The ITS Austria Conference, held on 11 November 2011, was distinguished by "Strategies and measures to build an intelligent transport system in Austria". In the course of the press conference Doris Bures, Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, presented the national ITS action plan. The importance of intelligent transport systems regarding efficiency, safety and ... > more

On Monday, 21 November 2011, the ITS Austria Conference 2011 will take place at Leopold Museum in Vienna. According to the central theme "Strategies and measures for an intelligent transport system (ITS) in Austria" minister Doris Bures will present the national ITS Action Plan. With this plan the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology formulates ... > more

One year before the 19th ITS World Congress takes place in Vienna, prestigious Austrian companies, operators, and ventures presented their newly developed solutions at the ITS World Congress in Orlando. From 16 to 20 October 2011, the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation, and Technology, AustriaTech, and Advantage Austria organised a 200 square metres community booth. The partners ... > more

The team of the ITS Vienna 2012 participates on several exhibitions and conferences in 2011 to promote the ITS World Congress 2012 in Vienna, Austria. Interested people have the possibility to get information about the congress in Vienna and to exchange with Austrian representatives from economy, industry and research. We are looking forward to seeing you. Exhibtion: International ... > more

In preparation for the World Congress for Intelligent Transport Systems in Vienna, the team of the ITS Vienna 2012 will be represented on several congress and exhibition locations to promote the congress. At the ITS World Congress 2011, Austria will be promoted as a location for economy and technology. The congress will take place from 16th to 20th October 2011, in Orlando, Florida. > more

On Monday, 26 September 2011, the ITS Vienna 2012 organises a workshop exclusively for women under the banner “ITS-The female approach”. The workshop will take place at Tech Lounge (Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Vienna) from 10am to 5pm. Interested women can contact Gertraud Oberzaucher under gertraud.oberzaucher@austriatech.org. > more

Along with UAS Technikum Vienna, AustriaTech enabled more than sixty children aged between nine and twelve years to participate in impressive excursions to the hot spots of transport technologies. On three days in a row the children visited the Viennese police headquarters at the Roßauer Kaserne, the subway control center in Erdberg, the overflight monitoring facility of Austro Control ... > more

In preparation for the ITS Vienna 2012, the five working groups smart cargo, smart infrastructure, smart region, smart traveller, and smart vehicle were established. The aim of this open forum is to identify main topics and applications as well as to visualise Austria and the host-region by means of effective demonstrations and presentations. The working groups meet once ... > more

We would like to inform you that we set up a social network page for the ITS Vienna 2012 community on Facebook. You will find the latest news on our social network platform. We will also post joint activities from the real world because digital networking is not enough for us. Stay tuned! We invite all sporty, smart members of the ITS community to participate in one of our ITS runners ... > more

The new website of the AMV Networks GmbH is now online. You will find all the information about the management of the anonymous real-time vehicle data there. Due to the clear structure of the website the required information can be found easily and quickly. The AMV (Anonymous Management of Vehicle real-time information) Networks GmbH was founded in order to develop innovative ... > more

During the European ITS Congress in Lyon, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology and the AustriaTech invited the ITS ladies to an informal breakfast. The purpose of this meeting was to establish or refresh contacts, to share experiences, and to inform about our work to make the World Congress 2012 in Vienna more female friendly. If you would get in touch ... > more

Within the framework of the project fti…remixed, the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology launched a competition for young people between 14 and 25 years on the subject of "mobility of the future". Adolescents are encouraged to start thinking about new ways of movement, browsing the web for innovations in the sections mobility and traffic and collecting ... > more

The annual ITS Europe Congress took place in Lyon with the underlying motto "Intelligent mobility – ITS for sustainable transport of persons and goods in urban regions". Lyon is France´s capital of the region Rhône-Alpes as well as the second largest city in France - situated between Rhône and Saône tourists are impressed by a mix of ancient and modern architecture. A contrast ... > more

From 29th of June to 1st of July 2011 the first IEEE Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems will take place in Vienna, Austria. This international forum, organised by IEEE, addresses the latest development in sustainable transportation. Transportation of goods and people plays a vital role in the lives of everyone and in virtually all businesses on earth. The cost ... > more

One of this year’s highlights of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems is the "Best of ITS Awards". It is the only programme in the world that honors the most innovative, effective, and influential achievements in the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) industry. This highly competitive programme recognises the organisations whose projects have demonstrated ... > more

From 8th to 10th May 2011 the first Board of Directors (BoD) meeting for the World Congresses for Intelligent Transport Systems took place in Vienna. About 40 delegates of umbrella organisations from America, Asia and Europe followed the invitation of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology and visited Austria’s capital. On Sunday the group met for an informal get ... > more

From 6 to 9 of June 2011 the 8th ITS European Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services will take place in Lyon, France. The organisation of this major 2011 event is coordinated by Ertico - ITS Europe, together with the active participation of the European Commission, the Grand Lyon, the Rhône-Alpes Region, the Lyon Urban Truck and Bus Cluster, the French ... > more

In the course of the preparation for the ITS World Congress 2012 in Vienna, the working group 'smart education' was founded on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Traffic, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and accompanied by the Austrian Institute of Technology. The aim of this working group was to develop measures to support young talents in the field of intelligent transport systems ... > more

The In-Time services offer multimodal real-time traffic and travel information for the regions Brno, Bucharest, Florence, Munich, Oslo and Vienna. The real-time information will be delivered directly to your mobile devide (Java, Windows mobile or iPhone) and will inform you when there is any obstruction of traffic. Detailed information on the services, the technical requirements and the ... > more

On April 6, 2011 the Ertico Forum on "ITS for ElectroMobility" will take place in Brussels, Belgium. ElectroMobility is seen as a major opportunity to make mobility more sustainable, especially in the context of cities. There are many industry initiatives on this issue and ElectroMobility has high priority on the political agenda. The Ertico Forum on "ITS for ... > more

The International Program Committee of the ITS 2011 invites ITS experts to submit draft technical and scientific papers as well as Special Interest Session proposals to be considered for the 18th World Congress in Orlando, Florida. The call for proposals has been extended until January 28, 2011. The World Congress for Intelligent Transport Systems is supposed to be a must-attend event ... > more

Efkon Group, one of the worldwide leading companies in intelligent transportation and tolling solutions, announces that its subsidiary Tollink has been awarded a contract to install and thereafter operate an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) on freeways in South Africa. The contract is worth approximately EUR 85 million of which Tollink receives a significant share. The South ... > more

We wish the ITS-Community a Happy New Year and on this occasion we would like to ask you to mark the new congress date in your calendar. The 19th World Congress for Intelligent Transport Systems will take place from October 22 to 26, 2012 in Vienna. > more

The In-Time launch event took place on January 25, 2011 in Vienna, Austria. High level participants from industry and service providers and city and regional representatives had the opportunity to critically examine the In-Time project’s achievements and aims, the technical solutions to be deployed and the progress and models of the six In-Time Pilot cities: Brno, Bucharest, Florence, ... > more

The team of ITS-Vienna 2012 was represented from the 25th to the 29th October 2010 on the 17th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in Busan, South Korea. On 54 square metres of exhibition space, AustriaTech and its partners Asfinag, Siemens, and IEEE FISTS presented themselves. A major task was promoting the ITS World Congress 2012 in Vienna. Within the closing ceremony on ... > more

What will the road traffic of the future look like when vehicles communicate independently and exchange information rapidly with the road? An exciting question – one for which Efkon has an answer. Efkon AG, a global leading provider of intelligent transportation and toll collection systems, has developed a worldwide unique microchip which will change the face of road traffic in the ... > more

AustriaTech and the team of the ITS Vienna 2012 will appear on the 17th ITS World Congress in Busan, South Korea, from the 25th to the 29th October 2010. On the one hand the communal stand of AustriaTech promotes the ITS World Congress in Vienna, but on the other hand it wants to reach people’s attention for a congress by the IEEE FISTS (Forum on Integrated and Sustainable ... > more

AustriaTech has been awarded to host the World Congress for Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) in 2012. The Congress' topic is "smarter on the way". Five working groups are introduced to help to identify main topics, applications and to visualise Austria and the host-region at the 19th World Congress. "smarter on the way" in five workshops These working groups are ... > more

Participants of a citizen’s conference in Kramsach/ Tyrol from the 20th to 22nd of August 2010, developed 15 recommendations for the future of mobility. Environmentally friendly mobility in the individual transport and in the public transport is a main concern of all citizens. The recommendations were presented to representatives from politics and economy. At the from the Verbund ... > more

The EU-Programme Marco Polo supports the transfer of road freight transport to sustainable transport. Once a year, the Executive Agency EACI invites interested companies and organizations to a major information event. This year Austria has been awarded to host the conference. Over 200 participants from Austria and Europe visited the Marco Polo Conference on the 5th and 6th of October ... > more

In cooperation with the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, AustriaTech invites you to a one-day conference under the banner "Sustainable transport – What does a smart traffic system?" on the 11th of November 2010. The conference will take place in the facilities of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber located on the Wiedner Hauptstraße. This event will focus on the future of ... > more

On June 1st 2010 the kick-off meeting for the ITS Vienna 2012 took place in the TechGate Tower in Vienna, Austria. The ITS Forum 2012 was responsible for giving the local ITS Community of economy, science and politics an overview of the former preparations and a forecast for 2012. Ingolf Schädler (BMVIT, Section III Innovation and Telecommunication) did the introduction. Reinhard ... > more

The tramway passengers don’t want to abstain from comfort. According to the "Wiener Linien" they would like to have air-conditioned trams with modern technology. In order to accomplish this comfort more and more energy has to be spent for heating and cooling. A good third of the energy requirement runs into heating, cooling and ventilation. In this case, humans are the biggest ... > more

50 per cent of the Austrian who were asked would probably buy an electro car in the next three to five years. The Karmasin Motivation Research and Prolytic came to these results. Both analysed the market potential of electro cars in Austria. The study shows that there exists a high acceptance by the Austrians but there is also a huge lack of information concerning infrastructure ... > more

In the year 2008 the project Freightvision started to design a long term vision for European freight transport in 2050 and to identify actions and research to progress appropriate freight transport mesasures in Europe. The project was carried out as a foresight process encompassing four conferences in which the project team identified and developed an action plan for securing long ... > more

The European project Coopers is based on the idea to transfer safety-relevant transport information directly to the navigation systems. The precondition for this is a wireless communication between infrastructure and vehicle (also called Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication). Red flags, like lane changes, ghost drivers or accidents only refer to the stretch of road, which is in front ... > more

The processing, intelligent connection and development of further traffic relevant data are the topic of this years’s Lakeside Conference under the banner "Data and Mobility 2010, Transforming Information into Intelligent Traffic Transportation Systems". Developers and users of traffic information services will meet on 7 and 8th October in the Congress Center at ... > more

The focus of the third ways2go proposal is applied research with practical relevance and high visibility for developing prototypical systems, components and services in the field of personal mobility with first or extended testing fields. The third proposal offers following subject areas Mobility solutions and mobility infrastructure the futureMotivation and learning for ... > more

On March 17th, Austrian Transport Minister Doris Bures handed over the National Awards in TRAFFIC. The winners in the category "Products/system solutions implemented on the market" are partnering organisations EBE Solutions, SWARCO FUTURIT, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG and the Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV). The award refers to the project "Intelligent System for the ... > more

Siemens showed pioneering achievements in electromobility at an exceptional event held at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. The company presented for the first time an exact replica of the historic "Electric Victoria" – an electric car that was used in Berlin as an elegant hotel taxi beginning in 1905. The event also highlighted modern electric cars, an electric motorcycle, charging ... > more

In the world's first and largest event centred on cooperative mobility systems and services, the final results of the EU-supported R&D projects CVIS, SAFESPOT and COOPERS are presented during the Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 24 to 26 March 2010. The Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010 comprises three linked events: A high level ... > more

In the year 2010 ITS Vienna 2012 participates on several exhibitions and conferences to inform about ITS World Congress Vienna 2012. Especially in the European area, the congress is promoted and be used as the first information platform. In October the journey will be abroad to Busan, South Korea, where the ITS World Congress will be held for the first time. We ... > more