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Swiss company ADEC Technologies has delivered customised software to over 150 TDC3-5 vehicle classifiers that will help the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, to get a grip on its traffic situation.

The US Department of Transportation (USDoT) has announced the availability of version 7.0 of the National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture that provides a common framework for planning, defining, and integrating ITS deployments.

A US$2.07 billion rapid transit system extension has been earmarked for the Taiwanese city of Taichung.

The European Commission on Friday issued a contract worth some US$330 million for eight more satellites for its Galileo satellite-navigation network, bringing the total number in production by a German-UK consortium to 22 and keeping the programme on track to be fully operational by the end of the decade.

The authorities in Kazakhstan are budgeting for an increase in infrastructure spending for 2012.

The Spanish Ministry of Works requires further funds to complete work on the 261.5km A-11 Duero Highway.

According to Dubai Police statistics for 2011, of more than 1.7 million traffic violations registered by the 323 speed enforcement systems in Dubai last year, the 27 PoliScanspeed systems from Vitronic that are deployed in the Emirate captured 565,148 violators, a third of all violations.