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Network of National ITS Associations elects Officers for 2012/14 |
6 May 2012
The Network of National ITS Associations met in April in Copenhagen as the guests of ITS Denmark and the City of Copenhagen. Three positions in the leadership of the Network were up for election: the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and one of the Co-ordination Committee officers.
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Smart Mobility Challenge winners celebrated at the European Parliament |
27 March 2012
Brussels, 27 March 2012. Yesterday Vice-President Siim Kallas, Commissioner for Mobility and Transport and the members of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament congratulated the winners of the first Smart Mobility Challenge.
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More ITS for greener mobility - ITS World Congress 2015
9 December 2011
Bordeaux, 8 December 2011. Today, ERTICO - ITS Europe and TOPOS AQUITAINE signed the contract for the ITS World Congress 2015 at the Metro'num event. ITS World Congresses are the year's première event on ITS, representing a unique opportunity for showcasing and experiencing new technologies, networking and discussing and evaluating the latest developments.
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ERTICO and ITS China sign Memorandum of Understanding
17 October 2011
Monday, 17 October 2011. Opening up new areas of cooperation and business opportunities, ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS China signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the 18th ITS World Congress, held this year in Orlando, USA.
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18th ITS World Congress kicks off in Orlando
17 October 2011
Orlando/Brussels, 17 October 2011 - The 18th ITS World Congress starts today, 17 October in Orlando, Florida with the motto “Keeping the economy moving”. For 4 days ITS stakeholders, public authorities, representatives of the ITS industry will attend this annual World Congress to share knowledge and insights on the ITS industry.
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SATIE orchestrates European large scale Action for ITS
07 September 2011
On 7 September ERTICO – ITS Europe hosted the kick-off meeting of the new SATIE project. The task of the 10-partner consortium will be to propose to the European Commission options for large scale actions for innovation and deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The starting point of this exercise: the iMobility Forum ELSA Task Force report , and the new concept of “ITS incubators”.
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eSafety Forum chooses new name
05 September 2011
On the occasion of the 14th eSafety Plenary Meeting (6-7 April), the new name for the forum was voted on and approved by members. The new name reflects the role that the eSafety Forum played in helping bring about this change, as well as its continued presence at the forefront of the field.
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Georg Obert given first ever TISA Achievement Award 2011
10 June 2011
TISA (Transport Information Services Association) is pleased to announce the first ever recipient of the TISA Achievement Award, Georg Obert, BMW AG Traffic Technology and Traffic Management.
Time for greener moving. In-Time goes public!
25 January 2011
The In-Time launch event took place on 25 January 2010 in Vienna, Austria. High level participants from industry and service providers and city and regional representatives had the opportunity to critically examine the In-Time project’s achievements and aims, the technical solutions to be deployed and the progress and models of the six in-Time Pilot cities - Brno, Bucharest, Florence, Munich, Oslo and Vienna.
Lyon to host the 8th European Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems from 6-9 June 2011
06-09 June 2011
From 6-9 June next year, ERTICO - ITS EUROPE will organise the 8th European Congress
and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems (I.T.S.) in the city of LYON.
The Congress theme is geared towards ‘Intelligent Mobility - ITS for sustainable
transport of persons and goods in urban regions'.
Public Private Partnership boosts deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems
16 June 2010
ERTICO - ITS Europe held a series of high-level workshops under the theme of “Bringing Intelligence into Mobility – Deployment challenges”, as part of its annual Forum, held in Brussels on 15 June 2010.
Innovative technologies to achieve up to 20% reduction in road transport
07 June 2010
The 3-year European funded research project eCoMove will develop, test and evaluate a number of ‘green’ transport technologies and applications that will potentially deliver up to 20% CO2 emissions reductions.
Mobility 2.0 live at Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010
24 March 2010
The Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010 features the world’s largest most varied and extensive demonstrations of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technologies and applications, held in and around Amsterdam 23-26 March 2010.
Halmstad University wins the CVIS Application Innovation Contest
30 September 2009
Kristofer Lidstroem from Halmstad University in Sweden claimed the top prize in the final of the CVIS Application Innovation Contest 2009 which was held at the 16th ITS World Congress in Stockholm.
Viajeo: towards efficient travel and transport planning
28 September 2009
Supported by the European Commission the project was officially launched on 25 September at the ITS World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Coordinated by ERTICO – ITS Europe, the project brings together various stakeholders who decided to join their forces under the Viajeo umbrella for a period of 36 months.They will design, demonstrate and implement an open platform to collect and process data for transport planning and travel information in cities in Europe, China and Brazil.
European “CVIS” Project Shows the Cooperative Way to Mobility
28 September 2009
CVIS, European flagship project for Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems, showcased its first achievements at the Stockholm ITS World Congress, including the latest technology and application development for cooperative mobility, and Europe’s first universal open platform for vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and services.
Intelligent vehicles tested on European roads
24 September 2009
As a further demonstration of the depth of its commitment to tackling today’s challenges of increased demand for mobility, the automotive industry has joined forces with various universities, research centres and other stakeholders, in a smart drive to test eight different high-tech intelligent in-vehicle technologies on real roads, with real drivers.
Intelligent Transport Systems and Services to improve our daily lives
21 September 2009
Today, the 16th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) in Stockholm kicked off, under the theme “ITS in Daily Life
Europe hosts Intelligent Transport Systems and Services World Congress
06 August 2009
the 16th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) is stopping in Europe this year
ERTICO-ITS Workshops “Bringing Intelligence into Mobility”
15 June 2009
15 June 2009. ERTICO-ITS Europe, a public -private partnership organisation of Intelligent Transportation Systems stakeholders across Europe held its General Assembly and a series of high level ITS workshops on 11- 12 June 2009 in the Château du Lac, Genval, Belgium.
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To the next level ... and beyond
23 December 2009
How the CVIS project is helping to build the cooperative world in Thinking Highways, December 2009
Bringing Intelligent vehicles on the road
17 December 2009
The euroFOT project featured in: Transport Business International, December 2009.
Media Monitoring Report around ITS World Congress, September 2009
19 November 2009