Thinking Aloud

Thinking Aloud brings you interviews from key decision makers and exhibitors at this year's Intertraffic 2014. Remember that, with free wifi, you can listen to this show as you walk around the Amsterdam RAI by streaming it from the Thinking Highways website or download it from iTunes. In today's programme Paul Hutton finds out about the new improved products from Vitronic, how Serco Integrated Transport have been absorbed into Cubic Transportation Systems, the details of AGD's innovations and how Flir's thermal imaging camera technologies have been introduced into what was Traficon's products. Meanwhile Kevin Borras investigates Nicander and finds out why Gatso aren't exhibiting. These programmes are possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Vitronic, Swarco, AGD, WDM and Nicander. There will be new Thinking Aloud programmes every day during Intertraffic 2014. The preview show for Thursday will be available on Wednesday afternoon/evening.

THINKING ALOUD FROM INTERTRAFFIC 2014, WITH PAUL HUTTON In today's Thinking Aloud we hear from the organiser of Intertraffic 2014, Swarco tell us about what you can see on their three stands and WDM explain how their SCRIM product saves lives around the world. We hear how Ritherdon's new passive safety cabinet can cope with crashes up to 100 km/h, about Clearview Traffic's new focus on smart mobility and Kevin Borras tells us about what you can see on the Thinking Highways stand. These programmes are possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of: Vitronic - http://www.vitronic.de Swarco - http://www.swarco.com AGD - http://www.agd-systems.com WDM - http://www.wdm.co.uk Nicander - http://www.nicander.co.uk There will be new Thinking Aloud programmes every day during Intertraffic 2014. The preview show for Wednesday will be available on Tuesday afternoon/evening.

This special Thinking Aloud comes from the Integrated Systems Europe 2014 event at the RAI in Amsterdam. It's an important show because it showcases technology which is essential to the control room environment of ITS. This show is the first of two from Amsterdam brought to you by Paul Hutton and Thinking Highways Editor Kevin Borras, in which we hear from Geert Nuyttens (Barco), Peter van Dijk & Adrian Jones (Mitsubishi Electric), David Griffiths (Christie) and Margaret Yova (Qvision). These shows are sponsored by Barco, Mitsubishi Electric, Jupiter Systems and Christie.

This is the third of our programmes from the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC. Today guest reporter Shelley Row talks to Melanie Crotty from the San Francisco Bay area and Tom Blair who has just joined Iteris. Kevin Borras catches up with IBM's Dave Pickeral and the founders of Driverless Transportation of Virginia, while Paul hears about simulators from Realtime Technologies, Inc and from Inrix. These programmes are brought to you by Thinking Highways Magazine and sponsored by Inrix, Iteris, Moxa and Traffax. We have collected so much material from TRB this week that there will be plenty more from here in forthcoming "Thinking Alouds".

In today's Thinking Aloud, supported by Iteris, Traffax, Inrix and Moxa, Paul Hutton, Kevin Borras and guest reporter Shelley Row bring you more from the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC. Today Shelley talks to her successor as ITS JPO Director, Ken Leonard and also to Pat McGowan. Kevin Borras talks to Thinking Highways contributor Peter Appel and columnist Bob McQueen while Paul learns about a data analytics solution and safety training within construction zones. There'll be another Thinking Aloud from TRB tomorrow.

This episode of Thinking Aloud comes from the 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC where Paul Hutton and Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras are joined by a new reporter for the week. Meet her and hear from UMTRI Director Peter Sweatman, from Bill Sowell from Iteris and Donna Nelson of Traffax. We learn about a newly patented machine vision safety tool from Limntech and from the University of Iowa about their driving simulator. These programmes are sponsored by Inrix, Iteris, Moxa and Traffax. There will be at least two more Thinking Alouds from the TRB this week.

Thinking Aloud Gulf Traffic Highlights Show In the last Thinking Aloud of 2013, Paul Hutton reviews the Gulf Traffic conference talking to, among others, representatives from TfL, TRL, Saaed, QMIC, Inrix, Cubic, Vitronic and Swarco. These interviews are taken from the "Today at Gulf Traffic" programmes made at the event in Dubai. They are still relevant to watch and available on the Thinking Highways website. These programmes are sponsored by Qvision Technology, Vitronic and Cubic Transportation Systems. Thinking Aloud will be back in January with more programmes, starting with a series of specials from the 93rd TRB Annual meeting in Washington, DC.

This Thinking Aloud features a special interview with Iain Levy of the safety technology company Mobileye talking about his company's products and their contribution to ADAS systems. We also hear from Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras about a new magazine, the Positive Thinking webinars and live streaming from the Polis annual meeting in Brussels. Meanwhile Paul Hutton brings you the latest ITS news and looks ahead to Thinking Highways' daily video news programmes from the Gulf Traffic conference and exhibition in Dubai. This programme is sponsored by Vitronic.

This Thinking Aloud is one of two featuring interviews with key speakers at the International Road Federation's annual world meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Today we hear about American innovation and involvement in ITS, and how it links with that in the Middle East and beyond. The contributors are from Iteris, Transcore ITS, Xerox, Grice Consulting and Middle East Traffic Consulting. We will also hear from organiser Gabriel Sanchez and exhibitors Vitronic. These programmes are sponsored by Iteris and brought to you in association with the IRF. Thanks to Tom Antonissen and Brendan Halleman for their help. And don't miss forthcoming Thinking Highways broadcast events including daily video news programmes (like Thinking Aloud but on TV) from Gulf Traffic in Dubai, streamed sessions from the Polis Annual Meeting in Brussels and the new podcast Thinking Aloud in the City, the podcast of our sister magazine Thinking Cities. Check the Thinking Highways website for more details.

This is a bonus show from the ITS World Congress, featuring interviews we did not include in last week's programmes. Today you can hear about Vitronic's newest in a long line of innovations, from an Australian idea which has got the United Nations excited and from ITS in New Zealand. We also talk connected vehicles with Q-Free and gamification with Hodos Media, as well as about the IRF annual meeting, Gulf Traffic and the Thinking Highways documentary about Thinking Cities. These shows are sponsored by VITRONIC and Cubic Transportation Systems.

In the final Thinking Aloud from Tokyo, Kevin Borras speaks to Intel about vehicle sensor data and car manufacturers' renewed interest in ITS. We hear from IBM, Siemens and Japanese company KKE, who are working on a project in Japan with PTV, we talk to a Thinking Highways columnist and look ahead to the world congress in four years' time. Plus we hear about Thinking Highways TV, the IRF annual meeting and the Thinking Highways documentary on Thinking Cities. And Kevin Borras talks Japanese. These shows are sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems and Vitronic.

Thinking Aloud is on the road again in what has been a wet and windy Tokyo for this year's ITS World Congress. In today's programme, Kevin Borras talks to a grandee of British ITS, to FLIR ITS, Image Sensing Systems, ITS South Africa and Transcore. Paul Hutton in London gives more details of two more big world shows and another taster from our new documentary on Thinking Cities available now on the Thinking Highways website. These shows are brought to you by Vitronic and Cubic Transportation Systems. Many thanks to these businesses for supporting Thinking Aloud. There's a third show from Tokyo available tomorrow.

In today's Thinking Aloud, Kevin Borras is in Tokyo for the ITS World Congress. He speaks to IBM about connected vehicles, to Ertico about the latest on the Ecall project, hears from Vitronic, Iteris and Esri and about an exciting idea from Japan. Meanwhile Paul Hutton presses the buttons in London and brings you news about the latest Thinking Highways documentary and about two forthcoming shows in the Middle East, in the IRF meeting in Riyadh in November and December's Gulf Traffic show, where Thinking Highways will be presenting daily TV news shows. There's also bad weather hitting Tokyo so the congress will be shut tomorrow morning, but we'll have another Thinking Aloud, even if Kevin has to interview people in their hotels! These shows are sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems and Vitronic. As always, we thank them for their support.

In the last of three podcasts from the ITS California conference in San Diego, Paul Hutton talks to keynote speaker Alice Tornquist from Qualcomm about the company's innovations in ITS. He also speaks to organiser Jane White and four more of the companies on the exhibition floor. We also hear about a new live TV streaming innovation from Thinking Highways magazine and ITS UK, and hear about two forthcoming shows in the Middle East. These programmes are possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of two Californian ITS companies

In this programme we hear from the head of ITS America, Scott Belcher, about the industry in California in particular and America as a whole. We also talk to the organiser of the event, the CEO of one of California's biggest ITS companies, Iteris, and one of the exhibitors and speakers at the event. These programmes are brought to you by Qvision Technology and Cubic Transportation Systems - click on their logos to the right to get more information. There's a final show from ITS California tomorrow.

Thinking Aloud this week is coming from the ITS California annual meeting in San Diego. Paul Hutton talks to Cubic Transportation Systems and takes a ride across the Mexico/US border with Qvision. He also speaks to four exhibitors at the event, Rapid Alert Network, Cohu HD, Ver-Mac and Daktronics. There's also news about an ITS UK

This is the last of the special Thinking Alouds from the ITS Australia summit in Sydney. In today's programme we hear more about connected vehicles with two companies' views, we have a tie-up between an Australian and a British company, hear about road safety, buses and two people from ITS Australia. These programmes are sponsored by www.qvisiontechnology.com, cts.cubic.com and whereismaps.com (click their logos on the right to link to their websites). Next week, w/b 30th September, Paul will be in San Diego to report from the important ITS California meeting, join him there.

Thinking Aloud comes from the ITS Australia Summit 2013 in Sydney, sponsored by WhereIs Maps by Sensis (www.whereismaps.com), Qvision (www.qvisiontechnology.com) and Cubic Transportation Systems (cts.cubic.com). Today, Paul talks to the President of ITS Australia, digs deep into a potential major problem for connected vehicles, hears about WhereIs maps' new Locator service and its three-dimensional mapping and hears an idea for an innovative insurance policy which would encourage the take-up of ITS. There'll be another show on Monday rounding up more from Sydney.

This Thinking Aloud is the first of three from the ITS Australia Summit 2013 in Sydney. In this edition Paul Hutton talks to ITS Australia CEO Susan Harris, to Margaret Yova from the innovative moving video solution Qvision and to four exhibitors at the event, PTV, Vix, ITS New Zealand and Sensor Dynamics. There's also more about the IRF Annual Meeting in Riyadh (www.irf2013.org). These programmes are sponsored by WhereIs Maps (www.whereismaps.com), Qvision (www.qvisiontechnology.com) and Cubic Transportation Systems (cts.cubic.com). If you're not in Sydney then these shows are still very much worth a listen, with lots to educate and inform.

In the first of many Thinking Aloud programmes between now and Christmas, we celebrate 20 years of America's EZ Pass system, by talking to the man whose idea it was, Larry Yermack. He talks not only about the history of the project but also its effect on ITS today. We also hear about an exciting new initiative by ITS UK, the IRF annual meeting in Riyadh and Kevin Borras discusses the Thinking Highways webinars. There's also news about forthcoming shows from Australia and California.

In this edition of Thinking Aloud, Paul Hutton looks forward to the IMSA conference in Arizona by talking to Aegis ITS, part of the Econolite Group. We also feature the Innovacarretera event in Spain, where Paul speaks to two demonstrators from CIDAUT - monitoring system Amac and Cidro Crossafe - plus tyre recycling system GomaVial and crash barrier manufacturer Hiasa. And Thinking Highways Editor Kevin Borras looks through the new North American issue of the magazine. Remember you can sponsor Thinking Aloud at one of the many events coming up later this year - listen to the show for more details or email paul@thinkingaloudpodcast.com.

In this Thinking Aloud we bring you two interviews we did not have time to include in our shows in Dublin, where we talk to a leading ITS expert in the US DOT and to a German expert in traffic information and its transmission. We also hear about a new magazine from H3B Media, "Thinking Cities" and head to a railway station to hear from Cubic Transportation Systems about their Next City initiative. To comment on this show email paul@thinkingaloudpodcast.com

In a busy third Thinking Aloud from the ITS Europe Congress in Dublin, Paul finds out about a new knowledge-sharing initiative, hears from Swarco, Kapsch and Sanef and Finland's Transport Minister while Kevin learns about gamification. These programmes are sponsored by Vitronic, Cubic and Nicander. Because we gathered so much material there'll be a bonus show next week and remember you can hear earlier shows from Dublin by clicking on "Previous" above.

In the second of the special shows from the 9th ITS Europe conference in Dublin, Paul Hutton talks to a leading executive from the British Department for Transport about Transport Direct, to Vitronic and to Rapp Trans while Kevin Borras hears about ITS in Finland. These shows are sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems, Vitronic and Nicander. There'll be another Thinking Aloud tomorrow (Thursday) and there is so much good material that we could well end up with a bonus show next week!

This podcast from Dublin is sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems, Vitronic and Nicander. Today Paul Hutton and Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras spend the day at show set-up looking forward to the event. They speak to an organiser, to ITS UK, Ertico and IBM. And there are details of the latest documentary, Seeing Things about machine vision (sponsored by Rapp Trans UK). There are three podcast programmes from ITS Europe this week, so join us again on Wednesday and Thursday for more.

We all hear about machine vision being vital for new applications, but what exactly is it, what is it used for and what are the challenges? And most importantly, so we can work out how to use it for new applications, what is the future of the technology. In the second of the special audio documentaries, Paul Hutton speaks to five leading experts in machine vision. This documentary is sponsored by RAPP TRANS UK - Rapp Trans UK is part of the Rapp GRoup, one of Europe's leading engineering and design consultancies. Find out more at www.rapp-trans.co.uk

This programme is sponsored by IRD and Traffax. Today, reporter Bob McQueen talks to one of the ITS Canada board (who's also a senior executive in Kapsch) TSS, STI Tassimico and to the manager of traffic engineering in Calgary. Paul Hutton also looks ahead to future Thinking Alouds. For the first programme from Toronto, click on the "previous" tab on the ThinkingAloudPodcast.com site. Remember you can download this podcast automatically on iTunes.

This special Thinking Aloud is brought to you by Traffax and IRD. Today, Paul Hutton is joined by Bob McQueen at ITS Canada's annual meeting in Toronto. Bob talks to the country's Transport Minister, the President of ITS Canada, to IRD themselves and to Schneider Electric. There'll be another Thinking Aloud from Canada tomorrow.

In this Thinking Aloud, Paul Hutton finds out about changes to test facility InnovITS Advance and we hear from the outgoing and incoming chairmen of ITS UK. Kevin Borras meets Activu and Navtech Radar and we also hear the latest news stories and find out about future on-the-road editions of Thinking Aloud including excellent sponsorship opportunities in Sydney and Dubai.

This show brings highlights of the ITS America event in Nashville, including interviews with three senior people involved in US transportation policy in Washington DC. It also features clips of interviews with exhibitors to give a flavour of the excitement of the excellent expo. It's sponsored by Econolite, Traffax, Inrix and Jupiter Systems. Remember you can set this podcast to be downloaded automatically from iTunes, see your device instructions for how to do it.

In this bonus edition of Thinking Aloud from the 23rd ITS America Annual Meeting and Expo in Nashville, Tennessee, Paul Hutton talks to Bill Bronrott, deputy administrator of the US DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and catches up with FLIR, Econolite, LightGuard, McCain, Vaisala, QVision and Jim Barbaresso from the organising committee of North America's next turn to host the ITS World Congress, Detroit 2014. Meanwhile Kevin Borras talks to Thinking Aloud sponsor Jupiter and with four of the main drivers in the Integrated Corridor Management project in both San Diego and Dallas. Thinking Aloud is brought to you by Inrix, Traffax, Jupiter and Econolite and is available to download or listen to now, and remember it can also be found in the iTunes store. And don't forget to register for Thinking Highways, the ITS sector's most innovative magazine, at http://thinkinghighways.com/registration/. Be sure to join us next week for more Thinking Aloud.

This is the second programme from ITS America's annual meeting and expo from Nashville, Tennessee. Whether you're at the event or unable to make it and want to know what's going on, this is a must-listen show. It's brought to you by Traffax, Econolite, Jupiter Systems and Inrix. Today we hear from the US Department of Transportation, from TSS, Inrix, Streetline Parking and WTS, plus a winner of an ITSA award and from ITS America's CEO Scott Belcher. Send your feedback to paul@thinkingaloudpodcast.com.

Show 1 of Thinking Aloud Live from Nashville, the Thinking Highways podcast, features some fascinating interviews with some of the leading lights of the US ITS sector. Paul Hutton talks to ITS America CEO Scott Belcher and Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Polly Trottenberg, and catches up with industry veteran Bill Sowell of Iteris. Meanwhile Kevin Borras chats to MG Squared's Shep Maners and Donna Nelson from Thinking Aloud sponsors Traffax. Other sponsors of this podcast are Inrix, Econolite and Jupiter Systems.

It's the third and final special Thinking Aloud from the Traffex show at Birmingham's NEC in the UK. These podcasts are sponsored by AGD, Flir (formerly Traficon) and Swarco. Today Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras talk to MVIS, Jenoptik, Redflex and VMS plus hear about how Smart Highways magazine has been received and look ahead to the ITS Europe conference in Dublin in June. www.agd-systems.co.uk, www.traficon.com, www.swarco.com

Today Paul Hutton and Thinking Highways Editor Kevin Borras bring you more from the Traffex show at Birmingham's NEC in the UK. These podcasts are sponsored by AGD, Flir (formerly Traficon) and Swarco. Paul talks to ITS President and former British Transport Minister Steven Norris, Ian Hind from AGD and Kapsch UK's supremo Sharon Kindleysides. Kevin chats to Richard Gibson of IDT and Helen Blood from Imtech and also looks ahead to Wednesday's seminar sessions. www.agd-systems.co.uk, www.traficon.com, www.swarco.com

This Thinking Aloud comes from the Traffex show at the NEC near Birmingham, United Kingdom. It's brought to you by AGD Systems, Flir ITS (formerly Traficon) and Swarco. Paul Hutton brings you a flavour of the event and hear from organiser Bill Butler, RingGo's Harry Clarke and Sukhdev Bhogal from Flir ITS. There's also a flavour of the documentary about enforcement which is featured on the Thinking Highways website to go with the new issue of Thinking Highways magazine, while Kevin Borras looks ahead to the launch of the new British-based magazine Smart Highways. www.agd-systems.co.uk, www.traficon.com, www.swarco.com

This podcast comes from the United Arab Emirates as Paul investigates some of the issues around ITS in the Middle East. He talks to one of the region's leading radio personalities about traffic information, he finds out about road safety and also finds out more about Gulf Traffic 2013 in Dubai. For early-bird sponsorship rates for video at Gulf Traffic, contact Paul@thinkingaloudpodcast.com.

This podcast is brought to you by Cubic Transportation Systems and RingGo. In this edition, we head to Russia and the ExpoTraffic show and hear from Traficon Flir, TDC and MultiToll, learn about a brilliant new customer-facing innovation from Cubic, and Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras talks about the new editions of Thinking Highways both in the US and Europe/Rest of the World. And we discuss the future on-the-road versions of Thinking Aloud. To sponsor these podcasts contact paul@thinkingaloudpodcast.com

These podcasts are brought to you by the mobile parking payment company RingGo, part of the worldwide Parkmobile group, and Cubic Transportation Systems who are innovating with new mobile ticketing solutions. In the final podcast from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras conclude their look around the show, finding out how the latest innovations in this fast-moving industry could affect ITS. In this podcast, we talk to General Motors about the Car Connectivity Consortium,we chat to Garmin about their latest technology,we find out what's in store for RingGo now they're part of the worldwide Parkmobile Group. We talk tolling in Ireland with Oxygen8, and Korean firm AdLatte tell you how to get your apps noticed when there are so many apps around. http://www.ringgo.co.uk http://www.garmin.com/en-GB http://www.mirrorlink.com/ http://www.oxygen8.com/uk/ http://www.adlatte.com/

These podcasts are brought to you by the mobile parking payment company RingGo, part of the worldwide Parkmobile group, and Cubic Transportation Systems who are innovating with new mobile ticketing solutions. Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras look around the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to find new innovations which could have an effect on the ITS industry in years to come. Today they hear about connected cities, how radio and mobile technology work together to manage traffic, about a mobile parking solution, a highly accurate way to monitor traffic using mobile phone signals and a new device which wirelessly recharges mobile devices. Links: http://ringgo.co.uk/ http://cts.cubic.com/ http://www.ibm.com/ www.woodanddouglass.co.uk http://www.wesmartpark.com/ http://www.cellint.com/ www.duracellpowermat.com

This podcast is brought to you by RingGo (www.ringgo.co.uk) and Cubic Transportation Systems (cts.cubic.com). In today's special from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Paul Hutton and Kevin Borras discover a new innovation to cut the cost of data roaming, a business who have a foot in ITS, from the people behind the traveller information app designed for this event and from RingGo about how they used a mobile phone to fix a common ITS problem. Links: www.m8app.com www.cambridgeconsultants.com http://tangotelecom.com/

In this podcast, Paul Hutton talks to leading ITS expert Steve George about the challenges international consultancies have faced since the global financial downturn, Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras talks about the next Thinking Aloud Outside Broadcast and a new debating forum from Thinking Aloud. We hear from GoGreen's Joakim Gudmundsen about the EcoEffect project and have a summary of the latest ITS news.

This is the third and final special podcast from the ISE event in Amsterdam, showcasing Audio-Visual technology which is used for control rooms. This podcast is sponsored by Jupiter, Barco and Christie. In this edition, Paul Hutton talks to Jupiter about the challenges of supplying different markets, as well as about their new product, Canvas. Barco explain more about their Smart Cities concept while Kevin Borras chats to Eyevis about how they adapt their products to meet customers' demands. There's also some news about visitor numbers and a new contract for ISE. The next Thinking Aloud will be on 14th February, but devoid of any romatic sentimentality. Thinking Aloud goes on the road again at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of February. For sponsorship options, contact paul@thinkingaloudpodcast.com. Remember that you can automatically receive each new edition by signing up on iTunes, find Thinking Aloud in the podcast section.

This is the second special Thinking Aloud from the Integrated Systems Europe show in Amsterdam. It's sponsored by Jupiter, Barco and Christie. In today's show, Paul Hutton finally finds out what Christie Phoenix is all about, while Kevin Borras talks technology with Mitsubishi. And we have a launch of a new initiative from Barco.

In this special Thinking Aloud from the ISE in Amsterdam, Paul Hutton talks to one of the event organisers about why this show is so important to the ITS industry and also tries to find out what Christie are launching on the first day of the show. This short podcast is a taster to much more to come from the ISE over the next few days on the Thinking Aloud podcast.

The latest Thinking Aloud is brought to you by Christie, Barco and Jupiter. In this programme we hear from Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras who previews to next week's ISE event in Amsterdam, T-mobile talk about road user charging and we learn about a project finding new real-world uses for mapping.

In this week's edition of Thinking Aloud, Paul Hutton talks to Phil Silver of Cubic about its "Next City" - a vision for the future of Intelligent Transport, and he also hears from Jim O'Neill of GEWI about the role of humans in future traffic information collation. Kevin Borras talks about the latest edition of Thinking Highways, we have the latest news and details of some special editions of "Thinking Aloud" from the ISE show in Amsterdam.

In the last edition of Thinking Aloud in 2012, you'll hear from the organiser and some of the speakers at the Polis Conference in Perugia, Italy, and also all about the FIA's annual conference. There's news about a new parking payment collaboration, road funding in Texas and an innovative idea which may cut the cost of car insurance. And we talk to another ITS professional with an interesting hobby.

This edition comes from the Seeing is Believing exhibition in the English county of Leicestershire. Seeing is Believing is a show which, among other things, introduces ITS to the UK road sector. In this edition Paul Hutton talks to Iain Borthwick from MTS/Rennicks, Clearview's Graham Muspratt and Tony Price of MVIS. He also hears about an exciting new initiative from Neil Levett of Highways magazine and Luis Hill from Thinking Highways. And Kevin Borras gets rained on.

In this edition Paul Hutton hears from some of the people we didn't have time to fit into our podcasts from the ITS World Congress in Vienna. Duncan Matheson from PA Consulting talks about connected vehicles and leading consultant Dr Josef Kaltwasser explains the importance of standardising the transmission of traveller information. We've also got Kevin Borras telling us more about the new North American edition of Thinking Highways plus a reaction to something he said in Vienna which riled some fellow exhibitors and if a trip to Vienna wasn't enough for you, then we hear from the man behind another exhibition, called 'Seeing Is Believing'.

In the fourth and final daily podcast from the ITS World Congress in Vienna, Paul Hutton finds out what's worrying a man who's been to all 19 of the congresses, gets news from Traficon, IRF and Hodos Media, talks to Swarco, InnovITS snd Navtech Radar, while Kevin Borras really does give his two cents about an aspect of the congress's organisation and Sarah Hawkes investigates Vaisala. There's also AustriaTech's guide to Vienna and Kapsch pay tribute to a great event.