Latest Traffic Stories

Technicians from Madrid City Council and a team of Pole and Spanish researchers have analyzed the density and intensity of traffic on Madrid's M30 motorway (Spain) throughout the day. By applying mathematical algorithms, they have verified that drivers should pay more attention to the road between 6pm and 8pm to avoid accidents. Detection devices installed by the Department of Traffic Technologies of Madrid City Council on the M30 motorway and its access roads were used to conduct a...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- If you watch the news, listen to the radio or pick up a print magazine, it feels as though Ticketbust.com, California's leading service in helping drivers get their traffic tickets dismissed, is everywhere. In just the last two months fans of Ticketbust.com could hear about the service on FOX 5 Morning News in San Diego, the Money Matters show with George Chamberlin KOGO 600 AM, Money 101 with Bob McCormick - KFWB News 980 AM, in...

Regional cooperation critical to address recent upsurge in poaching, according to WWF Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 06, 2012 Central African countries today signed a groundbreaking regional plan to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species at risk from illegal wildlife trade. The plan was adopted by the ten member states of Central African Forest Commission, known as COMIFAC, as escalating rates of wildlife crime plague the region. Wildlife...

KIRKLAND, Wash. and SAO PAULO, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- INRIX®, a leading provider of traffic information and driver services announced an exclusive partnership with MapLink, the leading provider of traffic and location-based services in Brazil. In a country where an expanding middle class sends 9,000 new vehicles onto local roads every day, INRIX's partnership with MapLink will provide Brazil with the most accurate real-time and predictive traffic services available at a...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a world of economic uncertainty, elephant ivory has become a new investment vehicle in China, which coincides with an extraordinary surge in the number of elephants being killed for their ivory. A new ivory market investigation report released Monday by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) shows the legal sale of ivory stockpiles in 2008 has spurred demand, particularly in China where ivory...

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- INRIX, a leading international provider of traffic information and driver services, introduces a new app for the iPhone and iPad that helps drivers take control of their commute and avoid traffic. With drivers spending up to 60 hours last year idling on America's Worst Roads(1), INRIX Traffic helps cut the cost of gridlock with the following time-saving features: Your Fastest Routes to Home & Work: Drivers can easily decide...

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Jersey has seen a rise of 87.5% in fatal traffic accidents involving a red-light runner from 2008 to 2010. In the past month alone, three fatalities resulted from a reckless driver running a red light in Freehold Township, East Brunswick and Pohatcong. "There is a major problem on New Jersey's roadways and it needs to be addressed," said David Kelly, President and Executive Director of the National Coalition for Safer Roads....

Mineta Transportation Institute's free report provides a model for emergency scenarios. SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mineta Transportation Institute (transweb.sjsu.edu) has released its newest peer-reviewed research report, A Framework for Developing and Integrating Effective Routing Strategies within the Emergency Management Decision-Support System. It describes the modeling, calibration, and validation of a multi-modal traffic-flow simulation of...

DETROIT, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Car crashes end more teen lives every day than cancer, suicide and homicide combined. That's why AAA Michigan, the Detroit Tigers, Michigan State Police (MSP) and the Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) joined together today (May 16) to encourage teens to be safe drivers this Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer driving season. The four organizations support a key traffic safety message aimed at all drivers - but especially...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Beat the Traffic® the fastest growing provider of traffic information for media and mobile devices, announced today that it will be making a valuable presence at the ITS America 22nd Annual Meeting and Exposition held on May 21-23 in National Harbor, Maryland. Beat the Traffic CEO Andre Gueziec will be a featured speaker at the event while the company will be exhibiting all features of its award-winning traffic reporting software...