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Weekly Round Up
23 May 2012 |
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Waterblasting Technologies - Non-Destructive Road Marking Removal Systems
Trelleborg - Elastomeric Bridge Bearings and Tunnel Seals
Beaumont Stabilising - Road Base Paving for Infrastructure Projects
Sensor Line - Fiber Optic Traffic Sensors for Axle Detection
ACO - Highway and Motorway Grated Trench Drains, Access Covers and Cable Pits
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IRD Annual General Meeting Presentation
International Road Dynamics (IRD), held its annual general meeting at IRD's corporate office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Tuesday, 8 May 2012
IRD Exhibiting at Annual America Meeting and Exposition
International Road Dynamics (IRD) will be exhibiting at the ITS America 22nd Annual Meeting and Exposition from 21-23 May 2012 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Centre in National Harbour, Maryland, US.
11 Elites Off to Australia
An order for 11 Aura Elite machines has been placed by Metric's Australian distributor TMA for a new installation at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Perth.
IRD to Exhibit at TrafficInfraTech Expo In India
International Road Dynamics (IRD) will present and participate in the exhibition at the TrafficInfraTech Expo in Mumbai, India, from May 17th to 19th, 2012.
Crosswalk Eyes Project
SR-RTIP-CWE Real Time Image Processing - Crosswalk Eyes is a new system that has been developed by SERNIS in order to guide people with visual disabilities when they cross the street in places that do not have traffic lights on crosswalks.
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HI-TRAC BLUE - Intelligent Gateway Device
The HI-TRAC BLUE is an intelligent gateway device that fulfils multiple roadside monitoring requirements and at the same time provides connectivity over 3G, GPRS or cabled and fibre Ethernet...
Road-Base Paving for the Civil Construction Industry
Beaumont Stabilising operates a fleet of four road-base paving machines and two front-end loaders. Our pavers can be used to lay a variety of materials, which include cement modified (bound)...
Maccaferri Brochure
Maccaferri Ltd is the UK subsidiary of the worldwide Maccaferri Industrial Group, specialising in pavement reinforcement systems, retaining structures, erosion protection, rockfall mitigation...
Tagmaster Catalogue: Long-Range Identification Solutions for Access Applications Using RFID
TagMaster develops and manufactures leading edge products for advanced long-range radio frequency identification (RFID) systems and information services associated with rail bound...
LeighFisher - Toll Road Evolution: Getting Ready for the Next Generation of Projects in India?
India's National Highway network has undergone an impressive upgrade in recent years. While the nature of most of the schemes has been relatively low risk from an investor perspective, the...
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European road freight 2012 – the long road to optimised assets
While European road freight is growing, a competitive marketplace means that big challenges must be overcome in 2012. Frances Cook reports on how companies must learn to be more efficient and more cost effective, if they are to capitalise on a return to gradual growth across the European road freight industry.
Automatic number plate recognition: a licence to film
High-tech automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technologies are transforming the world of traffic monitoring. With more vehicles on the road than ever, Chris Lo discovered how these licence plate tracking systems could pave the way for a new era of road surveillance.
Mapping out the future – talking in-car data with TomTom
Smart mobility and intelligent traffic solutions dominated 2012's Intertraffic Amsterdam event. Frances Cook caught-up with George de Boer, senior manager of Business Development Traffic Solutions at TomTom, to discover how new in-car data systems are fuelling global traffic trends.
UK Budget 2012: the road industry reacts
Investment is guaranteed, but new taxes and a controversial privatisation scheme are driving some around the bend. Roadtraffic-technology.com rounds up the reactions to the 2012 UK Budget from major players within the UK road industry.
UK Budget 2012: road finance experiments
The UK budget for 2012 maintains investment in the nation's roads but also explores a divisive new financing scheme. Chris Lo checks out what the budget could mean for the British road network over the next 12 months and beyond.
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National Trunk Highway System (NTHS)
National Trunk Highway System (NTHS) is a network of freeways (traffic freeways) in the People's Republic of China. It is the backbone of China's transportation network.
Asian Highway Network, Great Asian Highway
The Asian Highway Network (or the Great Asian Highway) is a 141,000km network of roads running across 32 countries.
Intercounty Connector (ICC) / MD 200, Maryland
Maryland Route 200 (MD 200), also known as the Intercounty Connector (ICC), is an 18.8 mile (30.25km)-long tollway under construction in the state of Maryland, US.
North-South Expressway (NSE), Kedah
The North-South Expressway (NSE) is a 772km expressway in Malaysia. It extends from Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah, near the Malaysian-Thai border, to Johor Bahru.
Triangle Expressway Project, North Carolina
Triangle Expressway is the first cashless toll road being constructed in the US state of North Carolina. It will be one of the first US turnpikes to employ an all-electronic toll system.
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