- Ferrovial And Sngular Partner On Developing AI And IOT Safety And Management Solutions
- Survey Shows Americans Will Still Rely On Cars, But Increasingly Accept Car Ownership Alternatives
- Japanese Police Charge Company Executive And Employees With Serial Toll Evasion
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Ferrovial And Sngular Partner On Developing AI And IOT Safety And Management Solutions
Ferrovial announced yesterday that it has formed a “strategic alliance” with Sngular, a Spanish technology firm, to “develop joint solutions that will transform infrastructure through digital products based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The alliance advances the company’s commitment to digitalizing the industry while ensuring a sustainable impact.” Joint work will focus on projects “to digitalize and optimize Ferrovial’s operations. This will lead to safe, sustainable development in construction and infrastructure management.” According to Ferrovial’s news release, the two companies have previously collaborated on technology projects that improved “critical processes such as costing for tenders, operation control in construction projects, and infrastructure safety.”
Cintra Ferrovial Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Information Technology Resources and Acquisitions SpainSurvey Shows Americans Will Still Rely On Cars, But Increasingly Accept Car Ownership Alternatives
Zipcar, the car-sharing service company, says the results of consumer research it commissioned indicate “Americans are wondering if car ownership is necessary.” It used Wakefield Research to survey 1,000 “nationally representative US adults . . . , an oversample to increase the total number of college students to 500,” and found that 35 percent “would be at least somewhat likely to give up owning a personal vehicle by the end of the decade,” and nearly 1 in 5 “are very likely or extremely likely to do so. These potentially carless drivers are not alone: almost half of all adults (44%) already know a peer getting by just fine without owning a car.” However, the results also show that Americans are still heavily reliant on automobile transportation. Nearly all respondents (95 percent) said they need access to a car at least sometimes, including 84 percent who said they depend on driving “often or all the time.”
Carpooling Transportation and Infrastructure Research & DevelopmentJapanese Police Charge Company Executive And Employees With Serial Toll Evasion
Japan Today reports, police in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefect arrested a company president and two of his employees on charges they frequently tailgated 0ther trucks when passing through a Tomei Expressway electronic toll lane in order to avoid payment. The executive reportedly told police his drivers have used the technique at least 850 times since 2020 to reduce operating costs. Central Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO) has been providing police with information about toll evasion for over 20 years. The company acknowledged that its collection system can’t detect a vehicle when it is “almost within touching distance” of a preceding vehicle.
Central Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO Central) Crime Beat ETC Systems Japan ScofflawsThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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