Highway & Network Management

One of the latest innovations from road safety equipment company Nissen is NiNa (Nissen Navigation) Traffic and NiNa Guard, a combination of sophisticated sensor and a traffic counter which collects data on traffic density and speed. Data collected by the system can then be used to warn oncoming motorists by displaying the traffic information and warning on variable message signs.

The authorities in Phnom Penh plan to handle the city's endemic congestion problems.

Swedish engineering consultancy Sweco will design a new connecting road between Malmö and the Port of Helsingborg.

Official statistics for the Dutch traffic information service VID reveal that congestion in the country dropped by 16.9% in the first four months of 2011 compared with the previous year.

Uruguay needs to spend some US$1.2 billion on its road network so as to meet transport demands.

The addition of mobile traffic control message boards to a British company's portfolio is among the latest moves in the traffic products sector. ABritish company is looking to further increase its presence in the highways market following an agreement with a major US manufacturer of mobile traffic control message boards.

Malaysia is introducing speed cameras in a bid to reduce the annual fatality rate from road accidents.

Plans are now well in hand for Australia's new Hill M2 highway in Sydney.

Road improvements on the key Tinkune-Jadibuti road in Nepal are now complete, with an official opening of the route having taken place.

Telvent GIT has announced the completion of its MxVision WeatherSentry online platinum package.