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Editor’s letter
One of the perennial problems
in transport concerns personnel.
How do we enthuse the next
generation of traffic professionals
to embark on a career in an
industry that is sometimes seen
as staid and unexciting? There are
several excellent ways we can do this, many of
them involving focus on some of the groundbreaking
new technologies that increasingly
define our sector. But recently my attention was
drawn to a more traditional way to capture the
imaginations of our children – storybooks.
Firstly, our hugely talented senior art editor
Anna Davie brought her favourite book from her
childhood into the office. Published in 1973, it’s
called The Motormalgamation and tells the story
of the people of Clattertown – an urban centre
gridlocked by too many cars. The story ends
with a kind of modern Pied Piper leading all the
cars away from the town, leaving the residents
happily enjoying their congestion and fume-free
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streets. However, the authors do admit on the
final page that this solution isn’t likely to work
in real life. Instead, they encourage young readers
to send in their ideas for solving congestion.
Just a few weeks later an American author,
Christina Uss, got in touch to tell me about her
new book for 9-12 year olds, set for publication
this May. The Colossus of Roads tells the story
of Rick Rusek, a boy on a mission to solve
congestion problems in Los Angeles – and Traffic
Technology International even gets a mention!
As the world struggles with the challenges
presented by the coronavirus outbreak (you
can read Greg Winfree’s musings on the road
ahead on page 57), it’s reassuring to know that
the printed word will continue to retain all of its
power to persuade, inspire and connect people.
Whether online or in the pages of this magazine,
you can be certain Traffic Technology International
will be here to act as a forum for the industry
through these challenging times.
Tom Stone, editor
Editor Tom Stone
(tom.stone@markallengroup.com)
Deputy Editor James Allen
(james.allen@markallengroup.com)
Senior Art Editor Anna Davie
Design team Andy Bass, Louise Green
Publication Manager Godfrey Hooper
(godfrey.hooper@markallengroup.com)
Production Emily Fanning
Publisher Simon Hughes
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56 The tools needed
for C-ITS
Swarco, Austria
58 The right WIM for
the right situation
Cross Zlín, Czech Republic
59 Maintaining winter
roads smartly
MetSense, Sweden
60 Next-generation
sensors
Smartmicro, Germany
61 Enforcing traffi c laws to
improve air quality
Videalert, UK
62 Certifying weigh-inmotion
solutions
Intercomp, USA
64 The power
of fl oating car data
Be Mobile, Belgium
65 High benefi ts at
low speeds
Haenni, Switzerland
66 WIM accuracy and
system robustness
Kistler, Switzerland
67 Making European
roads safer
Idemia, France
68 Tolling in Argentina
Tecsidel, Spain
70 Measuring the
explosion of e-scooters
Miovision, Canada
71 Effi cient parking space
management
RTB, Germany
72 The staggering cost of
inaccurate data
Sensys Networks, USA
74 Lidar for traffi c
management benefi ts
Vitronic, Germany
76 A UTC for a modernday
traffi c control room
TRL, UK
78 The best of both worlds,
ATPM and AET
A-to-Be, Portugal
81 Get the edge
Carrida, Germany
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