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Highway Electrical News (HEN) is delivering its first one-day Technical Conference featuring the latest developments in the lighting and highway electrical industry. The event in Leeds on Tuesday May 22, 2012 is said by HEN to be crucial for practitioners who have an interest in lighting or highway electrical works who can hear the most recent thinking on LEDs, Competition in Connections and Unregulated Margins - the new approach to variable lighting and advice on good practice for safe working.

TRL, the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory, and Road Safety Analysis (RSA) are to pool their expertise to deliver high quality road safety projects for local authorities across Britain. With over 75 years of experience, TRL works at the leading edge of transport globally, generating and applying science, knowledge and understanding to develop innovative solutions and software. RSA was established far more recently after developing the multi award-winning MAST Online project; it has grown rapidly to deliver

Volvo CE has reported record first quarter year sales. Sales between January 1 and March 31, 2012 were up 17% on the same three months of 2011. Despite a 26% decline in the overall construction machine sales market in China during the first quarter of this year, Volvo CE says it maintained sales in the country and reinforced what the company claims is its number one position in the Chinese wheel loader and excavator market together with its joint-venture partner, SDLG. Volvo CE says it achieved a 111% incre

France, which has red light enforcement cameras fitted at 700 intersections throughout the country, has reported that they are bringing in substantially more revenue than expected. The fine for those running red lights is a €135 euro fine (US$183) and four penalty points on the driver’s licence.

Taiwan’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is moving from parts manufacturing to marketing own brands, with the island’s solid base in information and communication technology (ICT) helping it to make its name on the EV stage. Taiwan is also working vigorously to develop its own EV technology, placing it among countries like Brazil.

McCain, a leading manufacturer and supplier of ITS, traffic control equipment and parking guidance solutions, has been awarded a one-year purchase order contract for intelligent traffic signal cabinets from the city of Austin, Texas. Seeking a solution that would address the challenge of running closely spaced intersections in an efficient, safe, and synchronised manner, city traffic engineers made the strategic decision to move to an ITS cabinet platform. McCain's 342 ITS cabinet's advanced design and ampl

A new report from IBISWorld estimates that revenue for the real-time traffic information providers industry will increase at an average annualized rate of 38.9 per cent to US$1.6 billion in the five years to 2016.

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers to conveniently charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. This near real-time information will also help utility providers better manage power grid loads during peak charging times, a challenge that is set to grow as more electric vehicles are on the road. The pilot is using onboard devices fitted in several vehicl

Kapsch Group has signalled major expansion in Romania with the opening of a new, larger branch office, plans to increase the number of employees, and estimated incomes of more than US$20million by 2015.

The organisers of the 14th Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia (REAAA) being held from 26-28 March, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have issued a call for papers from local and international authors, with a deadline for abstracts of 1 June, 2012. The theme of the event (www.14reaaaconf2013.com) is “The road factor in economic transformation” and as the organisers point out, roads are the arteries of a nation facilitating the transportation of the required synergy for economic transformation.

Capita Symonds and Telent Technology Services have announced the launch of a new traffic technology services partnership which has been awarded a framework agreement by the UK government procurement service in all 11 lots of the new traffic management technology framework. The new framework has been created to allow customers to efficiently and cost-effectively procure a wide range of traffic management solutions, services and products. Capita Symonds and Telent says they were the only bidders to be success

Gatso and the Traffic Enforcement Team of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office have signed a contract for a new section control system on one of the directions of the A2 highway in the Netherlands. According to Willebrord Freijsen, the team's director, director, the order was assigned to Gatso following a European tender procedure in which the company realised an excellent score.

Fresh talks are due to take place in January in a bid to kick-start the stalled Cork-Limerick motorway project in Ireland. Cork County Council (CCC) engineer Noel O'Keeffe will meet Leo Varadkar, the Transport Minister, and the National Roads Authority, to find a way forward for the €800million (US$1.04billion) scheme. The 80km motorway cost CCC €19.5million (US$25.42million) to design before it was recently shelved by the NRA due to the lack of funds.