Kapsch TrafficCom has won a contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDoT) in the US to design and implement a statewide advanced traffic management system (ATMS). Tracy Bumpers, Kapsch executive VP, Solution Center – Traffic, says the high profile deal is valued at between $7m and $10m.
Gridlock is a major issue in parts of the state.
“Metro Atlanta has some of the worst traffic in the US,” he says.
The project will be managed from Duluth, a suburb of Atlanta. “Our entire team is locally based,” Bumpers joked to Daily News. “We have a vested interest in making it work!”
Much of the issue comes down to capacity of the state’s roads.
“We’re going to be working on congestion management algorithms,” he says. “One of the key goals for GDoT and for us is to reduce congestion.”
The company will be using its DYNAC platform, integrating data from other transport networks, roadside equipment, floating car data, connected vehicle equipment and other traffic detectors. This will be made available to third parties and to GDoT’s traveller information website.
Georgia was one of the first DoTs to introduce variable speed limits and plans to extend the use of managed lanes to various state highways.
\“We have been working hard to get close to GDoT,” Bumpers says. “We are very attuned.”
Kapsch’s new solution will replace the existing NaviGAtor system which has been in place since 1996. Speeding up incident response times, improving asset management and optimising infrastructure investment will be among the main aims of the ATMS.
▶Booth 359 www.kapsch.net
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Denso and Derq are using the 2019 World Congress to announce they are joining forces to develop a smart mobility ecosystem for the town of Dublin, Ohio that aims to manage traffic and eliminate road accidents.
This smart mobility ecosystem will be used to test and implement infrastructure technologies, create value-added mobility services, and gather previously untapped data to increase road and pedestrian safety, and reduce travel times in the town. As part of this ecosystem, Derq has installed its edge computing platform to capture
data from traffic cameras, sensors and connected infrastructure; to power a combination of active safety measures to predict and prevent accidents in real time; and for analytic applications. Denso and Derq believe these applications will reveal deep insights into how road users move and behave on the streets, to help city planners ensure their road networks are as safe and efficient as possible.
▶Booth 204 www.denso.com www.derq.com
Ramboll rolls out the benefits of cycling
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with Ramboll Consulting on the ITS Nordic Pavilion.
“Cities should stop thinking about how to get more cars down a road and instead think of how many people they can get down a road,” says Ramboll’s Marianne Weinreich, who is also chair of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark.
“You can get seven times as many people down a street on bicycles as you can in cars,” she adds.
The Embassy’s aim is to show other cities and countries why cycling is so popular in Danish cities and how beneficial it is in terms of health (adults who cycle regularly have a 30%
lower mortality rate) and cost effectiveness.
“For every kilometre travelled by bicycle instead of by car, society gains around €0.7 (US$0.77),” she says.
According to Weinreich, segregated cycle lanes are a must; in Denmark, cycle lanes are separated from footpaths
and roads using kerbs. While accepting reserving road space for cyclists can cause resentment from motorists –particularly where cycle lanes are under-used, she insists: “If you build the safe cycling infrastructure, they will come.” ▶Booth 97
www.ramboll.com
Dr Georges Aoude (left) and Karl Jeanbart of Derq
ST ENGINEERING SHOWS OFF ITS SMART MOBILITY
Ahighlight of ST Engineering’s booth is the launch of its STROBO autonomous mobility solutions, consisting of buses, vehicle management systems and software.
STROBO Bus Series 12 is a single-deck, fully electric low-floor bus designed for mass transport service for intraand inter-town travels, while its STROBO Bus Series 7 is a single-deck shuttle designed for small-capacity and on-demand service.
STROBO Buses’ on-board
navigation capabilities allow them to navigate autonomously in urban mixed-traffic environments under dry and moderate rain conditions, while being easy to recharge and maintain.
In addition to its STROBO buses, the company is featuring other elements of its suite of smart mobility capabilities across autonomous transport, intelligent transport systems, smart rail, training, and maintenance and repair operations that are shaping the future of mobility.
They include ST Engineering’s Smart Junction Management System, a next generation traffic control system that leverages advanced technologies, including AI, big data analytics and machine-learning capabilities to achieve more efficient and optimised traffic control.
Capabilities including support for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications for autonomous vehicles, truck platooning and “green-wave traffic priority system” for emergency vehicles.
Smart Junction also enables road authorities to better manage road usage patterns to reduce delay or stops at traffic junctions, optimise traffic network capacity and provide a better travel experience for drivers and commuters.
The company is also launching its Auto Rider system at the Gardens by the Bay Flower Dome, and hosting demonstrations of its autonomous vehicles at the Floating Platform and Sentosa.
▶Booth 164
www.stengg.com
Say it again, proposes NXP for new DSRC standard
Some of the more interesting innovations being displayed at ITC World Congress are not always obvious – and the NXP booth has a prime example in the form of the 802.11bd display.
The new standard for DSRC communication is currently being formulated, with NPX proposing that it should allow
signals to be sent up to four times, so long as other activity allows.
With just a single transmission, any degradation of the signal (due to distance, interference or environmental factors) can mean not all vehicles would receive the message.
However, if the signal can
be repeated, the proportion of messages successfully received by other vehicles substantially increases.
But it’s essential any upgrade to the standard must be retrocompatible.
With the example on display, repeating an artificially degraded signal increases the proportion of messages received
on existing (802.11p) equipment from less than 10% to more than 30%, while the 802.11bd standard system scores 100%.
According to NXP’s Huanyu Gu, DSRC messages can be received at distances of up to 2km and without the latency inherent in V2X.
▶Booth 91
www.nxp.com
Justin Chee of ST Engineering
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NCS signs agreement with LTA’s MSI Global
Singapore-based information, communications and tech services provider NCS has agreed in principal to provide consultancy and intelligent transport solutions to overseas customers.
NCS, part of the Singtel Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with MSI Global, the commercial arm of Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA), under which the company will provide services such as planning, design and project maintenance for government and transit agencies in Australia, China, Hong Kong and South-east Asia.
The organisations put their digital signatures” on iPads to seal the MoU during a ceremony at ITS World Congress on Wednesday this week.
NCS CEO Ng Kuo Pin says the company was “pleased and honoured”. While MoUs are not binding, he says he hopes “we will make something happen together”.
MSI MD Sim Wee Meng says the partnership taps into both parties’ experience “to offer commuters innovative solutions for their transportation needs”.
MEDC aligns the planets!
The US state of Michigan is using ITS World Congress to introduce delegates to its PlanetM partnership of mobility organisations and communities working together on the research, development and deployment of mobility technologies driving the future.
Michigan, which promotes itself as being where big ideas in mobility are born, is encouraging delegates to come and learn why businesses across the world are choosing the state, and how PlanetM can actively help them.
Organised by the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), PlanetM represents community, education, industry, research and government agencies aligning to deliver tomorrow’s transportation technology economy.
Available to any mobilityfocused company or investor, PlanetM offers a concierge
service that connects them to Michigan’s automotive ecosystem: the people, resources and places dedicated to the evolution of transportation mobility, from start-ups to OEMs.
On Wednesday, MEDC, along with the UK Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and Zenzic, hosted the Future Mobility International Group 3.0.
This event brought global leaders from industry, government and academia to collaborate on policy, regulations and standards for the development, testing and deployment of intelligent vehicle and transportation technologies.
The special session was a continuation of similar events hosted by the MEDC at the previous two ITS World Congress Meetings, connecting some of the brightest minds in mobility.
▶Booth 401 www.PlanetM.com
NCS will use AI, MaaS, cellular Vehicle to Everything connectivity and analytics to help digitalise the LTA and “improve commuter experience and engagement”, it says.
▶Booth 259
www.ncs.com.sg
Paul Ajegba of PlanetM
Stimulate sustainable transportation and reduce congestion
The World Health Organization has stated that 80 percent of urban areas are exposed to pollution levels that exceed their guidelines. Transportation accounts for very large share of air pollution and carbon emissions. Q-Free offers a range of option for cities and authorities to address this growing issue. Learn more about our solutions at booth 151 at the ITS World Congress.
• Electronic tolling and congestion charging
• Bicycle priority schemes
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Go with the flow using AGD’s 343 radar
AGD Systems is presenting its new 343 highways monitoring radar, developed using the company’s proven highway speed enforcement expertise.
According to the company, the 343 is an easy-to-integrate traffic flow monitoring solution that provides real-time data for multi-lane highways.
It can be mounted as close as 2m from the inner edge of the inside lane of the carriageway, and can provide information for
well as the lane on the farthest point of the carriageway. The company is also showing two of its most successful product solutions: the AGD 645 pedestrian detector, now with a 10m by 3m detection zone, and the AGD 318 traffic control radar.
Its WiFi-enabled, IP-capable 645 pedestrian detector now includes volumetric capability for monitoring pedestrian occupancy in the wait zone.
There is also new functionality for its non-intrusive, loop-replacing AGD 318 traffic control radar, which can now detect stationary or queuing traffic.
This, together with WiFi, AGD touch-setup technology and an enhanced user setup graphical user interface, allows it to be used for a wide range of strategic applications.
▶Booth 217
www.agd-systems.com.au
SOLACE'S QUANTUM ADVANCE IN EVENT BROKER TECHNOLOGY
Canada-headquartered Solace is here to highlight PubSub+, claimed to be is the only unified advanced event broker technology available as run-anywhere software, as purpose-built hardware, and as a managed service.
Together, these enable enterprises to develop an ideal event-driven architecture and scaling strategy.
PubSub+ offerings include publish/ subscribe, queueing, request/reply,
streaming and message replay, all in a single platform that is easy to deploy, manage and scale across cloud, on-premise and IoT environments.
Solace’s smart data movement technology is said to rapidly and reliably route information between applications, devices and people across clouds.
Solace is highlighting how PubSub+ has helped global enterprises solve some of the most demanding challenges in a variety of
industries – from capital markets, retail, and gaming, to space, aviation, and automotive.
Multinational automobile manufacturers, such as Renault and Groupe PSA, use Solace’s advanced event broker technologies to modernise legacy applications, deploy modern microservices, and build an event mesh to support their hybrid cloud, multicloud and IoT architectures.
▶Booth 242
www.solace.com
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Today’s congress programme is packed full of content across all aspects of ITS and mobility. To help you plan your day and avoid missing any sessions that might be of interest to you, here is a selection of some sessions that will be taking place today. Page 14 summarises a pick of Friday’s sessions
The improvement in hardware/software to exploit machine learning has fuelled the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in transportation solutions. Traditionally road agencies have not had significant experience in using AI technologies. The special interest session How Does AI Fit Into The Transportation (11:00 – 12:30, Room 32B) will explore what city, regional, state and national leaders should be doing to prepare to incorporate AI based systems in future deployments.
Disruption created by the proliferation of new technologies is redefining the rules of the game in every field, especially in ITS. In executive session Is Proliferation Of New Technologies Creating A Level Playing (14:00 – 15:30 in Nicoll 3), experts will share their view and experiences on the effectiveness of new technologies such as AI and blockchain; the role of new players in the eco-system; and what are the various scenarios that will arise out of them.
K-PlugTest was held in Korea for the first time to verify interoperability between C-ITS devices and will be held continuously. In special Interest session Realising Benefits Of C-iTS In Everyday Life (11:00 – 12:30, Room 327), attendees will hear what Korea has learned from its experience and listen to other countries’ cases on C-ITS. Based on this sharing, the session will address the challenges and discuss how we can proceed with C-ITS for the people to benefit from it.
Driving ITS Through The Power Of Data (16:00 – 17:30 in Nicoll 3) will focus on what roles government, academia and industry should play to establish robust and widereaching data sharing environments. In addition, transportation executives will discuss future initiatives, including embracing Industry 4.0; integrating data and analytics with cloud computing; internet of things (IoT); intelligent machines; and big data techniques. The executive session will also identify potential areas where such an environment might deliver results, while still addressing key considerations, such as privacy, security and accountability for managing the data.
There are many testing approaches being investigated to assess the performance of automated driving systems (ADS) to include hardware/software in-the-loop, virtual environment simulation, scenario based testing, and real world mileage accumulation. Each has advantages and disadvantages. The special interest session Testing Methodologies For Automated Driving Systems (14:00 - 15:30, Room 326) will explore several of these testing approaches from different parts of the world.
Citizens, as the main stakeholders affected by the impact of connected and automated driving are rarely included in discussions aimed at defining roadmaps, strategies and policies from cities or authorities. International Citizens’ Debate On Automated Mobility: What Do The Citizens’ Want? (14:00 - 15:30, Room 328) will present the first results of a series of citizens debates organised in about 40 cities in Europe, US, Canada and Singapore, as well as the views from cities and the findings from research activities and workshops. Selected informed citizens will discuss with representatives from authorities and other stakeholders, in an interactive setting, about the needs, expectations, fears, and the 'red lines' for citizens on the future of mobility.
"Disruption created by the proliferation of new technologies is redefining the rules of the game in every field"
With an increasing number of automated vehicle deployment programmes, a dialogue is needed on what is different and similar for these deployment efforts. This special interest session Pathway To Automation (16:00 - 17:30, Room 329) will focus on how the deployment of truck automation is different from light vehicle automation, which is different from shuttle deployment. Deployment leaders from around the world will compare and contrast the different types of deployments. Time will be devoted to discuss what’s next in the rollout of this technology once the trials are complete.
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solution - an architecturally coherent, globally
In Secure ITS Framework – Standardised Secure Communications For All ITS Use Cases (16:00 - 17:30, Room 330) international experts (Knut Evensen, Q-Free; William Whyte, OnBoard Security; Gianmarco Baldini, JRC; Jonathan Harrod Booth, Consultant; Dick Schnacke, Transcore) will explain the value, the user experience, the necessary support services and the global reach of this new approach. Attendees will gain an understanding of the approach and how they can use it to enable new services of their own.
Public transport agencies and operators are facing increased competition from the boom in new mobility. To make matters worse,
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In Executive Session 11: Freight Movement For Smart Cities (9:00 – 10:30 in Nicoll 3) freight managers, city authorities and other
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Special Interest Session 61: Traffic Signal Control & Management For Connected & Automated Driving Systems (0900 – 10:30,
most new mobility entrants prioritise ondemand private rides – not shared – which has overwhelmed cities with increased congestion. Special interest session The Power Of Shared Mobility To Make Cities More Livable (16:00 - 17:30, Room 328) will demonstrate that partnerships between technology companies and public transport concessionaires are the key to reversing ridership losses and combating congestion. Featuring leaders from Via, Keolis, Go-Ahead, HP Transportes, and the MaaS Alliance, the panel will explore how global transport operators are turning to innovative mobility technology solutions to reimagine their services for future sustainability.
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FORMOLIGHT SMARTENS UP VMS MAINTENANCE
Faster light replacements and shorter lane closures for variable message signs are advantages of using a wireless smart maintenance process from Taiwanese firm FormoLight.
The standard procedure for repairing broken variable message sign (VMS) units is to send two maintenance people out to site, then close a lane during inspection and replacement of parts, explains Jonson Lin, FormoLight vice president.
With the lane closed, one worker has to climb up to replace the faulty light unit within the larger VMS system. During replacement, another worker will have to be at ground level to liaise with the one above to ensure correct and uniform brightness
of the VMS. Now Formolight’s wireless system means that brightness can be adjusted wirelessly with a single worker standing at ground level below the VMS.
Once the VMS hardware has been adjusted, the same worker can then use the wireless system to adjust the brightness and colour levels - and do this with the lane open and the worker standing safely beside the road. Mobile, temporary and permanent VMSs from FormoLight are manufactured to European Standard EN12966. They feature 10, 15, 2025, 30 or 57.2mm pixel pitch and meet international protocols such as RTA, ▶Booth 232 www.formolight.com
Jonson Lin of Formolight
Carrida has big plans for mini camera technology
Carrida Technologies, a specialist in automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) cameras for traffic and parking applications, has announced plans to expand into other sectors.
The company manufactures Carrida Cam, which it believes is “probably the world’s smallest standalone ALPR system”
With its newest product – yet to have a brand name – on show at ITS World Congress in Singapore, it is now looking at mobile applications such as drones, scooters and body cameras.
According to Endre Toth, Carrida’s director of business development, enforcement would be an obvious use case.
“It will be customer-driven
completely,” he says. “Requests from customers for mobile applications for cars are relatively common. Currently
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Carrida CTO Oliver Sidla agrees that mobile applications are currently in the spotlight. “Mobile is going to happen;
I’m looking into setting up a demonstration on cars. It would be a good way for us to go forward; we see the potential. And it would be easier for us to integrate than a body camera.”
He says that 50% of development effort goes into its algorithms and that edge devices give customers distinct advantages.
“When you run a server or the cloud you don’t have control –but you do with edge devices,” Sidla says.
“You can control the image quality on the fly, changing the illumination or taking sequences of images; with a server, you are presented typically with a single image.”
▶Booth 235
www.carrida-technologies.com
Oliver Sidla (left) and Endre J.Toth of Carrida
Ibeo set to revolutionise lidar market
Ibeo Automotive Systems is here in the exhibition hall with a lidar product that the company says is a one-of-a-kind which will revolutionise the market for this technology and set completely new standards.
The company is showing a live demo of its IbeoNext sensor in public for the first time, promoting it as the next major step on the way to fully autonomous driving.
Ibeo’s 4D solid state lidar enables a detailed 3D model of the environment with moving objects. However, as well as the 3D model of reality, the device also displays an image of the
environment, since different surfaces reflect the lidar laser beam to different degrees.
Accoding to Ibeo, this is the fourth property of every measured point in threedimensional space, which is why developers and engineers at the company refer to “4D environment detection”
Just two months ago, China’s largest SUV and pickup truck manufacturer, Great Wall Motor Company, nominated Ibeo as its lidar supplier.
IbeoNext will ensure Level 3 autonomous driving on production vehicles at Great Wall starting in 2021 and Level
4 autonomous driving from 2023. The 4D solid state lidar is also perfectly suited for nonautomotive environments, such as automation in the maritime
sector, agricultural machinery, mining vehicles or road sweepers.
▶ Booth 345 www.ibeo-as.com
Understand.ai tools up for autonomous driving
With the need for high-quality training and validation data for autonomous driving, Understand.ai offers what it says is a world-class toolchain, including 2D and 3D annotation tooling.
This allows annotations for every common annotation type, including 2D bounding boxes, pixel-wise semantic segmentation, tagging and polyline annotation as well as 3D bounding boxes for lidar and radar data.
In addition, Understand.ai’s tool suite has the potential to be licensed as software-as-a-service, plus it offers a one-stop annotation service solution together with trusted partners worldwide.
For validation purposes, Understand.ai provides a scenario reconstruction service from real-world data recordings such as cameras and lida, allowing customers to re-use recorded data directly in their simulation environments to debug their AD-algorithms based on realworld data.
Understand.ai also collects its own data together with fleet partners, using it to extract highly diverse scenarios. These are stored in a scenario database which customers can license to complement their own data recordings, further helping enlarge the coverage of the enormous testspace applying with automated driving.
▶Booth 540
https://understand.ai
Anna Lena König of Ibeo
Continental’s solutions for vehicles, fleets and cities
Mobility is the heartbeat of life: Continental, with wholly owned subsidiary Quantum Inventions, is bringing this theme to life with its solutions for vehicles, fleets and cities.
Future urban mobility concepts will improve the quality of life in cities. To demonstrate this, for the first time ever, Continental is displaying a last-mile delivery robot concept using its driverless demo vehicle, the CUbE (Continental Urban mobility Experience), as the “mothership”
Quantum Inventions’ Corriere LM, which can operate independently in an urban environment, will deliver and collect parcels, with an app-based interface to customers. Continental is also showcasing products tailored to address urban mobility challenges, such as smart car key-sharing and intelligent navigation to improve driver experience; fleet mobility solutions to enhance fleet utilisation; and traffic management systems to enable smarter cities.
Crash-free driving will be the norm in the future.
At its demonstration site, the company is showcasing the use of V2X technologies for
improved communication and safety on the road.
The demonstration leverages V2X to form ad-hoc networks of connected vehicles that alert other road users about collision risks.
COMPLETE DETECTION SOLUTION FROM FLIR
Flir Intelligent Transportation Systems is here at the ITS World Congress to highlight how its fieldproven automatic incident detection (AID) solutions help keep vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles moving safely and smoothly.
With the ability to identify and respond quickly to incidents on roadways and in tunnels an essential component of any effective traffic management system, Flir traffic cameras and sensors can reliably detect incidents – including collisions, stopped vehicles, and wrong-way drivers – in challenging lighting and weather conditions.
The company’s imagers can also monitor differing levels of traffic flows, and even detect a fire in a
tunnel long before traditional sensors activate.
Flir’s Dual AID series cameras are said to combine best-in-class thermal and visual imaging technology with advanced video analytics to provide a complete solution for automatic incident detection, data collection and early fire detection.
The company’s traffic video analytics have proven their effectiveness worldwide along highways and in tunnels. They are now combined with the power of thermal imaging,allowing traffic operators to see clearly in total darkness, in bad weather and over extended ranges.
▶Booth 116 www.flir.com
It also detects driver fatigue events and communicates this to nearby vehicles to increase awareness and minimise accidents.
▶Booth 155
www.continental-corporation.com/en-sg
Speeding? With Houston Radar you have a problem
There’s nowhere to hide with Houston Radar, a major supplier of doppler and FMCW radar systems, including more than six speed and presence detection radars. Houston Radar’s products are widely used in speed awareness signs, VATCS signs, traffic counters, vehicle flow detectors, speed-triggered stop signs and chevrons. Its radar products are also used in industrial applications such as ultra-low speed measurements, conveyor belt speed measurement, train presence detection and streetlight dimming.
Houston Radar also offers a wide variety of OEM sensors for integration into its customers’ products as well as a complete suite of ready-to-deploy traffic data collectors. The company says that its products, such as SpeedLane Pro, offer an unprecedented level of vertical integration.
Data collection is easy with Bluetooth and 3G wireless access coupled with Android and Windows Apps and out-of-the-box integration with cloud servers.
▶Booth 437
www.houston-radar.com
Vincent Wong of Continental
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PANASONIC 3D IMAGING RADAR CUTS THROUGH IN THE RAIN
Panasonic is using the 2019 ITS World Congress to highlight its 79 GHz band 3D imaging radar, capable of identifying cars, cyclists and pedestrians even in bad weather.
Conventional millimetre-wave radars detect objects only twodimensionally – in horizontal and vertical angles – making it difficult to determine the shapes of objects.
However, Panasonic applies an unequally spaced antenna layout design and MIMO signal processing technique, using the 79 GHz band, in a virtual array that can achieve high resolution in both horizontal and vertical directions.
It provides highly accurate three-dimensional detection with a vertical angle in addition to range and a horizontal angle, while using an equivalent number of antennas to conventional 2D radar.
Objects can be detected at more than 30m even at night or under poor weather conditions, where recognition is difficult using conventional optical sensors such as cameras and lidar.
In the future, 79 GHz band 3D imaging radar technology is expected to be used as an automotive radar capable of recognising obstacles around a vehicle, as well as an infrastructure radar that can monitor intersection traffic
KOREA INSTITUTE FUSES VEHICLE SENSORS AND BIG DATA
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology is on the ITS Korea Pavilion with a newly developed integrated platform that measures, collects, analyses, and services real-time road driving environment information through the convergence of vehicle sensors and big data technology.
The system uses various vehicle sensors, such as front and rear radar, temperature and humidity sensors, GPS, and cameras, to collect road driving environment information.
It analyses big data collected on the platform to provide road ice, rainfall and traffic density information.
In addition, the accuracy of data provided by fusion analysis of public data related to road driving environment such as weather and traffic has been improved.
The system aids driver safety by providing micro-road driving environment information and improves the reliability of traffic prediction information.
▶Booth 190 www.kict.re.kr
– and a major step towards realising an autonomous vehicle society. Visitors to Panasonic’s stand can also see its 60 GHz WiFi instant connectivity capability, able to visualise blind spots at intersections and road bends. It achieves
this by instantaneously sharing automotive data and sensor data within the road infrastructure. Also on display is the company’s mobile battery sharing service.
▶Booth 179
www.panasonic.com
Volkswagen offers strategies for urban solutions
Delegates to the ITS World Congress will have the opportunity to see a different side of Volkswagen, which is looking to come together with cities to discuss its urban solutions strategic approach, and to explore possible areas of cooperation. VW and its brands already have partnerships with cities in Europe and around the world to jointly develop solutions for urban mobility.
Visitors will be able to see on the company’s booth, how the VW group is now focused on taking these experiences as a springboard to increase its activities on urban mobility step by step, through its Urban Solutions initiative.
And in addition to its presence in the exhibition hall, VW is holding a breakfast session on Thursday October 24 in Room 309 from 7:30am.
▶Booth 501 www.volkswagenag.de
Ryo Takahashi of Panasonic
TICKET TO RYTLE: DELIVERING ON ‘LAST-METRE’ PROMISE
Rytle is displaying the MovR, a pedal-electric cargo tricycle designed as a last-mile delivery solution, at its booth during ITS World Congress. This courier vehicle can carry 200kg or 2m3 of cargo – and includes a detachable box on wheels for “last-metre” delivery. Around 300 MovRs are currently deployed in more than 35 locations in Europe, with the German firm predicting: “Asia is next.”
The MovR is designed to ensure access to the end customer as “downtown logistics” become more complex, says Rytle says. It is now incorporating various Internet of Things sensors into its hardware, giving customers live-tracking of asset/cargo location and quality (an important factor with perishables), while providing cities with data that could help with infrastructure management.
▶Booth B12 www.rytle.de
Tushar Desai of Rytle
Precise positioning from SBG
SBG Systems is on the ITS France Pavilion to present its IMU (inertial measurement unit), attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS), and its inertial navigation systems (INS).
The company is highlighting three types of product.
According to SBG, its Ellipse Series (0,1° RMS) is the most advanced miniature inertial sensor for navigation and motion. It’s also available in an even smaller version, Ellipse Micro, that weighs only 10 grams and is ideal where space constraints are an issue.
The Ekinox Series (0,03° RMS) brings robust and cost-effective micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) to the tactical grade, with
a smart balance of size, accuracy, and price.
Meanwhile, the Apogee Series (0,01° RMS) is said to deliver the best performance under GNSS outage conditions, making it ideal for challenging applications.
Combined with cuttingedge calibration techniques and advanced embedded algorithms, SGB says these products are ideal solutions for industrial and research projects, such as vehicle testing, unmanned vehicle control, antenna tracking, and camera stabilisation.
It says for unmanned vehicle control, SBG’s fusion of its GNSS receiver and vehicle odometer provides a robust position for all conditions, including forests, tunnels, and urban canyons.
▶Booth 493 www.sbg-systems.com
Jeremy Colombel of SBG
ETHERWAN MANAGES IT ALL WITH eVUE
Taiwan-based EtherWAN is using the ITS World Congress to launch eVue, its new network management software tool. According to the company, eVue simplifies device management, allowing system administrators to monitor and maintain multiple EtherWAN managed devices on a local or wide area network.
Designed to simplify network configuration, eVue provides the ability to discover EtherWAN devices on a network and display an intuitive, visual representation of network topology. In addition, it allows system administrators to monitor network status, manage and perform bulk configuration deployment, upgrade schedule firmware and more.
As well as eVue, EtherWAN is displaying its latest solutions for smart cities, including wireless solutions for smart street lighting, public parking systems, and 250m Power over Ethernet technology – technologies
the company says will be crucial as cities undergo both physical and virtual transformations.
And through alliances with a growing number of Internet of Things application providers, EtherWAN is proving to be
Ben Chiang of EtherWAN
not only an equipment provider, but a company that can deliver a broad range of solutions to meet both urban and rural data infrastructure needs in the coming decade. ▶Booth 124 www.etherwan.com
IRIS sets her eyes on South-east Asia
There would be no speeding around Singapore’s Formula 1 track by wannabe F1 drivers if IRIS, one of Neology’s newest automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) camera platforms, were on duty.
IRIS – otherwise known by manufacturer Neology as the P500 series – is having its first showing in South East Asia at Singapore this week.
According to Kevin Grattan, business development manager at US-based Neology, IRIS is a plug-and-play platform that’s easy to install and maintain, and is fully PIPS technology.
Applications include law enforcement, open-road tolling, average speed checking, low emission zones, access control
and other traffic monitoring activities.
IRIS can cover up to three adjacent lanes within a single camera platform.
The camera captures distances from 4m to 40m and is available as fixed lens or adjustable, with motorised zoom lens options.
It features a 5 megapixel sensor, a powerful quad-core processor, the proven PIPS signature OCR engine, as well as many leading hardware and software technologies integrated in a single intelligent unit.
Other features include enhanced on-the-road performance using integral GPS, optional Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an internal modem. These allow configuration of the camera from street-level, reducing the cost and complexity of installation and commissioning.
IRIS uses H.264 video format to significantly improve compression and help minimise data transmission bandwidth requirements.
▶Booth A08
https://neology.net
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Kevin Grattan of Neology
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TOYOTA FLAGS ITS ROBO-CAB FUTURE
The TRI-P4 prototype robotaxi on Toyota’s booth may be small in size – but it is big in significance for the company and potentially the industry.
Not only is it a test vehicle for autonomous driving technology, but it also embodies the company’s thoughts on an autonomous
taxi (MaaS) vehicle. Toyota’s solution to the first/last mile challenge is an autonomous (Level 4) Lexus LS, but with the sleek lines traded off to minimise the cost for fleet operators by mounting most of the electronics on the roof.
This allows the use of cheaper, non-miniaturised,
components, along with providing easier access for maintenance.
And because it’s designed for fairly restricted operating conditions, certain functions, such as mapping, can be minimised. Passengers entering the vehicle don’t need to programme the destination
as these details would have been received via the user’s smartphone or the operator’s dispatch desk.
Currently based on a hybridpower model, Toyota’s MaaS technology is equally applicable to fully electric vehicles.
MapKing International, a specialist in applications of geospatial technologies, is here on Concourse B with a range of proven solutions designed for the intelligent city, with a focus on map-related, cutting-edge mobile and internet applications.
The company’s fleet management solutions, the foundation of logistics and passenger courier services, help monitor fleets and react effectively to deviations from schedules.
They also collect information on performance, and can monitor schedules. Options, including different I/Os, smart card, thermometer, sensors and live CCTV, allow remote views inside or outside the vehicles.
Mapking’s Job Dispatch and Track System (JDTS) is a mobile solution to streamline the daily operational workflow through process automation.
eTaxi/eLorry is Mapking’s on-line platform
incorporates several apps designed for high-quality transport and delivery services linking orders with drivers and call centres.
The system runs on Android, iOS, WeChat, and web platforms.
Mapking’s JDTS solution is already operating in several countries and the company is using the ITS World Congress to seek additional partners for its products.
▶Booth B05
www.mapking.com
Ken Koibuchi (left) and Keiji Yamamoto of Toyota
CITILOG HARNESSES AI DEEP-LEARNING
False alarms have long been an issue with highway monitoring systems that incorporate automatic incident detection; now Citilog has launched what it is calling CT-ADL which uses applied AI to reduce false positives by as much as 90%.
CT-ADL (Citilog Applied Deep Learning) is powered by the company’s purpose-built image recognition neural network and can differentiate between actual accidents and occurrences that frequently generate false alarms. Citilog is a subsidiary of Sweden’s Axis Communications, whose highway monitoring systems have been collecting data for many years.
According to Jean-Marie Guyon, Citilog’s VP sales and marketing, a wide range of common occurrences – shadows, reflections, heavy rain – can be frequently incorrectly flagged by current automatic incident detection (AID) systems.
“AID systems have been around for decades, and false alarms have been an issue since they first appeared,” he says.
“We decided the solution to this was deep learning, a subset of AI. With many hours of highway monitoring video footage collected by Axis, we had access to huge amounts of data.”
“Our approach was to apply AI and deep learning to overcoming an ongoing issue for highways authorities, and we’ve shown we can reduce the occurrence of false alarms by 90%,” says Guyon.
incidents relating to pedestrians, bicycles and other elements in the smart cities environment,” he says.
▶Booth 467
www.citilog.com/ www.axis.com
Honda scooter battery swap scheme beats range worry blues
An electric scooter featuring interchangeable battery packs is the star exhibit at Honda’s booth –significant because not only does battery sharing provide a solution to extended charging times on electric vehicles, an associated app-based location scheme helps combat range anxiety.
As part of a trial currently underway in Indonesia and the Philippines, 100 PCX electric scooters – each fitted with two of Honda’s swappable battery packs – are being used on the island of Romblon where 10 battery exchange locations (each with six spare batteries) have been set up.
Two charged battery packs provide a range of more than 40km; battery status data, along with the scooter’s position, is collected and sent to a dedicated server using telematics. When the batteries need exchanging, the rider logs onto the app which shows the availability of charged batteries in each of the nearby exchange locations.
Furthermore, as part of the trial, wind turbines have been installed to generate the electricity that recharges the batteries.
Located beneath the seat, the 10kg battery packs are kept clean and dry, while a quick-release mechanism allows them to be swapped in a matter of seconds.
▶Booth 385 www.honda.co.jp
Jean Marie Guyon of Citilog
Hironori Harada of Honda
Three global ITS regions sign MOU for future cooperation
n Wednesday Ertico - ITS Europe, ITS America and ITS Asia-Pacific signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to push the rapid development of seamless, integrated transport systems and services across the three regions. With Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe facing similar challenges in mobility on demand (MOD)/MaaS developments, a structured cooperation on new mobility services is a significant development. This MoU is seen as a starting point for strengthening international cooperation and creating basis for regular information exchange.
The MoU promotes the development of common policies, standards, governance, business models and technologies in the MOD/MaaS industry.
It also strengthens the interoperability and scalability of solutions and services.
With this in mind, the three regions agree to coorganise dedicated MOD/MaaS market conferences in conjunction with annual ITS World Congresses, as well as with other stakeholder delegations.
These will leverage global synergies and to better understand the developments of new business models and their applications in different environments.
▶Booth 375 www.ertico.com
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Hall of Fame inductees
Asia-Pacific’s
Brian Negus, America’s Jim Barbaresso, and Europe’s Svend Tøfting were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the opening ceremony on Monday. This annual award recognises a person who personifies the highest standards of leadership and had helped drive the ITS Industry forward
The first Australian to receive this honour, Brian Negus’ transport career has spanned over 50 years with extensive experience in the public sector, transferring that experience to support public policy on transport initiatives, through his leadership in the private sector.
Negus is a trusted adviser in the entire transport field and he is widely valued because of his dedication and assiduity in supporting others and helping them to succeed. For most of his career he has been driving organisations and the community for progress in the transportation sector, especially smart technology solutions to improve transport safety, mobility and sustainability.
As a director of ITS Australia for 11 years, including six years as president, Negus led the regeneration of the organisation increasing membership by 50 per cent over the period. He represents ITS Australia on the ITS World Congress Board, chaired the organising committee for the renowned 2016 ITS World Congress held in Melbourne, and is chair of the ITS Australia Policy Committee. Brian brings over 50 years of government and private sector experience to these roles which draws on his senior management positions with the Royal Automobile Club Victoria (RACV); deputy director of Public Transport in Victoria; regional director of VicRoads; and general manager of port planning at the Melbourne Port Corporation.
A director of ITS Australia since 2007 and president for six years, his longstanding strong contributions to transport, his commitment to intelligent transport initiatives, and his role in advocating for, and delivering ITS solutions in the transport sector, ITS Australia, awarded Negus , the Max Lay Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and named him ambassador, honorary life member and director.
Jim Barbaresso, is senior VP and national ITS and emerging mobility solutions practice leader at HNTB, the American infrastructure design firm that was founded in 1914. He has a proven track record of national leadership in ITS deployment, safety and environmental sustainability. His experience shows a story of a professional
who is knowledgeable on the practical challenges of implementing ITS for the benefit of transportation agencies and the traveling public, while also demonstrating his vision of emerging mobility solutions.
Since the first ITS World Congress in Paris in 1994, Barbaresso has demonstrated leadership in ITS America and its state chapters. In 2010, when Detroit was selected to host the 2014 ITS World Congress, he stepped up to chair the 2014 ITS World Congress and to help reinvigorate the city of Detroit as it faced an unprecedented economic downturn.
Barbaresso worked tirelessly from 2011 through 2014 to ensure a successful ITS World Congress. The 2014 ITS World Congress was a springboard for connected and automated vehicle advancement globally. It was arguably the most important and most impressive ITS congress held in the Americas to date and it re-established Detroit as a global player in emerging mobility.
Barbaresso has a global perspective on ITS and has demonstrated this through decades of international collaboration to ensure
harmonisation and information sharing.
Svend Tøfting is the founder of ITS Denmark and has been chairman for 12 years. He was the promoter for the North Denmark Region joining Ertico - ITS Europe in 2002. He has participated in several European projects and played a key role in bringing the ITS Congress to both Aalborg in 2007 and Copenhagen in 2018.
An experienced project manager with a demonstrated track record of working in government administration and industry, Tøfting has strong programme and project management professional skills in traffic engineering, sustainable development, ArcGIS, analytical skills, and highways.
Tøfting was a member of the Ertico supervisory board from 2012-2018. For some 30 years, he was editor-in-chief of the Danish technical transport and ITS magazine Traffic & Roads (formerly the Danish Road Journal).
Through these and other activities, Tøfting played an active and successful role in the development of ITS in Denmark and participated in activities in the Nordic countries, as well as internationally.
Jim Barbaresso (pictured fourth from the left), Brian Negus (fourth from the right) and Svend TØfting (second from right)
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LA, here we come!
As this ITS World Congress draws to a close, planning for next year’s event is already well under way. Shailen Bhatt, President & CEO, ITS America, sets the scene for what promises to be a knockout event with some exciting new features
Next year, we are thrilled to bring the ITS World Congress (ITSWC) back to North America, and we are particularly looking forward to welcoming colleagues from around the world to Los Angeles. The city is where west meets east –it truly defines the conference theme, ‘The New Age of Mobility.’ It is the hub of moving people, data and freight.
And at a time in which we are focused on moving people, data and freight, how will we prepare for a future that is increasingly more connected, autonomous, shared and electric?
The technologies that make our roads safer will also reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions and move us closer to a future of seamless mobility.
Los Angeles takes the long view when making transportation decisions by developing innovative ways for people to move around the city.
Just as it did for the 1984 Olympics, the city is making infrastructure improvements in advance of the 2028 games that will benefit residents for decades to come – including Mayor Eric Garcetti’s TwentyEight by ’28 initiative to complete 28 transit projects by 2028.
In addition, he announced his intention to make Los Angeles carbon neutral by 2050 with the city’s Green New Deal, which includes such targets as electrifying the bus fleet by 2030; requiring 80% of vehicles to be
"I can’t imagine what the next 12 months will bring, but I know the 27th ITS World Congress will capture those changes and showcase the future"
electric by 2035; and reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by 45% by 2050.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are the two largest in the nation and combined are the ninth largest in the world. Together, they move roughly 40% of the nation’s total containerised imports and 30% of exports. The modernisation through technology at these ports is an example of how to move the 21st century economy.
In addition, Los Angeles is the leader in using data to improve its transportation system, which is key to improving safety, managing congestion, and reducing our
Before I tell you about what’s in store once we arrive in Los Angeles, there are several
Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), developed for the 2020 World Congress, will engage students and developing young professionals globally to become involved in mobility and transportation through competition and exposure.
The programme consists of three components, a Global Challenge, National Immersion Programme and Local Awareness Programme.
The Global Challenge is designed for university students who hold an interest in mobility and technology. It recruits students from around the world to solve a mobility challenge in hopes of advancing to the final
round in Los Angeles. Pre-event competition will be held virtually during the 2019–2020 school year, and three teams will be selected - one each from the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific – for the championship.
The National Immersion Programme offers high school students the opportunity to become exposed to the world of intelligent mobility, with the possibility of furthering an education in the transportation field. After a problemsolving pre-competition, three teams will be selected to attend LA2020 to display their solutions and engage in educational programming and hands-on activities related to intelligent mobility.
The Local Awareness Programme is geared to attract up to 1,000 high school students and their teachers from the Los Angeles Metropolitan area to the ITS World Congress for single-day programme on new mobility technologies and careers stemming from this growing field. This programme is designed to highlight the expanding scope of intelligent transportation and mobility.
• For more information on the Emerging Leaders Programme, contact program chair Beth Kigel bkigel@hntb.com.
Conference Programme
A robust conference programme is critical to the successful exchange of information and dialogue among attendees. LA2020 will have a packed and wide-ranging menu of plenary and executive sessions where invited high level international industry executives, public officials and academics from around the world will draw from their experiences to share their views on ITS achievements, issues and challenges. Learning and dialogue opportunities with peers from around the world will be further enhanced by a full range of special interest, technical/ scientific and strategic technology sessions, as well as a whole range of ancilliary meetings and events.
All of these sessions will address the eight programme themes of LA2020, including seamless mobility and changing behaviour; fuelling the future; alternative fuels and emissions; the path to vision zero; disruption on the digital highway; data; technology from entry to the last mile; connectivity or (spectrum/networks); intelligent, connected and automated vehicles; and organising for success, governance, business models and international cooperation.
The International Programme Committee is inviting ITS experts to submit their contributions to be considered for presentation and publication at the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles in 2020 and the deadline for submissions is 3 February, 2020. For more information and submission details, visit the website.
Once you arrive at the LA Convention Center, you’ll see more than 300 innovative companies exhibiting groundbreaking transportation technologies. Space is going fast, so if you’re interested, please contact Kyle@CorcExpo.com for more details and to reserve your space!
Taking centre stage, the “Pathways to Seamless Mobility Pavilion” will showcase
LA Convention Centre
select global cities leading the way on the integration of mobility on demand (MOD) and mobility as a service (MaaS) solutions. The world is changing at a breakneck pace. I can’t imagine what the next 12 months will bring, but I know the 27th ITS World Congress will capture those changes and showcase the future by featuring the best and latest transportation technology.
ITS America members are eager to engage with others around the world who share our vision of a better future transformed by intelligent mobility – one that is safer, greener and smarter. We look forward to a transformational event, and I hope you will join us in Los Angeles, 4-8 October, 2020. www.itsworldcongress2020.com
Los Angeles, the second largest city in the US has it all - culture, nightlife, sun, sand and the Hollywood Hills. Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), located in the heart of vibrant Downtown LA, is a leading destination for conventions, trade shows and exhibitions. Only 17 miles from Los Angeles International Airport, the ITS World Congress venue is conveniently located in the southwest district of downtown LA. The shopping/ restaurant hubs around the convention centre include The Block, Fig at 7th, LA Live and Restaurant Row on 7th Street.
