Government confirms £200 million to improve walking and cycling routes
The Government has announced the latest round of funding for active travel schemes, worth £200 million. The latest round of funding, will provide a boost to high streets and local businesses, and transform the school run for tens of thousands of children, generating up to 16 million extra walking and cycling trips a year, it […]
Stuart Scott appointed ITS UK Chair
Intelligent Transport Systems UK has announced Stuart Scott, Head of Service – ITS at Mott MacDonald, as its new Chair, and the appointment of a new Board. Mr Scott has set out his key priorities as promoting the need to better integrate the transport network, across road, rail, bus, active travel and micro-mobility, as well […]
Innovate UK announces briefing event for connected and automated mobility as a mass transit solution competition
Innovate UK has announced that UK-registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £900,000 for feasibility studies into the use of connected and automated mobility as a mass transit solution. In this competition, the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles is seeking proposals where connected and automated mobility could deliver a significantly more […]
BlackBerry delivers new connected vehicle software
Connectivity company BlackBerry has announced the early access release of QNX® Software Development Platform 8.0, which it says enables vehicle makers and IoT systems developers to deliver more powerful products at lower costs, “while maintaining the unparalleled safety, security and reliability standards that QNX technology has long been known for”. It says SDP 8.0 is […]
FLIR’s latest wrong-way driving safety technology delivered in Arizona
In response to the increase in accidents and fatalities due to wrong-way driving on freeways, camera technology company FLIR has been selected by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to design and implement a detection and countermeasure decision-support system based on FLIR’s Cameleon ITS and TrafiSense video-analytic thermal cameras. When a vehicle passes through the […]
