traffic and travel information systems: condition and incident capture and reporting, auto mated distribution (including US 511), and traffic management (including TIM).

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GEWI teams with PBS&J

Germany-based GEWI (booth 1019) and PBS&J of the US have joined up to provide GEWI’s Traffic & Travel Information Center (TIC) system for federal, state and local departments of transportation (DoTs) in North America.

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MIB is ready to fill the ITS gap

Having just celebrated its first year of existence, Mobile Info Broadcast Consulting (MIB, booth 1019) is trying to put across the message that it does more than just consult.

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Dynasty project partners meet in Brussels

A delegation of the Dynasty project partners from Beijing visited their European counterparts in Europe in September. The project is developing Dynamic Traffic Information services for the City of Beijing.

During their visit, the Chinese delegation met BMW and Siemens VDO in Munich; Bosch, Siemens, DLR and GEWI in Berlin; ERTICO, Tele Atlas and Navteq in Brussels, as well as visiting the Berlin Traffic Management Centre.

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Successful TMC cooperation in Beijing

Traffic information collection and broadcasting were on the agenda at a meeting of the EC-supported, ERTICO-coordinated DYNASTY (Demonstrating a Platform for Dynamic Traffic Information services for the City of Beijing) project held in the Chinese capital in April 2005. Key European ITS industry leaders took advantage of the opportunity to meet and network with the Chinese companies and authorities that attended.

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ERTICO partners find home in China

ERTICO and its partners participated actively in a forum held in Shanghai, China in December 2004, and dedicated to navigation issues. The ERTICO-coordinated and European Commission (EC)-supported DYNASTY project hopes to build on this impetus, with activities already lined up to support the introduction of TMC in China.

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Navigation Technologies Chooses GEWI’s Traffic Information Center (TIC)

Chicago, IL– March 9th, 2004 – Navigation Technologies, a leading global provider of digital map data for In-Vehicle, Internet/wireless, government and business solutions, has chosen GEWI’s Traffic Information Center (TIC) software to enable the automatic aggregation, geo-coding and validation of Navigation Technologies’ North American traffic data solution. The selection and integration of GEWI’s TIC software […]

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