CONTENTS Volume 2 Number 1 FOREWORD
03 The editor on ITS, football and photos
NEWS 06 Smart motorways, mergers and the longest average speed check in Europe
THE BIG INTERVIEW 10 NABIL ABOU-RAHME Mott MacDonald’s new head of ITS talks about TV appearances, innovations on motorways, a South African interlude and coping with tragedy
COLUMNS 14 Jennie Martin 16 Dr Stephen Ladyman 17 David Bonn
FEATURES 18 NOT SUCH A NEW IDEA Dr Nick Reed TRL’s principle researcher on how the concept of autonomous vehicles has been around for at least two generations
22 THE ROAD TO AUTOMATION Giles Perkins How autonomous vehicles are the once-in-generation game changer
25 POPULATION ANALYTICS INRIX How the phones in people’s pockets give invaluable expertise into how and when people travel
29 MULTI MODAL SOLUTIONS Cubic Transportation Systems With their take over of Serco’s ITMS division, Cubic offers much more than ticketing and barriers
32 THE ITS UK UPDATE Two pages of information and comment from the world’s oldest national ITS association
34 MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE 3M The company’s investment and innovation in ITS
37 ROAD SAFETY Richard Tooth An Australian economist argues that some small changes to the way we insure our vehicles will make a big difference to road safety and enforcement
40 ONLINE VIDEO SOLUTION Qvision Jpegs don’t do the trick? Streaming video too difficult? This Californian innovation may be your solution
46 NEW MAN AT THE TOP IHE Meet John Nightingale, the new President of the Institute of Highway Engineers
48 INTELLIGENT SAFETY Road studs Rennicks UK on how flashing road studs bring a new approach to pedestrian safety
50 INTELLIGENT LIGHTING AGD How radar technology cuts the cost of illuminating our streets
54 ANPR Truvelo Jason Barnes reports on an innovation which enables mobile speed enforcement in very dark places
EVENTS 55 JCT Traffic Signals Symposium 56 Seeing is Believing 58 ITS Europe, Helsinki 60 Highways Magazine Excellence Awards
THE LAST WORD 62 Innovations in the Netherlands
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