Advanced Transportation Technology News articles from January 2001

Advanced Transportation Technology News archives from January 2001

Eventful Year Reveals Trends.(telematics and intelligent transportation systems )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... While 2000 began with the Y2K nonevent, the year was anything but uneventful for the telematics and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) industry. Definitetrends emerged through the year, suggesting the direction for the industry in the new...

Toll Market Consolidates.(electronic toll collection)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Although in vehicle systems dominated developments, infrastructure still has an important role in the industry. Electronic toll collection (ETC) is the infrastructure application that has seen the widest deployment. The primary trend in ETC in...

Portability Expands Options.(traffic management system technology)
January 1, 2001... Portability was the emerging trend in traffic management system technology. The number of cameras monitoring traffic continues to grow, and traffic management systems continue to be deployed. Rather than purchasing monitoring systems to be...

Teaming for the Future.(telecommunication industry)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The formation of partnerships and joint ventures, definitely a trend in 2000, won't fade with the new year. Partnerships large and small were created to quickly bring together all the elements required to make the 'access anywhere' industry...

Voice Control is Less Distracting.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Voice control has become the standard industry answer to the issue of driver distraction. Voice control requires both speech-to-text technology and voice recognition. Current systems generally recognize a few selected commands that the system...

Access Will Be Anywhere.(Motorola Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Motorola's (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumburg, IL 60196; Tel: 847/907-8925; Email: brian.gratch@motorola.com, Website: www.mcg.mot.com/ies/telematics/iradio) corporate vision for telematics can be summed up as: "providing...

Reaching for Critical Mass.(advanced traveler information services)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Advanced traveler information services (ATIS) is considered the application that will open the wallets of consumers to telematics. ATIS includes location-based delivery of weather, real-time traffic information, routing, and points of interest...

Networking's the Difference.(Royal Philips Electronics)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Kurt Sievers, system marketing manager, global market segment-automotive, says that Philips (811 E. Arques Ave., P.O. Box 3409, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3409; Tel: 408/474-5065, Fax. 800/943 0087; Website: www.semiconductors.philips.com) considers...

X-by-Wire Advances.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The advances in communications have been revolutionary, and these advances make even greater technologies possible, specifically x-by-wire. Philips believes that communications and networking was the missing piece of technology required to...

Subtle Presence Increases.(Microsoft Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Another trend of increasing importance in the new millennium will be the efforts and strategies of Microsoft (One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052; Tel: 425/882-8080, Fax: 425/936-7329; Website: www.microsoft.com) in the telematics industry....

Violations to Be Recorded.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... With electronic tolling, motorists can pay without stopping; however, some will try and pass through without paying at all. To address this issue on Denver's newest toll road, the E-470 Public Highway Authority (22470 E. 6th Pkwy, Ste. 100,...

M-TAG Expands in Maryland.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Lockheed Martin IMS (Glenpointe Centre E., Teaneck, NJ 07666; Tel: 202/414-3730; Website: jon.a.harwood@lmco.com) will expand Maryland's M-TAG electronic toll collection (ETC) program. The expansion will be compatible with the existing E-Zpass...

Sprint is Optional in Jaguars.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Sprint PCS (4900 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64112; Tel: 248/204-0536) announced an alliance with Jaguar Cars North America (555 MacArthur Blvd., Mahwah, NJ 07430-2327; Tel: 201/818-8298). Sprint will provide personal communications service (PCS)...

Visteon and Partners Make Progress.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Visteon Corp. (14425 Sheldon Rd., Plymouth, M148170; Tel: 313/755-9121, Fax: 313/845-9111; Email: rpanneco@visteon.com, Website: www.visteon.com) will work with Nokia Smart Traffic Products (6000 Connection Dr., Irving, TX 75039; Tel....

BMW Chooses Andrea's Mike.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... BMW of North America, Inc. (P.O. Box 1227, Woodcliff Lake, NJ; Tel: 201/307-3790, Fax: 201/573-8416) selected Andrea Electronics Corp. (45 Melville Park Rd., Melville, NY 11747; Tel: 800/442-7787, Fax: 516/719-1980; Website:...

Cameras to Replace Mirrors.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Donnelly Corp. (49 W. Third St., Holland, MI 49423-2813; Tel: 616/786-7000, Fax: 616/786-6034; Email: info@donnelly.com, Website: www.donnelly.com) is working to replace standard auto minors with cameras to increase safety. The company is...

Texas Instruments Debuts New RFID.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems (RFID, Dallas, TX; Tel: 888/937-6536; Website: www.tiris.com) announced a radio frequency (RF) chip designed for keyless control of vehicle systems. The low-frequency chip is called 3D...

Motorola Showcases iRadio.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Motorola (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumbur, IL 60196; Tel: 847/907-8925; Email: brian.gratch@motorola.com, Website: www.mcg.mot.com/ies/telematics/iradio) will deliver a server-based navigation application as part of Motorola's...

Pilot Alliance Begins in Motown.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... @Road (47200 Bayside Pkwy., Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 877/429-7623, Fax: 510/870-1444; Website: www.atroad.com) and Code-Alarm (950 E. Whitcomb, Madison Heights, MI 48071; Tel: 248/583-9620, Fax: 248/585-4799) plan to start a pilot program in...

Traffic Updates for PATHVision.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Traffic.com (Chesterbrook Corporate Ctr., 640 Lee Rd., Ste 300, Wayne, PA 19087; Tel: 610/407-4976; Email: gkolton@traffic.com, Website: www.traffic.com) and Nassau Broadcasting Partners, L.P. (619 Alexander Rd., 3rd Fl., Princeton, NJ 08540;...

Club Conceives Low-Cost Consumer Care.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The J.D. Power Clubs (221 Main St., Ste. 250, San Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: 415/836-6871; Email: smoore@jdpowerclubs.com, Website: www.jdpowersclub.com) is another announced entrant into the consumer 'location-based,' or traveler information...

SmartMove Becomes Acunia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... SmartMove has changed its company name to Acunia (Vanden Tymplestraat 35, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Tel: 32/16-310020, Fax: 32/16-310029; Email: wouter. piepers@smartmove-eu.com, Website: www.acunia.com). Acunia is derived from the 17th Century...

Webraska Gains New Clients.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Orange Communications S.A. (World Trade Ctr., Av. GrattaPaille 2, Case postale 455, 1000 Lausanne 30 Grey, Switzerland; Tel: 410/21-216-1010, Fax: 410/21216-1515; Website: www. orange.ch) and Webraska (Espace Media, Le Technoparc, 3, rue...

Delivery Time and Method Tailored.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Airbiquity (1001 Hildebrand Lane N.E., Ste. 200, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; Tel: 206/842-9262, Fax: 206/842-9259; Email: info@airbiquity.com, Website: www.airbiquity.com) and InfoSpace, Inc. (15375 N.E. 90th St., Redmond, WA 98052; Tel:...

De Facto Standard Established.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Just as trucking fleets increase efficiency by optimally allocating assets, so too can railroads. Nexterna (9119 Western Ave., Omaha, NE 68114; Tel: 402/926-5600, Fax: 402/926-5877; Website: www.nexterna.com) installed a fleet management system...

SnapTrack Increases Coverage, Speed.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... SnapTrack, Inc. (4040 Moorpark Ave., Ste. 250, SanJose, CA 95117; Tel: 408/556-0116, Fax 408/556-0404; Email:cunningh@qualcomm.com, Website: www.snaptrack.com), a subsidiary of Qualcomm (6455 Lusk Blvd., San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 858/6585879,...

Wavecom Selected by Trimble.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Wavecom S.A. (39 Rue du Gouveneur General Eboue, 92442 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex, France; Tel: 331/4629-0800, Fax: 331/4629-0808; Email: welcome@wavecom. fr, Website: www.wavecom.com) will supply its WISMO2C GSM(Global System for Mobile...

Remote Monitoring Offered.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Rymic Systems, Inc. (102-A Wynn Dr., Huntsville, AL 35805; Tel: 256/885-2430, ext. 243, Fax: 256/704-0112; Email: mark.wade@rymic.com, Website: www.rymic.com) introduced rymicNET, a stand-alone input/output (I/O) interface device that allows...

Iteris, Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Iteris, Inc., a subsidiary of Odetics, Inc. (1515 S. Manchester Ave., Anaheim, CA 92802-2907; Tel: 714/780-7281; Email: Iss2@iteris.com, Website: www.iteris.com) announced that Robert Ratcliff has joined Iteris as associate vice president of...

ATX Technologies, Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ATX Technologies, Inc. (ATX, 10010 San Pedor, Ste. 200, San Antonio, TX 78216; Tel: 800/789-437, Fax: 210/979-4979; Website: www.track.com) and Ford Motor Co. (20901 Oakwood Blvd., M.D. 189, Dearborn, MI 48123; Tel: 313/248-4901, Fax:...

ATTN Stock Watch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ATTN Stock Watch (At close, January 3, 2001) This Last Company Exchange Symbol Month Month Change Visteon (NYSE) VC 11.69...

Nexian Chooses GDT for Wireless.(Geograaphic Data Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Nexian, Inc. (4225 Executive Sq., Ste. 260, La Jolla, CA 92037; Tel: 858/623-1544, Fax: 858/623-1550) chose Geographic Data Technology, Inc.'s (11 Lafayette St., Lebanon, NE 03766; Tel: 800/331-7881, ext. 1160; Email: tonya_mcmurray@gdt1.com,...

Washington MTA Picks Motorola.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro, 600 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, DC 20001; Tel: 202/962-1051; Website: www.wmata.com) chose Motorola, Inc. (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumburg, IL 60196; Tel:...