Advanced Transportation Technology News articles from May 2003

Advanced Transportation Technology News archives from May 2003

PBS&J assesses market condition. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... Telematics has been defined numerous times in the past 5 years as the industry has tried to attract consumer interest and dollars. PBS&J (482 S. Keller Rd., Orlando, FL 32810; Website: www.pbsj.com) recently published the first in what will be...

ATX differentiates by type. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... ATX Technologies, Inc. (ATX, 10010 San Pedor, Suite 200, San Antonio, TX78216; Tel: 800/789437, Fax: 210/979-4979; Website: www.track.com) said the providers must tailor services to address specific needs of customer segments according to each...

Survey confirms congestion concerns. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... The need for accurate and dynamic traffic information is often cited as a reason for developmental support in the telematics industry. Even with a slowing economy, the issues of traffic congestion are still of concern for commuters. A...

Connection demand is still high. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... Microsoft (One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052; Tel: 425/882-8080, Fax: 425/936-7329; Website: www.microsoft.com) would like to install its operating system into every vehicle on the road. Such a deployment represents a significant new market...

Hardware added to offerings. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... Cross Country Automotive Services (4040 Mystic Valley Pkwy., Boston, MA 02155; Tel: 78 1/3939300, Fax: 781/395-6706; Website: www.crosscountry-auto.com) will soon launch an off-board navigation and real-time traffic system. The system is...

AMI specifies gateway applications. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMI-C, 160 E. Pearson, No.3108, Chicago, IL 60611; Tel: 248/322-5900; Email: Ingersoll@ami-c.org, Website: www.ami-c.org) released a complete set of software specifications based on the Open...

Operating system manages power. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... QNX Software Systems (175 Terence Matthews Crescent, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, K2M 1W8; Tel: 613/591-0931) introduced a new framework for power management between vehicle systems. The framework gives designers precise, fine-grained control over...

Denso, bosch venture formed. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... Denso Corp. (24777 Denso Dr., Southfield, MI 48086; Tel: 248/372-8222; Website: www.globaldenso.com) and Robert Bosch GmbH (Postfach 10 60 50, D-70049 Stuttgart; Tel: 497/118-110) established anew joint venture. The new company, called Advanced...

Embedded version updated. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... Despite the misgivings of some, embedded telematics systems are still being designed. Acunia NV (Vanden Tymplestraat 35, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Tel: 32/16-310020, Fax: 32/16-310029; Email: wouter.piepers@acunia.com; Website: www.acunia.com)...

Directions enter pocket. (Telematics).
May 1, 2003... Integrated Services Group (ISVG, 25227 Grogan's Mill Rd, Suite 125, The Woodlands, TX 77380; Tel: 281/296-1667, Fax: 281/296-1601) announced that its Global Pocket PC Solutions affiliate signed a provider contract with Momentum BMW of Houston....

Radio redefined for future. (Vehicle Systems).
May 1, 2003... iBiquity Digital Corp. (8865 Stanford Blvd., Suite 202, Columbia, MD 21045) announced that Fujitsu Ten Limited of Japan (228, Gosho-dori, 1-chome, Hyogoku, Kobe 652-8510, Japan) licensed high definition (HD) radio technology for integration...

Remote diagnosis at lower cost. (Vehicle Systems).
May 1, 2003... SiriCOMM, Inc. (2900 Davis Blvd., Suite 130, Joplin, MO 64804; Tel: 417/626-9971, Fax: 417/782-0475; Email: info@siricomm.com, Website: www.siricomm.com) and Vehicle Enhancement Systems, Inc. demonstrated their jointly developed system for...

Infotainment brought to the backseat. (Vehicle Systems).
May 1, 2003... Pioneer Electronics, Inc. (4-1 Meguro 1-Chome, Megnro-Ku, Tokyo 153, Japan; Tel: 201/2364142, Fax: 201/327-1686) launched two packaged mobile multimedia systems to entertain rear passengers by means of DVD video player and a choice of two types...

Finding the way isn't costly. (Vehicle Systems).
May 1, 2003... Thales Navigation (173 boulevard Haussmann, 75415 Paris Cedex 08, France; Tel: 909/394-5062; Email: alinsey-jackson@thalesnavigation.com, Website: www.thalesnavigation.com) introduced the Magellan 750M Plus and the 750NAV Plus vehicle...

Cameras add cargo security. (Traffic Management).
May 1, 2003... The Port of Oakland (530 Water St., Oakland, CA 94607; Tel: 510/272-1100) awarded Earth Tech (100 W. Broadway, Suite 240, Long Beach, CA 90802) a $4.7 million design/build contract to provide security system enhancements at existing cargo...

Video delivered by Internet protocol. (Traffic Management).
May 1, 2003... Baxall, Ltd. (8280 Camfield Ccl., Colorado Springs, CO 80920; Tel: 719/282-6780, Fax: 719/282-6781) and Evolve Technology Group (3840 Rosin Ct., Suite 170, Sacramento, CA 95834) demonstrated a new video system, branded Destiny CCTV. The system...

Financing offered for red light cameras. (Traffic Management).
May 1, 2003... The number of states that permit red light cameras is still limited in 2003. This fact retards growth in this particular market segment. The slowing economic conditions in many states have not helped either. To combat the second factor, Nestor...

Rail crossings monitored remotely. (Traffic Management).
May 1, 2003... Montana Rail Link, Inc. (MRL, 101 International Way, Missoula, MN 59808; Tel: 406/523-1500, Fax: 406/523-1493) remotely monitors the function of crossing along its train routes using a ScadaNET Network from LaBarge, Inc. (9900A Clayton Rd., St....

Data costs decrease, while bandwidth grows. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... WebTech Wireless (215 -- 4299 Canada Way, Burnaby BC Canada. V5G1H3; Tel: 604/434-7337, Fax: 604/434-5270; Email: info@webtechwireless.com, Website: www.webtechwireless.com) has created a fleet management system, called Quadrant, that it...

Software 'sumit' is attained. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... Schneider Logistics, Inc. (Green Bay, WI; Tel: 800/525-9358; Website: www.schneiderlogistics.com) released a new version of its proprietary Sumit supply chain execution software. The software was designed to track small package movements. The...

@Road patent portfolio expands. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... @Road (47200 Bayside Pkwy. Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 877/429 7623,Fax: 510/870-1444; Website watroad.com) received U,S Patent 6,529,159, entitled "Method for Distributing Location-Relevant Information Using a Network." The patent describes a...

Upgrade Sends exception alerts. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... Qualcomm, Inc. (5775 Morehouse Dr., San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 800/348-7227; Website: www.qualcomm.com) recently unveiled new versions of its FleetAdvisor and TrackingAdvisor software, along with an upgrade of its in-vehicle computer hardware....

Virtual permits speed processing. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... Vital ChekNetwork, a subsidiary of ChoicePoint (1000 Alderman Dr., Alpharetta, GA 30005; Tel: 770/752-6000, Fax: 770/752-6250) introduced a trucking permit application software, called PermitWizard Online. The Web-based application allows...

Trackdown moves to Web. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... The market now requires that fleet management software include a Web-based interface. Using the Internet to disseminate data means that users can access data from any Internet-connected computer. Concentrax, Inc. (2400 Augusta Pl, Suite 425,...

Drivers track while scanning. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... Symbol Technologies, Inc. (One SymbolPlaza, Holtsville, NY 11742-1300; Tel: 631/738-2400; Website: www.symbo.com) announced that SUSA (Perugia, Italy) equipped its fleet of delivery drivers with 500 Symbol general packet radio service...

Individual units will be tracked. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... Tracking trucks and vehicles is becoming common. Companies are now looking to track pallets and even individual components. USDATA Corp. (2435 N. Central Expwy., Richardson, TX 75080; Tel: 972/680-9700, Fax: 972/669-9557) and Robotic Vision...

AirIQ wins revenues. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... AirIQ, Inc. (1099 Kingston Rd., Suite 233, Pickering, ON, Canada L1V 1B5; Tel: 905/831-6444, Fax: 905/831-0567; Website: www.airiq.com) announced that Lease Assurance Corp. (LAC, Lake Mary, FL) has acquired AirIQ's products and services to...

TransCore grows with purchase. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... TransCore (10260 Campus Point Dr., MS El, SanDiego, CA 92121; Tel: 619/450-3795, Fax: 619/552-4777; Website: www.transcore. corn) purchased the transportation management system (TMS) software and related intellectual property assets of...

Partnership aims to grow market. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... Telcontar (Four North Second St., Suite 1225, San Jose, CA 95113; Tel: 415/533-2720; Email: cstevenson@telcontar.com, Website: www.telcontar.com) and Criticom International Corp. (New Jersey; Tel: 877/799-2917; Email: jocelynk@bestresponse.com,...

CSI continues to grow. (Fleet Management).
May 1, 2003... CSI Wireless, Inc. (4110 9th St., SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 3C4; Tel: 403/259-3311, ext. 254, Fax: 403/259-8866) introduced a system to monitor tractor trailers. Called Fleet-Link, the new product is an extension of the company's Asset-Link brand of...

Camera captures extreme events. (Vehicle Design).
May 1, 2003... Wind River (500 Wind River Way, Alameda, CA 94501; Tel: 510/748- 4100) worked with Redlake (11633 Sorrento Valley Rd., San Diego, CA 92121-1010; Tel: 858/ 481-8182, Fax: 858/792-3179) to produce a network-based, high-speed digital camera,...

Headlights go digital. (Vehicle Design).
May 1, 2003... Vehicle designers are incorporating light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into the next generation of headlights. Lumileds Lighting (370 West Trimble Rd., San Jose, CA 95131) offers LEDs, branded Luxeon, which are up to 60 times brighter than...

Points of interest increased. (Industry News).
May 1, 2003... Navigation Technologies (740 E. Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3833; Tel: 312/894-7029) formed a new partnership to increase the relevance of its points of interest listings within its mapping databases. In October, the company will offer the...

Weather delivered to cockpit. (Industry News).
May 1, 2003... XM Satellite Radio (XM, 1500 Eckington Pl., NE, Washington, DC 20002; Tel: 202/380-4000, Fax: 202/380-4500) and Weather Works (P.O. Box 7100, Hackettstown, NJ 07840; Tel: 800/427-3456, Fax: 908/850-8664), an affiliate and licensee of Baron...

Best practices published. (Industry News).
May 1, 2003... The National Private Truck Council (NPTC, 2200 Mill Rd., Suite 350, Alexandria, VA 22314; Tel: 703/683-1300, Fax: 703/683-1217; Website: www.nptc.org) and Help, Inc.'s (40 N. Central Ave., Suite 220, Phoenix, AZ 85004) PrePass introduced the...

Software platform released. (Industry News).
May 1, 2003... The Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi, Bishop Ranch 2, 2694 Bishop Dr., Suite 275, San Ramon, CA 94583; Website: www.osgi.org) Alliance released its OSGi Service Platform Release 3 (R3), an enhanced software specification for the delivery...

Taxis gain Silent Witness. (Industry News).
May 1, 2003... The San Francisco Taxi Association will add Silent Witness' (6554 176 St., Surrey, BC V3S4, Canada; Tel: 604/574-1526, Fax: 604/574-7736) in-vehicle camera system, called FareView, to 1250 taxicabs operating in the city and county of...

ATTN Stock Watch.
May 1, 2003... ATTN Stock Watch (At Close May 1, 2003) This Last Company Exchange Symbol Month Month Change Amerigon (NSDAQ) ARGN 3.17 2.00 1.17 DaimlerChrysler (NYSE) ...

MeshNetworks, Inc. (Briefly Noted).
May 1, 2003... MeshNetworks, Inc. (P.O. Box 948133, Maitland, FL 32794-8133; Tel: 407/659-5300, Fax: 407/659-5301) and Itochu (Tokyo, Japan; Website: www.itochu.co.jp) expanded their relationship. Itochu, which already promotes MeshNetworks technology in...

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America. (Briefly Noted).
May 1, 2003... Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Secaucus, NJ; Tel: 201/348-7182) began operations as an integrated supplier to the automotive industry in North America. The new company consolidates the sales and development operations of the...

Andrea Electronics Corp. (Briefly Noted).
May 1, 2003... Andrea Electronics Corp. (45 Melville Park Rd., Melville, NY 11747; Tel: 800/442-7787, Fax: 516/719-1980; Website: www.AndreaElectronics.com) announced that net sales for the year ended December 31, 2002, were approximately $7.2 million versus...

Calendar.
May 1, 2003... July 1-4, 2003. ITS Asia-Pacific Forum, Taipei Taiwan. Contact: ITS America, 400 Virginia Ave., SW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024; Tel: 202/484-4666, Fax: 202/484-3483; Email: esanchez@itsa.org, Website: www.itsa.org.