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Amsterdam, 16 January 2026

Nominees Intertraffic Awards 2026 announced – pioneering mobility innovations

Fifteen pioneering mobility innovations have been announced as finalists for the Intertraffic Awards 2026, showcasing breakthrough solutions in three categories: the Green Globe Award, recognising environmental sustainability; User Experience Award, championing excellence in usability; and Inspiration Award, for groundbreaking new technologies set to lead the industry. The three overall award winners will be announced at the opening ceremony of Intertraffic Amsterdam 2026 on 10 March 2026. The four-day long event, closing on 13 March, will see around 30,000 mobility professionals from over 140 countries gather to explore the future of smart, safe and sustainable mobility. Taking place at RAI Amsterdam, this year’s event represents the most comprehensive edition to date, featuring 900 exhibitors across 12 halls, more than 300 expert-led sessions, and dedicated zones for emerging technologies.

The industry experts who make up the Intertraffic Awards Jury spent many hours deliberating over the entries to this year’s awards, with each jury member applying individual scores before the entire panel came together to debate the merits of each innovation, eventually whittling the entries down to the final 15 mobility solutions from solution providers worldwide, the international nature of entries demonstrating the global reach of innovation in the sector.

“The judging process for the Intertraffic Awards has always been fascinating, and this year was no different,” says Jury member Tom Stone, editor of Intertraffic World magazine. “Although the jury panel is made up of industry experts, there are always some innovations that surprise us by bringing completely new technology and solutions to the table that we had previously been unaware of. The high-quality of entries makes picking just five in each category a challenge. But after much debate we’ve done it, and now all look forward to the final judging in Amsterdam.”

The Jury’s final decision will be announced at the opening of Intertraffic Amsterdam on the 10th of March 2026.

The nominees for the Intertraffic Awards 2026 are as follows:

Green Globe Award nominees

Ekin Spotter by Ekin Smart City Technologies – Turkey
The world’s first Environmental Governance Engine, combining real-time air quality monitoring with AI-driven automated traffic enforcement. By creating Dynamic Green Zones, it detects pollution spikes and triggers immediate restrictions through 6K ANPR and vehicle classification. Powered by Maestro OS, it enables smart traffic management, reduces emissions in real time, and helps cities meet air quality standards with measurable, sustainable impact.

Hatko Sound Barrier by Hatko Sound Barriers – Turkey/Portugal
A sustainable noise barrier made from recycled tires, delivering one of the world’s lowest carbon footprints while providing superior acoustic performance. The solution turns waste tires into high-value infrastructure, combining noise reduction with climate and circularity gains. EPD-certified and fully recyclable, it addresses two pollution challenges simultaneously while supporting local manufacturing and job creation.

Le Difese Wall by Noise – Italy
A sound-absorbing cladding system combining acoustic performance, sustainability, and architectural quality. Made from recycled plastic and fully recyclable, it features UV-resistant, mass-coloured elements requiring no paint. The modular design delivers high noise reduction while upgrading existing infrastructure with a clean, modern aesthetic. EPD-certified and supporting circular economy principles.

Noise Detection System by Mobilis Traffic Systems – Brazil
An automated system designed to monitor and record vehicles exceeding legal noise limits. Combining high-sensitivity microphones with intelligent software, it identifies, measures, and records excessive sound events. The system integrates audio, video, and license plate capture with traffic authority databases, enabling automated enforcement and follow-up inspections to reduce urban noise pollution.

MB Air by HR Groep Streetcare – Netherlands
An innovative two-tier bicycle parking system that moves bicycles, including e-bikes up to 35 kg and bikes with child seats, effortlessly and horizontally using compressed air. The world’s first CE-certified system of its kind eliminates physical lifting strain, making upper-tier parking truly accessible and optimising scarce urban space for the growing e-bike market.

Inspiration Award nominees

Deltabloc TAM Technology by Deltabloc International – Austria
Groundbreaking fiber optic sensing technology that monitors vehicle behaviour across distances of up to 50 km in real time. Leveraging technology from pipeline and earthquake monitoring, TAM uses high-frequency laser pulses within fiber optic cables to detect traffic jams, accidents, and hazardous driving manoeuvres instantly, transmitting alerts to road operators and emergency services for immediate response.

MAV AiQ by MAV Systems – United Kingdom
A step-change in AI-driven ANPR technology featuring GhostPlate technology to combat illegal, cloned, and stealth number plates. Delivering 99%+ accuracy with up to 20% more valid reads than legacy systems and 30-40% reduction in mismatched records, MAV AiQ achieves these gains without additional gantries or lane closures, making it ideal for scalable Smart City infrastructure.

RTS10 by Byda – South Korea
A safety device providing virtual target information to adaptive cruise control (ACC)-equipped vehicles, helping prevent collisions with construction zones and work vehicles. Tested in 200+ drives, 100% of vehicles decelerated when RTS10 was activated, with average speed reductions of 48%. The system addresses a critical flaw in ACC systems that cannot reliably detect stationary obstacles.

Q-Free Road User Charging by Q-Free – Norway
A distance-based charging system for private cars using easy-to-install, battery-powered, privacy-focused tags. Unlike traditional tolling at fixed points, this solution enables dynamic pricing by distance and zones, supporting fairer road funding as fuel tax revenues decline. Extensively tested since 2021 in large-scale pilots with proven reliability and user acceptance.

Luxene Guidance Line by Luxene – Netherlands
An intelligent, embedded illuminated road marking that provides continuous visual guidance in darkness, rain, and snow. The laser-powered, fiber-optic light line is embedded in road markings with no electronics in the road surface. All power and control are centralized in a roadside cabinet, dramatically reducing maintenance while delivering low-energy visual guidance exactly where users need it.

User Experience Award nominees

ePARK Zone Management by SKIDATA – Austria
A real-time parking zone management platform that enables operators to create, price, and activate parking zones digitally in just two minutes. The fully integrated solution seamlessly connects backend platform, back-office administration, and mobile app, with all configurations instantly reflected for end users. It transforms parking setup from a weeks-long project into a simple, fast interaction.

ParkIT by BookFlowGo – United Kingdom
A valet management solution that successfully migrated Manchester Airport Group’s Meet & Greet operations across three airports with zero downtime. Handling over 850,000 cars and tracking 1.8 million vehicle movements annually, the cloud-based platform provides real-time operational data, consolidated insights across multiple locations, and streamlined workflows with reduced manual processes.

TLEX Interchange by Monotch – Netherlands
A cloud-native engine for real-time, low-latency data exchange between mobility actors. Built on AMQP and aligned with international standards such as C-Roads, it enables public authorities and infrastructure owners to deploy complex mobility data exchange through guided, wizard-based setup, easily scaling from pilots to large operational deployments without redesigning data flows.

Cosmos Smart Traffic Management Platform 2.0 by Ortana – Netherlands
A fundamentally reshaped intelligent transportation platform with strong emphasis on design-led innovation. Built on GIS-based architecture, Cosmos 2.0 provides unified field visibility through both control center interface and mobile application, enabling operational and field teams to benefit from shared situational context, streamlined coordination, and on-site reporting in a refined, experience-driven design.

NavTac Temporary Tactile Guidance Films by Brite-Line – China
Temporary Tactile Guidance Films (NavDots & NavLines) providing clear, touchable guidance and hazard warnings for visually impaired pedestrians in changing environments such as construction zones and event areas. Easy to apply and remove without residue, these slip-resistant, high-visibility films adapt to various surfaces, restoring independent mobility in temporary situations.

More information on all nominees can be found at www.intertraffic.com/amsterdam/innovations/nominees

Start-up Award
In addition to the aforementioned categories, all startups participating in ITSUP at Intertraffic are eligible for the Intertraffic Startup Award, the winner will also be revealed at the opening ceremony.

The Intertraffic Awards 2026 Jury:
• Pieter Litjens, Director of CROW (Chairman of the jury)
• Margriet van Schijndel, Programme Director, Responsible Mobility, TU/e
• Jorrit Weerman, Founder and CEO, Parking Network
• Adam Hill, Editor, ITS International
• Tom Stone, Editor, TTi and Intertraffic World

As part of MAV’s continual progression plans and in line with out partners ANPR requirements, we have now expanded our IQX range of cameras to includes the compact IQ:130X, IQ:130XV and IQ:230X

IQ:130XV

The IQ:130XV is a vertical compact ANPR camera that provides greater flexibility for solutions that offer limited scope for set-up. Designed for use in bollards and other environmentally restrictive system designs, the 130XV offers the consistent quality, accuracy and performance of the full IQX range as well as providing on-board processing with storage of up to 1,000,000 licence plate reads. The inclusion of truEZoom™ and maxIRange™ technology offers true day/night ANPR coverage as well offering full zoom control for a perfect Field of View.

Opportunities for use within covert ANPR solutions are also enhanced due to the wide-ranging functionality within its compact housing. Alongside the additional models within the IQX compact ANPR range, all system set-up requirements can now be met even when facing the barriers of challenging environments without compromising functionality or performance.

Created to meet the varying requirements across multiple sectors including parking, civil enforcement, ITS and law enforcement, the IQ:130XV provides efficient ANPR coverage with increased capture resolution. The IQ:130XV, alongside the full IQX range, includes JSON web services which provides full access to overview and plate patch images as well as detailed metadata whilst offering simple integration into applications using open interface for further system development.

Full product overview

IQ:230X

The IQ:230X extends the IQX compact ANPR range to provide 2 lane coverage with greater Field of View as well as offering leading performance and accuracy that underpins the entire MAV range of ANPR cameras.

Including an enhanced ANPR camera module, synchronized to our upgraded infrared (IR) pulsed LEDs, the IQ:230X provides superior recognition in all weather and lighting conditions. These capture upgrades are further supported by full HD images and internal plate processing for an all-in-one solution within a compact housing. The flexibility and functionality of the IQ:230X offers extensive metadata and plate patch images alongside multiple communication channels for data transfer. On-board processing and data collation result in an expedited process for almost real time data analysis.

Further upgrades throughout the design and development of the IQ:230X provide further options for dual read colour and IR, overview image cropping, advanced de-skew and yaw correction, character spacing validation and country of origin matching. With dynamic recognition of direction of travel , internal plate storage and zero light recognition enhancements, the IQ:230X offers a range of solutions across a wide range of applications and sectors.

The IQ:230X has been designed to offer greater flexibility through the use of compact housing whilst including the benefits offered by the full IQX range.

Full product overview

MAV Systems Ltd. provides Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras support to police systems around the world and its ALPR cameras now are found in more than 45 countries. The British company is now growing its footprint in the United States with its new specialist line of IQX ALPRcameras.

“The IQX range of products has been bolstered by greater flexibility, higher quality sensors to ensure true 24-hour coverage, variable model sizes, greater functionality and feature-rich model options. Knowing that the requirements within the U.S. law enforcement market can vary greatly from force to force, city to city and state to state, these enhancements provide opportunities to meet the needs of bespoke and standard systems for a multitude of applications,” says Neil Dillon, marketing manager for MAV Systems.
In several areas around the U.S., departments have already been finding success with ongoing partnerships with MAV Systems. Although Dillon said MAV cannot divulge details, in one case a large city is using MAV Systems to support a city-wide ALPR project to help police identify vehicles of interest that enter/leave the city, thereby allowing for further action. The focus of the project is to highlight movements of vehicles of interest to law enforcement when monitoring drug trafficking, suspected terrorist actions, or others as they cross through during possible illegal activities and potentially further large-scale criminal activity.

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 https://www.policemag.com/631718/first-look-low-light-alpr-cameras

Quality should never be compromised, ANPR cameras should offer superior performance no matter the lighting conditions. As such, let me introduce the IQ:350X range with high quality zero light performance.

ANPR camera development is a specialist function that requires expertise gained over may years. Such development practices result in the ability to identify vehicle plates in zero light as shown in the image below.

The problem that many ANPR designers face is that they either cannot develop ANPR and overview cameras (Dual) and therefore can only offer single lens products, or, the quality of the overview image does not meet the heightening expectations of ANPR partners. MAV’s development team have worked within the ANPR technology market for more than 30 years and, as such, are able to offer zero light plate identification as well as high quality overview images (image 2) which offers further clarity in data capture for evidential processes or analysis.

Compromise is not something MAV Systems accept when developing leading edge ANPR technology. As such, the new IQ:350X, XR and XP range of intelligent ANPR cameras offers greater overview image clarity in zero light conditions without compromising the efficient processing of ANPR plate captures. Using our latest generation of camera modules with enhanced sensor technology, overview image quality is greatly improved without the need for periphery devices or ambient light. Providing high level performance, across the full spectrum of vehicle capture, now provides partners with effective solutions in all environments without the need for add-on technology.

Add to this the improved functionality of the full IQX range and MAV are able to provide partners with featured-rich, high quality ANPR technology that allows for easy integration and superior system performance.

The IQX range of intelligent ANPR cameras offer the next generation of ANPR technology to meet the changing need of our worldwide partners.

At MAV, our partners provide the framework from which we plan the next steps in the development of our constantly evolving ANPR technology. Their varying and often unique requirements are the driving force behind the need to innovate and pioneer new features to offer greater, more effective performance. It was from this ambition that the product roadmap was re-routed and culminated in the development of the new IQX range of ANPR cameras with enhanced intelligence. This roadmap now offers partners direct access to their key markets through module integration and on-camera system development opportunities.

The IQX range is a collaboration of features designed to support our partners across a diverse range of sectors and countries:

IQ:XP – The IQ:XP series provides a multitude of opportunities through the inclusion of dual processing power. The open platform of the XP intelligent ANPR series provides partners with the flexibility to integrate their own application software alongside the protected core IQ ALPR capabilities to meet unique system objectives. A suite of MAV application building blocks are also available to accelerate developments such as infringement plate validation and dual plate processing. The IQ:XP ANPR cameras also offer optional enhanced encryption to bolster data security and protect mass storage onboard with optional tamper protection.

IQ:XR – The IQ:XR series offers an all in one capture and communication solution to simplify the efficient transfer of data to multiple system/back-office end points in line with project requirements. Whereas the IQ ANPR cameras require a secondary external communication set-up to complete the transfer of data, the XR series provides GPS, WiFi and 4G all within a single housing. This all-in-one communication solution allows for simplified installation, more efficient set-up and quicker deployment. Adding embedded communications to the proven performance standards of MAV’s Intelligent ANPR camera range ensures our partners benefit from lower cost deployment options.

IQ:X – The IQ:X series has evolved to offer the latest generation of camera modules, taking advantage of sensors that offer improved low light performance alongside the continued quality and accuracy of our previous models. The addition of our new entry level IQ:130X camera also provides our partners with the superior performance of our IQ range in a smaller and more dynamic housing. This offers further opportunities for covert solutions and dual front plate confirmation with multiple camera set-up. The continuing evolution of our intelligent ANPR cameras ensures we are able to meet the changing needs of our partners with the delivery of enhanced intelligent ANPR technology.

As the needs of our partners become more complex, the solution becomes clearer, provide a depth of functionality coupled with flexibility that allows them to determine how to optimize their systems themselves. The IQX range now adds further opportunities for efficient system development alongside an already diverse portfolio of high performance, easy integration ANPR technology.

The addition of optional edge-based technology modules within the IQX range also offers a new layer of flexibility that allows our partners to add value without any impact on the proven IQ ANPR core.  We have already seen this create more cost-effective enforcement solutions and expect applications to grow as more partners adopt this low risk, high return approach.

This evolving technology offer ours partners additional confidence in consistently meeting their system objectives through the advancement of performance and accuracy alongside the world-renowned quality. The range of IQX ANPR cameras include products to meet stand-alone system needs as well as complex multi-functional requirements. It is through this product depth offered by MAV that we have developed successful partnerships in more than 50 countries across multiple markets.

The development of this flagship range of ANPR cameras is the result of our continuing investment into research and development with the ambition of meeting our immediate partner requirements whilst offering further capabilities and system options. We continue to push technology to the edge, offering global benefits to system integrators and partners across multiple applications and sectors. In this way, MAV have found a way to offer unique solutions on a truly international scale.

MAV Systems Ltd

The range of IQX ANPR cameras include products to meet stand-alone system needs as well complex multi-functional requirements.