Fast forward a decade to a time when there are predicted to be nearly 50 billion internet-connected Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices. ITS America predicts a billion or more of these so-called "internet-of-things" devices will be either "smart" cars or "intelligent" transportation devices. But for "Big Data" to fulfill its promise in transportation, cultivating data will not be enough - it must be harvested, stored, processed and brought to market to be of value. The market for such data is just beginning to emerge.
The sustainable transport community got a boost on 4-5 May at the Ascent Meeting in Abu Dhabi, which was an important staging post for the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit on 23 September in New York. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has decided to engage directly on climate change to... Read more
Fast forward a decade to a time when there are predicted to be nearly 50 billion internet-connected Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices. ITS America predicts a billion or more of these so-called "internet-of-things" devices will be either "smart" cars or "intelligent"... Read more
Mobility issues are increasingly important in today’s fast-growing, innovative urban centres with conurbations set to be the drivers of economic recovery from the crisis: 85% of all GDP is earned in urban areas. Cities’ competitiveness relies heavily on an efficient urban transport... Read more