Electronic toll collection

Kapsch TrafficCom México Awarded Contract to Provide Electronic Toll System for Highways in Mexico

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The objective of this model is to improve the quality of the highways in the country by promoting public-private partnerships.

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  • The objective of this model is to improve the quality of the highways in the country by promoting public-private partnerships.
  • The project encompasses 350 km of highways and bridges that will be renovated, operated and maintained by Coconal and its spin-offs OPASA and OPAN, based on a ten-year contract.
  • The existing system will be upgraded in order to allow for electronic payment on all lanes and meet all the requirements involved in ETC (electronic toll collection) operations.
  • Eliminating cash payments and implementing electronic toll collection has been a growing trend in Latin America since the pandemic started, to avoid contact and prevent infection.

Kapsch TrafficCom Takes Over tolltickets and Regionally Expands Tolling Services in Europe

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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Kapsch TrafficCom acquired the remaining 35% interests in the German toll services provider tolltickets GmbH.

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  • Kapsch TrafficCom acquired the remaining 35% interests in the German toll services provider tolltickets GmbH.
  • With the combination of the unique experience of Kapsch TrafficCom as a pioneer and technology leader in electronic toll collection and the know-how of tolltickets in delivering tolling services, we have been paving the way for an interoperable tolling services offering across Europe for more than four years, says Georg Kapsch, Chief Executive Officer of Kapsch TrafficCom.
  • Because of the high strategic importance of tolling services, we have decided to take over tolltickets completely.
  • In Central & Eastern Europe, tolltickets is the pioneer in providing tolling services for heavy-goods vehicles in Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Road Safety Market worth $4.9 billion by 2025 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

The road safety solutions include enforcement solution; incident detection and response; ALPR/ANPR, and others (railroad crossing safety, school bus stop-arm enforcement, and back-office systems).

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  • The road safety solutions include enforcement solution; incident detection and response; ALPR/ANPR, and others (railroad crossing safety, school bus stop-arm enforcement, and back-office systems).
  • The enforcement solution segment has been further divided into red light enforcement, speed enforcement, bus lane enforcement, and section enforcement.
  • These solutions enable government agencies to protect pedestrians and vehicle drivers from all types of road accidents.
  • Based on region, North America is expected to lead the Road Safety Market during the forecast period.

Road Safety Market worth $4.9 billion by 2025 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

The road safety solutions include enforcement solution; incident detection and response; ALPR/ANPR, and others (railroad crossing safety, school bus stop-arm enforcement, and back-office systems).

Key Points: 
  • The road safety solutions include enforcement solution; incident detection and response; ALPR/ANPR, and others (railroad crossing safety, school bus stop-arm enforcement, and back-office systems).
  • The enforcement solution segment has been further divided into red light enforcement, speed enforcement, bus lane enforcement, and section enforcement.
  • These solutions enable government agencies to protect pedestrians and vehicle drivers from all types of road accidents.
  • Based on region, North America is expected to lead the Road Safety Market during the forecast period.

Bestpass Launches New Website and Thought Leadership Series on Toll Management for Fleets

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Bestpass, the comprehensive payment platform provider and leader in toll management solutions for commercial fleets in North America, recently launched a new website at bestpass.com , as well as a thought leadership series of white papers and other materials to help educate commercial fleets on the subject of toll management.

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  • ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Bestpass, the comprehensive payment platform provider and leader in toll management solutions for commercial fleets in North America, recently launched a new website at bestpass.com , as well as a thought leadership series of white papers and other materials to help educate commercial fleets on the subject of toll management.
  • The latest white paper, " Toll Management: Why Transponders Still Matter in a License Plate World ," is currently available on the new website.
  • The company's blue paper series offers practical advice on how to get the most out of Bestpass toll management solutions.
  • Bestpass is the comprehensive payment platform provider and leader in toll management solutions for commercial fleets of all shapes and sizes.

Faktion and Iguazio Bring Data Science to Production for European Smart Mobility Customers on Azure Cloud

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Monday, September 21, 2020

Iguazio , the data science platform built for production and real-time machine learning applications, today announced a strategic partnership with Faktion , a boutique, end-to-end Artificial Intelligence (AI) service provider for smart mobility technologies across Europe.

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  • Iguazio , the data science platform built for production and real-time machine learning applications, today announced a strategic partnership with Faktion , a boutique, end-to-end Artificial Intelligence (AI) service provider for smart mobility technologies across Europe.
  • The two companies already have several joint European customers in the Smart Mobility space, tackling challenges such as dynamic congestion charges based on real-time data and detecting and acting upon driver fatigue.
  • Airvi works with cities to regulate and reduce traffic congestion and pollution using data delivered in real-time.
  • Iguazio and Faktion are both partnered with Microsoft and their joint customers are deployed on Azure cloud.

OATI Announces the Successful Deployment of E-Tag 1.8.4

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --OATI is pleased to announce the successful completion of the E-Tag 1.8.4 cutover for OATI's hundreds of webSmartTag customers.

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  • MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --OATI is pleased to announce the successful completion of the E-Tag 1.8.4 cutover for OATI's hundreds of webSmartTag customers.
  • On September 15, 2020, the NAESB E-tag Specification 1.8.4 changes were successfully implemented into the OATI webSmartTag system.
  • The cutover was conducted by OATI software teams in coordination with NAESB industry participants, where OATI was the only E-tag Authority service provider to complete the upgrade without any reported problems.
  • All downstream OATI systems and customer systems that receive E-Tag data via the OATI webData service or the OATI Tag Forwarding Service will automatically see the new approval window.

COVID-19: Car Sharing Market- Roadmap for Recovery|Stringent Government Regulations Regarding Emission Control to boost the Market Growth | Technavio

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.

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  • The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.
  • Growing adoption of urban mobility due to increasing traffic congestion and pollution is a major trend driving the growth of the market.
  • The stringent government regulations regarding emission control is one of the major factors driving the market.
  • The stringent government regulations regarding emission control will offer immense growth opportunities.

I-880 Express Lanes to Open for Business Oct. 2

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Eligible CAVs are those with red, purple or orange decals; and

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  • Eligible CAVs are those with red, purple or orange decals; and
    Other solo drivers pay the full toll to use the Express Lanes with either a standard FasTrak toll tag or a FasTrak Flex tag set to the 1 position.
  • Operating hours for Express Lanes are weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tolls rise as traffic increases and decline as traffic falls.
  • Customer always pay the toll displayed when they enter the Express Lane, even if toll rates change during their trip.
  • Travelers can visit 511.org to learn everything they need to know to use the I-880 and State Route 237 Express Lanes, as well as to view a series of easy-to-watch videos explaining all aspects of the I-880 Express Lanes.

Genetec ALPR calculator shows how a 5% increase in ALPR accuracy rates can save parking operators thousands of dollars per year

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

These service interruptions not only cause customer dissatisfaction but also cost parking operators time, money, and create overall enforcement inefficiencies.

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  • These service interruptions not only cause customer dissatisfaction but also cost parking operators time, money, and create overall enforcement inefficiencies.
  • Optimized to run on current ALPR hardware already used by customers in the field, Genetec AutoVu MLC improves plate-read performance by an additional 5%.
  • To help parking organizations quantify the impact this increase in plate reading accuracy can have on their bottom line, Genetec has developed an ALPR calculator .
  • While a 5% increase in plate reading performance may not seem like much initially, it can have a profound effect on a parking operators bottom line, saidMichaelBradner,Product Managerat Genetec.