In this edition of Thinking Aloud, Paul Hutton looks forward to the IMSA conference in Arizona by talking to Aegis ITS, part of the Econolite Group. We also feature the Innovacarretera event in Spain, where Paul speaks to two demonstrators from CIDAUT - monitoring system Amac and Cidro Crossafe - plus tyre recycling system GomaVial and crash barrier manufacturer Hiasa. And Thinking Highways Editor Kevin Borras looks through the new North American issue of the magazine. Remember you can sponsor Thinking Aloud at one of the many events coming up later this year - listen to the show for more details or email [email protected].

In this Thinking Aloud we bring you two interviews we did not have time to include in our shows in Dublin, where we talk to a leading ITS expert in the US DOT and to a German expert in traffic information and its transmission. We also hear about a new magazine from H3B Media, "Thinking Cities" and head to a railway station to hear from Cubic Transportation Systems about their Next City initiative. To comment on this show email [email protected]

In a busy third Thinking Aloud from the ITS Europe Congress in Dublin, Paul finds out about a new knowledge-sharing initiative, hears from Swarco, Kapsch and Sanef and Finland's Transport Minister while Kevin learns about gamification. These programmes are sponsored by Vitronic, Cubic and Nicander. Because we gathered so much material there'll be a bonus show next week and remember you can hear earlier shows from Dublin by clicking on "Previous" above.

In the second of the special shows from the 9th ITS Europe conference in Dublin, Paul Hutton talks to a leading executive from the British Department for Transport about Transport Direct, to Vitronic and to Rapp Trans while Kevin Borras hears about ITS in Finland. These shows are sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems, Vitronic and Nicander. There'll be another Thinking Aloud tomorrow (Thursday) and there is so much good material that we could well end up with a bonus show next week!

This podcast from Dublin is sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems, Vitronic and Nicander. Today Paul Hutton and Thinking Highways editor Kevin Borras spend the day at show set-up looking forward to the event. They speak to an organiser, to ITS UK, Ertico and IBM. And there are details of the latest documentary, Seeing Things about machine vision (sponsored by Rapp Trans UK). There are three podcast programmes from ITS Europe this week, so join us again on Wednesday and Thursday for more.

We all hear about machine vision being vital for new applications, but what exactly is it, what is it used for and what are the challenges? And most importantly, so we can work out how to use it for new applications, what is the future of the technology. In the second of the special audio documentaries, Paul Hutton speaks to five leading experts in machine vision.

This documentary is sponsored by RAPP TRANS UK - Rapp Trans UK is part of the Rapp GRoup, one of Europe's leading engineering and design consultancies. Find out more at www.rapp-trans.co.uk

This programme is sponsored by IRD and Traffax. Today, reporter Bob McQueen talks to one of the ITS Canada board (who's also a senior executive in Kapsch) TSS, STI Tassimico and to the manager of traffic engineering in Calgary.

Paul Hutton also looks ahead to future Thinking Alouds.

For the first programme from Toronto, click on the "previous" tab on the ThinkingAloudPodcast.com site.

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This special Thinking Aloud is brought to you by Traffax and IRD.

Today, Paul Hutton is joined by Bob McQueen at ITS Canada's annual meeting in Toronto. Bob talks to the country's Transport Minister, the President of ITS Canada, to IRD themselves and to Schneider Electric.

There'll be another Thinking Aloud from Canada tomorrow.

In this Thinking Aloud, Paul Hutton finds out about changes to test facility InnovITS Advance and we hear from the outgoing and incoming chairmen of ITS UK. Kevin Borras meets Activu and Navtech Radar and we also hear the latest news stories and find out about future on-the-road editions of Thinking Aloud including excellent sponsorship opportunities in Sydney and Dubai.

This show brings highlights of the ITS America event in Nashville, including interviews with three senior people involved in US transportation policy in Washington DC. It also features clips of interviews with exhibitors to give a flavour of the excitement of the excellent expo. It's sponsored by Econolite, Traffax, Inrix and Jupiter Systems. Remember you can set this podcast to be downloaded automatically from iTunes, see your device instructions for how to do it.