WATCH – ITS World Congress 2027 Birmingham contract signed at Parliamentary event
The organisers of the prestigious ITS World Congress, ERTICO – ITS Europe have signed the contract for the West Midlands to host the 2027 event at Birmingham’s NEC. ERTICO CEO Joost Vantomme and West Midlands Combined Authority Deputy Mayor Sharon Thompson put pen to paper at the ITS UK Parliamentary Reception. Mr Vantomme commented how […]
West Midlands Mayor pledges bus improvements within two and a half years
The West Midlands Mayor, Richard Parker, has promised that the region’s bus users will start to see improvements to the network ‘two years from next spring’. His pledge to create a public franchise system similar Greater Manchester’s was a key element of his election campaign. Mayor Parker plans to regain control from private operators over timetables, routes […]
Council to reaffirm opposition to Norwich Western Link
Norwich City Council is set to reaffirm its opposition to a controversial, major new road. The £274m Norwich Western Link (NWL), proposed by Norfolk County Council, would finish a bypass around the city by joining the A47 to the A1067 Fakenham Road. The road has proved newsworthy with objections from government advisers Natural England and […]
Daily Telegraph attacks council over “pointless” park and ride site
The Daily Telegraph has published an article that could best be described as “highly critical” of Oxfordshire County Council’s controversial park and ride scheme in Eynsham. Construction of the £51m, 850-space facility was completed in January but drivers are likely to have to wait up to three years in order to use it as it […]
Better than humans? New website to show Waymo AVs are “world’s most trusted” drivers
Waymo has launched a new website that highlights the safety record of its fleet of 600 autonomous vehicles in California and Arizona. The “road safety data hub” details Waymo’s history of collisions over the past four years and the number of driverless miles traveled across its current three markets: San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, says NBC […]
Herriot-Watt and Glasgow universities using virtual technology to decarbonise transport
Two Scottish Universities are to set be at the heart of a project looking to decarbonise transport around the country, centred around the design of virtual versions of cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. These “digital twins” will allow academics to test measures on Scotland’s roads, railways, waters and airways, due to the difficulty in […]
London’s ULEZ is reducing school traffic pollution
Some 40% of children in Central London who previously travelled to school by car have now switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or public transport, following the introduction of the ULEZ, new research has shown. In contrast, only two in 10 children made this switch over the same period in […]
TfL provides update on cyber security incident
Shashi Verma, TfL’s Chief Technology Officer, has issued an update in relation to the ongoing cyber security incident.. “The security of our systems and customer data is very important to us. We continually monitor who is accessing our systems to ensure only those authorised can gain access. We identified some suspicious activity on Sunday and […]
