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UK local transport minister, Norman Baker has announced he will host the governments first 'satnav summit' early in March to thrash out solutions to end the misery caused when lorry and car drivers follow out of date directions from their satnavs.

UK government roads minister Mike Penning yesterday announced the roll-out of 3D laser scanning technology to shorten road closure times after crashes.

International Road Dynamics (IRD) has been awarded a contract for "weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems maintenance and data services" by the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Nissan Motor Company and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport will begin an eight-month large-scale demonstration test in the city's Wangjing district to verify the effects of traffic dispersion by dynamic route guidance with IT devices.

Slovakia's Transport Ministry has been working with highway firm NDS on a highway construction programme for the 2011-2014 period.

Software firm Bentley Systems is buying point cloud specialist Pointools.

GE and Nissan have signed a two-year research collaboration to speed up the development of a reliable, robust smart charging infrastructure to fuel mass market adoption of electric cars like the Nissan Leaf.

German consultant Bernard Ingenieure is to work on the design of three major road tunnels in India.

In the US city of Milwaukee plans are in hand for a major highway upgrade that is expected to cost US$300 million.

There were 6872 fatal road accidents in Malaysia during 2010.