I-77 Mobility Partners has appointed Kapsch TrafficCom (Kapsch) to design and install a tolling and traffic management system for the Interstate 77 Express Lanes project in Charlotte, North Carolina, US.

The contractual scope includes end-to-end design, installation and ongoing maintenance of the field-level systems. It also includes design and deployment of traffic management hardware and field systems, including the toll collection system (TCS), intelligent transportation system (ITS), and network communication system (NCS).

In a move to accelerate the development of the world’s first multimodal connected transport laboratory, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has formed a partnership with the University of Melbourne, the Government of Australia and other global industry partners.

"Data will be collected and shared to reduce travel times, prevent traffic jams and accidents, and reduce carbon emissions."

WSP and its partners will develop a National Connected Multimodal Transport (NCMT) test bed, which includes 7km of roadways and is surrounded by Alexandra Parade on the north, Victoria Street on the south, Hoddle Street on the east and Lygon Street on the west.

The laboratory will focus on multimodal transportation systems consisting of all connected vehicles, roadways, public transportation, pedestrians and cyclists through which data will be collected and shared to reduce travel times, prevent traffic jams and accidents, and reduce carbon emissions.

Three construction companies including Costain, Morgan Sindall and Skanska have received contracts worth £500m ($613.3m) from Transport for London (TfL), for the development of complex tunnels and highways in London.

The four-year contract includes design and construction of some of the most high-profile and complex road improvement projects in the country.

The project is aimed at making the country’s roads and highways safe to travel and to improve the journey reliability.