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We cordially invite you to be active at the 31st International Symposium on Electronics in Transport – ISEP 2023. It is organised by the Electrotechnical Association of Slovenia and Slovenian ITS Association. The Symposiums’ 2023 theme is

“SMART MOBILITY AND DIGITALISATION OF TRANSPORT”.

ISEP 2023 will take place on the 27th March 2023 as Virtual event – Webinar. 

Please find more information about the event for authors and other participants at http://www.isep.si  .

Dates to remember:

27 February 2023, Extended Registration of abstracts

1 March 2023, Extended Notification of acceptance

21 March 2023, Submission of the final paper

24 March 2023, Final registration

The peer-reviewed papers will be presented in the proceedings of the symposium with an ISBN.

There is no need to travel, there is no need to find the parking places, but we will miss the real networking.

June 26-30, 2023, Vienna, Austria

Traffic management as key element for future mobility solutions. Several new mobility services have the potential to improve the mobility system performance and to make it more sustainable. However, to exploit this potential these services have to be integrated in the mobility system by proper traffic management. In addition, traffic management allows the optimal use of existing road capacities, without having to build new infrastructure. The aim: make the best use of the available infrastructure, minimise negative effects and so contribute to a quality of location!

This international symposium will provide a platform for operators, managers, traffic engineers, practitioners, and researchers to discuss and share their experiences with “Innovation Advances Toward the Future of Managing Traffic”. Industry leaders and specialists from around the globe are invited and will engage in discussions on the challenges, research needs, innovative methods, and approaches to collaborate with other agencies and service providers to improve how they actively manage and control traffic on the surface transportation system.

The 4th International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations, succeeds previous symposia sponsored by the Transportation Research Board and International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) in 2006 (Athens), 2009 (Honolulu), and 2016 (Berlin).

The Symposium program will include plenary sessions, technical sessions with invited speakers, poster sessions and workshops which will address:

• the next generation of traffic management systems
• sharing and using emerging sources of data (e.g., connected and automated vehicles)
• incorporating data from connected and automated vehicles into operational/safety strategies and control plans to manage traffic on freeways
• innovative methods to actively managing and controlling traffic
• managed lanes (e.g., HOV, HOT, Part-time Shoulder Use, Reversible Lanes)
• use of pricing to improve the use of traffic operational strategies
• managing traffic management assets
• sharing information with other systems and stakeholders
• opportunities to share electronic data among systems and 3rd parties
• incorporating mobility on demand services into the day-to-day traffic management and emissions mitigation activities
• coordinating and sharing information with agencies and service providers in response to planned and unplanned events

Key topics

Innovative Financing to Build and Operate Motorways including use of incentives and pricing in traffic operational strategies.

Track A: Governance and Organizational Challenges

Track B: Managing and Analyzing Operational Strategies and Performance

Track C: Next Generation of Traffic Management Systems and Services

Track D: Innovative Financing to Build and Operate Motorways

Find out more here.

With two weeks to go until the first ITS European Congress in three years, the organisers ERTICO have issued an online preview document, and are planning a further Congress-related webinar.

The three-day event in the French city of Toulouse starts in two weeks’ time (Monday 30 May). It comprises plenary sessions, papers, special interest papers, an exhibition, demonstrations, technical visits and networking.

Read the full preview here.

The fifth and final webinar on the Congress topic ‘From Largescale Trials to Deployment’ takes place on Thursday 19 May, from 1.00-2.15pm UK time. Sign up here.

The ITS Nationals Network will be meeting in Toulouse at a special session on Tuesday 31 May.

(Picture – ERTICO)

Countries and cities are being offered the chance to throw their hat in the ring to host a future ITS World or European Congress.

ERTICO – ITS Europe is looking for potential hosts of the 2025 and 2026 European Congresses and the 2027 World Congress which will be based in a location within ERTICO’s juristiction.

“For over 30 years, ERTICO-ITS Europe, ITS America and ITS Asia-Pacific have been hosting innovative ITS Congresses that present all that is new in the ITS sector,” said Lisa Boch-Andersen, ERTICO’s Director of Communication, Congresses and Events. “As a Host city, you join the extended ITS family of cities from across the world. Every Host city has felt the long-term positive economic impact on the business of their region and the benefits of being recognised as a key player in the smart mobility landscape.”

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The ITS European Congress team has released the Preliminary Programme for next month’s Congress in Toulouse.

The team at ERTICO – ITS Europe says it has worked hard on building a fantastic High-Level and Technical Programme, and that this preliminary programme includes details of all the activities and sessions that will take place at the MEETT Conference Centre in Toulouse from 30 May to 1 June 2022.

Click here to view the Preliminary Programme

This programme will be updated regularly with new sessions, workshops and activities.

Early Bird delegate rates are currently available, with cut-price participation available to people who register before 19 April. The event will attract more than 3,500 people from more than 50 countries. It’ll feature more than a hundred sessions and workshops in total.

(Graphic – ERTICO)

Twenty ITS (UK) members have exhibited and many more been represented at the giant Intertraffic show in Amsterdam, helping to promote cutting-edge British ITS technology.

The four day event featured 13 halls totalling more than 800 exhibit stands as well as demonstrations and conference programmes. People from more than a hundred countries attended.

The event is usually held every two years, but this is the first since 2018 thanks to two Covid cancellations.

There was enthusiasm among people ITS (UK) spoke to about the value of being in Amsterdam.

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ITS Network’s ERTICO – ITS Europe has released the results of phase one of its “City Moonshot” initiative which involved surveying the views of more than 200 public and private entities.

Representatives of 150 cities were interviewed in order to help increase the understanding of how cities worldwide are responding to current and future challenges in mobility and transport.

More specifically, the initiative investigates how cities are addressing challenges such as sustainability, climate change, air quality, digitalisation, multimodality and how to meet the needs of their citizens.

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First year apprentice Leora Wilson, who studies at Leeds College of Building as part of her apprenticeship with Mott MacDonald, has won the ITS (UK) Essay Award for her entry around the use of ITS to improve the environmental impact of transport.

Entrants were asked to write an essay around “The Innovative Application of ITS Solutions to Achieve De-Carbonisation Goals”.  Leora’s essay “Changing Perceptions and Going Green with Intelligent Transport System Solutions” was rated top by the judges who noted how her submission was well referenced and contained a range of ideas.

In the essay Leora wrote about changing behaviour by gaining public support, using technology such as real time information and smart ticketing to make public transport more attractive to use, and the importance of ITS in the implementation of Low Emission and Clean Air Zones.  She also analysed electric vehicles, micro mobility and incentivisation.

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The Intelligent Transport Systems industry is being reminded to be completely inclusive and remember less able members of society when developing public-facing transport technology.

At its latest Inclusive Mobility Forum meeting, ITS (UK) heard a series of examples of the challenges facing disabled people.

Gordon McCullough, CEO of the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers, explained how disabled people take 38 per cent fewer trips than non-disabled people, and this accessibility gap has not changed in a decade.

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One of the architects of a major new reference document to guide local authorities in using technology to deliver service, has explained how it is vital authorities can clearly explain why such investment is so important.

Darren Capes from the Department for Transport has written a blog post promoting the Manual for Smart Streets which is officially launched by the Connected Places Catapult and Transport Technology Forum next Monday (21 March).

“If transport is going to get any kind of funding – if it’s going to get any kind of recognition at a local level and any kind of support from local councillors, those responsible for its delivery have to be able to tell the story of why technology is important to make cities and counties and regions better, and so we have to equip those people to be able to do that,” he writes.

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