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We have a record 13 guests on today's Highways Voices as we hear from the delegation from who exhibited on the UK Pavilion, and also the views of the British Ambassador who visited the exhibition.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!The whistle-stop tour hears from the 12 exhibitors: Navtech Radar, Clearview Intelligence, Nicander, Now Wireless, ANGOKA, Ito World, Neology, Arup, Grid Smarter Cities, See.Sense, VESOS and Zenzic.Because this is a longer-than-normal episode, to help you, you can find specific interviews by going to the timings below:Nora Ali Clearview 1m09sSam Brierley Nicander 4m07sLaura Jacklin Grid Smarter Cities 6m51sDanny Woolard VESOS 9m15sChris Sainty Ambassador 12m48sPaul Hudson Now Wireless 16m30sDeborah Kobewka Ito World 19m09sSteve Berry ANGOKA 23m53sRebecca James Navtech Radar 27m23sIrene McAleese See.Sense 31m18sLuke Normington Neology 35m04sFrancis McKinney Zenzic 39m32sTristan...
"It's nice to have all these companies and institutions showcasing their nice things," says Joost Vantomme on this week's Highways Voices podcast, "but what does the user think of that? What does the citizen think of that? There's a lot of questions on the new technologies. How do they work? What do they promise?"The ERTICO - ITS Europe CEO is looking ahead to this year's ITS European Congress in Lisbon which runs from 22-24 May, and explains how new technology in transport will be put into the context of improving mobility with real-world examples.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!His colleague Lisa Boch-Andersen, who is Director of Communications, Congress and Events at ERTICO adds that Lisbon is a living example of transport technology, "It really is one of the major economic centres with a very busy transport network," she explains. "It has a lot of different mobility initiatives. It has major container ports, big bridges, and they just informed that there would be no major traffic in the centre of Lisbon."You'll hear all about the different themes of the congress and also from LCRIG Director Kerry Winstanley about the UK Pavilion and how a range of British SMEs are exhibiting at the European Congress thanks to support from the Department Business and Trade, the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG. These are; Zenzic, Navtech Radar, Clearview Intelligence, Nicander, Now Wireless, Angoka, Ito World, Arup, Neology, Grid Smarter Cities, See.Sense and VESOS. Members of the Department for Transport, Innovate UK and Intelligent Transport Systems UK will also be participating on the stand and there will be a visit to it from His Majesty's Ambassador to Portugal, Chris Sainty.On top of this you'll hear the latest news from the podcast partners, Adrian Tatum's pick of stories that have caught his eye on the Highways News website, plus why Kapsch Traficom wins this week's "Adrian's Accolade".
Depending on your viewpoint, robots are the keys to man's freedom from labour or a mass unemployment event just waiting to happen; the inevitable next step in human development or the first step towards a dystopian future. Regardless of your viewpoint, there can be little doubt that the robots are coming. And one of the key areas they're targeting is demolition and construction. Tech 4 Sites caught up with Sam Wood at Navtech Radar to discuss the potential for robots in the construction sector. If you enjoyed this episode, if you got value from it or if you would like to help support this podcast, then please consider buying the author a coffee...or two. You can do so here.
We had so much material left over from the highly successful Highways UK event last week in Birmingham that we bring you some content we didn't have time to fit in on our podcasts from the show last week.These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO.You'll hear presenter some of Paul Hutton's on-stage conversation with keynote speaker Sir John Armitt of the National Infrastructure Commission where they talk levelling up and road pricing."The Treasury has got to fill a hole of 30 billion pounds a year from the loss of fuel duty," he explains. "How's it going to do that we're all going to pay some way. So do we want to pay more income tax? Or do we want to pay by how much we use our cars and the transport choices we make? I would rather be have it left to me to decide by what choice I'm going to make when I'm going to drive when I'm not going to drive and pay accordingly rather than just have to be added on to income tax."You'll also hear from Kier, Hocktief, Smart Video and Sensing and Valerann, about an important event next week looking at us decarbonising transport now, and talking of carbon, how the RSTA has a solution to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of road maintenance.Links to: Adept conference, TTF Autumn Update.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!
We can only scratch the surface of the huge Highways UK event on these podcasts, but we're bringing you a great flavour of what the estimated 8,000 industry professionals have experienced over two days at Birmingham's NEC.These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO.Today we bounce around the exhibition floor to hear about the ever-expanding SWARCO and their solutions, discuss road surfacing, Kier's work on diversity in the workforce (which we hear is good for staff and the bottom line) and tunnel safety and technology, and meet a fascinating start-up.We've also recorded the keynote panel sessions on Day 2, which we'll use in future Highways Voices podcasts.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!
Thousands of our industry colleagues have gathered in Hall 1 of Birmingham's NEC for Day 1 of the huge Highways UK event, and we've been gathering a flavour of the event on Highways Voices.These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO.In today's podcast we hear some of National Highways CEO Nick Harris's comments in the keynote session about smart motorways, the future and why investment in the industry is necessary right now.You'll hear about stopped vehicle detection from Re-flow plus the latest thinking from Causeway Technologies and Re-flow, while connected vehicle expert Andy Graham talks all about the latest innovations as demonstrated by the Transport Technology Forum here.We also head into the start-up zone and get details of tomorrow morning's keynote theatre session.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!
The huge Highways UK show is taking place at Birmingham's NEC on 2 and 3 November and Highways Voices brings you the build-up from inside the exhibit hall.These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO.Join Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum who talk to the organisers about a record number of exhibitors, start-ups, speakers and registrations and what to expect on day one of the event.If you're an exhibitor, make sure you listen to PR expert Helen Blood who gives you vital tips on how to entice people to your stand, while Adrian also talks to Kier Highways and Clearway Technology.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!
"It's a huge event - it's the biggest we've done in terms of floor space," explains Highways UK Senior Conference Producer Claudia Davidson on this week's Highways Voices, "The biggest event that we do, as organisers."In this podcast, we look forward to the event next week, where we'll be reporting for you bringing podcasts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Claudia discusses key speakers, topics and the exhibition, as well as the awards dinner that takes place on the first day.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!These podcasts are sponsored by Reflow, Causeway Technologies, SWARCO, Kier Highways and Navtech Radar.You'll hear from Reflow talking about its workflow management system, Navtech Radar talks about the use of radar to manage traffic safely and Causeway Technologies discuss the integration of Yotta into the Company.You'll also hear why you should attend the keynote session on the Thursday morning hosted by our own Paul Hutton, some of the top stories on the Highways News website and why Will Britain of LCRIG wins Adrian's Accolade this week.
Highways News brought you daily podcasts from the 2022 ITS World Congress in Los Angeles, and now here's one final podcast featuring content we couldn't fit into the daily programmes. In today's show, sponsored by https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), you'll hear an explanation of a revolutionary new way of maximising the value of eCall, why MaaS is still relevant, and how LIDAR can deliver solutions for intersection safety and traffic counting. Talking eCall, Danny Woolard, one of the founders of VESOS, explains, “I think one of the one of the things that we identified following the work we did for in the was very much that there was a very big education piece missing. Now to be fair on national highways, they've done a lot. They've run campaigns, we've been working with them, helping them build those campaigns to get that message across. But there is still a problem, that the value chain particularly at the automotive side, and particularly the dealership side has no idea how you know how it works, what what its real value is.” Mr Woolard explains the value of eCall in giving emergency services details about a collision, from vehicle type, including whether it is an electric vehicle, to how bad the situation might be. After this, Andy Taylor of Cubic, who is one of the world's leading experts on Mobility as a Service, explains why the concept remains relevant. “It's still happening. If you look at the headlines, there are more and more companies who are folding, and I'm getting phone calls all the time from different organisations saying, ‘Would you be interested in acquisition?' Now that's come about because of COVID. There's the reduction in ridership, but because of COVID, as well, this has actually helped mobility as a service in the long run - cities have had their services decimated, and it's been absolutely tragic to see the reduction in ridership - but at the same time agencies are now looking at, with the limited funds that they have, how can they build back a more flexible, resilient network that is available for all of the citizens within the city?” You'll also hear about solutions from Aeye and Ouster, two companies new to Highways News who were exhibiting at the event. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!
The 2022 ITS World Congress comes to a close, and this Highways Voices brings you chat about some of the key issues to come out of the event. All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA. In today's programme with Paul Hutton we hear about the must-attend sessions on the final day with Chief Rapporteur Professor Eric Sampson, we find out from Navtech Radar why roadside infrastructure will be vital for driverless cars, and on the same theme, SWARCO explain why we need to be taking road marking standards more seriously. Nota AI explain how AI-powered technology can turn ordinary CCTV cameras into a powerful traffic management tool, Cohda Wireless talk about a device that can connect using any technology, ERTICO look forward to the next major gathering in Europe – Lisbon 2023 and we get a final list of ideas for things to do in LA. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!
On today's Highways Voices from the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles we talk spotting accidents at intersections, live roadworks updates and cutting edge traffic controller technology, plus bring you some breaking news about next year's international ITS events. As next year's official ITS World Congress in China goes hybrid, we have news about how the world's ITS community can meet in Melbourne in August as ITS Australia expand their annual Summit into a global event. You'll hear about how AI is improving pedestrian safety at intersections, about how Florida is using a British idea to improve its management of roadworks and the latest in next-generation traffic signal controllers. On top of this, Professor Eric Sampson gives his advice on sessions to go to on Day Three in LA (including one involving our podcast host Paul Hutton) and Alan Clelland gives his guide to entertainment options in LA. oh and don't forget Alan's guide to LA where we talk movies and sports, and Eric Sampson's ideas for the must attend things on Wednesday at Congress… It's all thanks to our sponsors SWARCO, GEWI, Navtech Radar, Nota AI and one.network
Day two of the ITS World Congress from here in Los Angeles hears talk of, among other things, low carbon transport, start up opportunities and radar technology as we hear from WSP, SWARCO and Navtech Radar. All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA. The show also includes your your trusted guide to the must-do things on Tuesday in our preview with Chief Rapporteur Professor Eric Sampson, while we also meet more companies on the UK pavilion. You also get your essential guide to things to see and do in LA with our local expert, British ex pat Alan Clelland of ITS consultancy DKS Associates with great places to shop and first things to do here in the City of Angels.
We look ahead to Monday at the ITS World Congress on today's Highways Voices from Los Angeles. In the podcast we hear Professor Eric Sampson's comments on the main topics being discussed in the sessions, including an international forum on sustainability and resiliency, with mobility network management, moving transit to zero emissions. And a number of special interest sessions that have caught his eye. All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA. Danny Woolard from GEWI discusses a new software solution that seamlessly co-ordinates workzones, from permit through conflict awareness to traveller information, and we chat European issues with ERTICO CEO Joost Vantomme. We meet three exhibitors on the UK Pavilion and UK visitor Alastair King of Clearview Intelligence gives a first impression of the event. We also look at things to do here in LA that aren't ITS with our local expert, British ex pat Alan Clelland of ITS consultancy DKS Associates with great places to eat here in the city. This podcast is published a day early as the beginning of the event coincides with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II… Many UK, Canadian and Australian visitors will be gathering in the early hours of Monday morning in LA to watch the funeral, and the UK pavilion won't be opening until the afternoon.
This week's Highways Voices looks at the key way you can manage traffic in a town or a city - by discussing the latest in signals technology. Presenter Paul Hutton is at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham, as he talks to Mark Crabtree of TRL, who's been in the industry for 47 years and has been coming to this event for 21 of them. He discusses what's changed in that time, how some of the kit installed then is still in use today and why we shouldn't necessarily get carried away about what changes might take place in the next ten years. We also hear from organiser John Nightingale about the key talking points in Nottingham this week and from six different exhibitors, AGD Systems, Clearview Intelligence, PTV Group, Messagemaker Displays, Smart Video and Sensing and SRL. You'll also hear some of the stories making the headlines on the Highways News website with co-owner Adrian Tatum and about next week's Highways Voices specials from the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles, sponsored by https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA.
With fewer than two weeks to the start of the 2022 ITS World Congress, Highways Voices looks ahead to the World Congress by finding out about the key themes of the event, hears from exhibitors and gives you an idea of some things to do when you're in Los Angeles. Highways Voices will be reporting every day at the event with fresh podcasts for you that will be of interest if you're in LA or if you're at home and wanting to find out what is happening at this major event. "I think the first thing I want to say is it's going to be big," explains our guide to the Congress, Professor Eric Sampson who has been to every single World Congress. "it's going to be big for two reasons. There hasn't been a World Congress in the United States, as opposed to North America, since 2014. And it's clear from the rest of the registrations, there's a big pent up demand. The other reason it's going to be big is that it's in Los Angeles, California, a city known for cars - famous for congestion. It's also got some politicians who are being very forward looking in how to solve it. It's got the Olympics coming in 2028, and they've got a programme of 28 big transport linked projects to address the Olympics." Professor Sampson talks about how the Congress looks at delivering transport for all, and how technology can deliver the solution, and what politicians should see when they are there. He'll be your trusted guide to the whole event discussing the key themes every day. Meanwhile Richard Neumann of SWARCO talks about the new branding for its subsidiary McCain, SWARCO My City and a new solution for vulnerable road users, while sticking with vulnerable road users, Haejin Lee of Nota AI discusses spotting crashes before they happen and Danny Woolard of GEWI talks traffic information for bicycles. Then you hear our guide to LA, Alan Clelland of DKS Associates giving ideas for what to do with your downtime in that great city. All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA.
The world's leaders in Intelligent Transport Systems will be heading to Los Angeles in two weeks' time for the ITS World Congress, and Highways News will, of course, be there to report with daily Highways Voices podcasts. There is always a danger that people who head to big events end up spending their time in airports and planes, then hotels and convention centres and they see little of the city they're visiting. Therefore, Highways Voices has spoken to British-born ITS expert and 33-year LA resident Alan Clelland of DKS Associates to give us a guide to his adopted city. These interviews were recorded to be used on the preview podcast and daily programmes from LA, but Alan is so insightful that we've put together his entire guide into one special podcast that is invaluable if you're heading to LA. In this podcast he talks about the city, the cuisine, entertainment venues, arts and museums, getting around and, of course, chilling on the beach. All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA.
Against all the odds, the ITS World Congress in Hamburg has taken place with around 15,000 people attending, and Highways News brings you one final podcast from the event in Hamburg today, sponsored by https://swarco.com/ (SWARCO) and https://gewi.com/ (GEWI). Paul Hutton speaks to modelling company Aimsun about how they can fix traffic jams before they happen with Senior Product Specialist Martin Hartmann explaining, “the traffic management centre can improve their decision making by having a reliable prediction,” while Sebastian Baucutt of detection company Navtech Radar explains how stopped vehicle detection really does work, saying, “We make sensors and we're very proud that actually our radar sensors are both very reliable and very accurate.” As Dynniq Mobility completes its first major event as part of the SWARCO family, CEO Jan Vos explains the sort of conversations he's been having with clients, “explaining to them what will be the combined strength of the group where are we complimentary where do we have overlaps discussed those kinds of things” while road data specialists Gaist describe their new connected car road analysis tool as Asset Safety Manager John Swift says, “we show them their condition of the road from my laptop, to an extent of their don't know exists.” There's also Eric Sampson's guide to Friday and a podcast farewell with Jacob Bangsgaard, ERTICO – ITS Europe CEO. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon) https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss
As the 26th ITS World Congress draws to a close, there is still lots of thought leadership going on in Singapore's Suntec Centre, and we're grabbing the best of it on Talking Transport sponsored by AGD Systems, Cohda Wireless, HERE Technologies, Jenoptik, PTV Group, SWARCO and WSP. In today's programme, we talk about the differing ways of approaching enforcement based on different cultural attitudes around the world with Jenoptik giving advice on how to approach the issue. The differences between cities and countries and a lack of one-size-fits-all approach is reflected in conversation with Bosch who talk about delivering mobility solutions in different places, while we hear about a radar-based safety solution from Navtech Radar that not only spots stopped vehicles but can help improve driving by catching tailgaters and centre lane hogs. Then we look to congresses future and how the British city of Birmingham is already working on its bid to host the World Congress in 2024, while Lisbon is going to be the location of Europe's first carbon-neutral mobility congress next year. Finally we hear from the President of ITS America about next year in Los Angeles. Add to all that Eric Sampson's guide to the final day of Congress 2019 and you've got half an hour of brilliant ITS chat on Talking Transport.
The final SWARCO-sponsored Talking Transport from Traffex and Parkex 2019 is looking to the future. We talk about Futures Day where the next generation are welcomed to see the event and find out more about career options in the highways and transport technology industry and we also discuss the big driverless car debate which takes place in the Traffex Theatre at 10am on Thursday. Elsewhere, SWARCO talk about fusing transport solutions while event partners WSP discuss future mobility, and we also have another chat on the Future Mobility zone, this time with Costain. Our American guest Scott Belcher, the former ITS America President who's now a phenomenally well-connected consultant gives his view of the event and British transport solutions and we talk to Conduent about their parking solutions. Exhibitors the Traffic Group, Dynniq and Navtech Radar guide us around their thinking and we also go to the Data Discovery Centre and begin thinking about Traffex 2021 with the event's Commercial Director Craig Donovan. It's well worth just over half an hour of your time to listen!
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.
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.