Cardiff Council begins consultation on next stage of its active travel plans
Cardiff Council has said it wants to increase the number of people walking or cycling to work from 31% to 43% by 2030. To achieve this, Cardiff council’s cabinet discussed and approved for the draft Active Travel Network Map to go out to public consultation which starts this week. The consultation will use the Welsh […]
City of Edinburgh Council launches new ‘Meet me halfway’ active travel campaign
People in Edinburgh are being encouraged to make a part of every journey they make by active travel to repeat some of the benefits of daily exercise during the pandemic. This forms part of a new campaign, Meet me Halfway, which aims to encourage people in every part of Edinburgh to keep choosing those methods of getting […]
New smart parking lab to open in Detroit to test autonomous technologies
The city of Detroit, working in partnership with Ford and Bosch is about to open a new Smart Parking Lab, hosted in Detroit’s Bedrock Assembly Garage. It’s a real-world environment to test future autonomous technologies that could be used to refine autonomous valet parking into a product. Opening in September, the facility will also enable these […]
Dorset Council invests £200,000 in new drainage technology
Dorset Council has increased its spending on drainage maintenance by £200,000 and has invested in two new machines to help keep the county’s roads from flooding. Dorset Highways has taken ownership of a new gully cart along with a new jetter to support its drainage fleet, which forms part of the council’s new preventative maintenance […]
Net Zero buses could be making their way to Swindon as council makes its way to next stage of DfT funding scheme
Bus users in Swindon could benefit from new zero emission buses as Swindon Borough Council makes it through to the next stage of the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme The ZEBRA scheme will provide up to £120 million for Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) across the country to support the introduction of […]
World’s first driving test for semi-autonomous car to take place
Cleveron, an Estonian-based technology company, has partnered with LRK Driving School to conduct what they say are “the world’s first driving exams with an unmanned semi-autonomous car”. The exams were carried out with Cleveron’s last-mile delivery vehicle Cleveron 701. All four Cleveron specialists passed the exam and received the world’s first tele-operated vehicle certificates. To […]
UK reaches chargepoint milestone as they get iconic British design
There are now over 25,000 public charging devices across the UK – a major milestone, which means that electric vehicle drivers are never more than 25 miles from a chargepoint on UK roads, according to independently produced statistics from Zap Map. This comes as recent statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that over one in […]
Consortium behind UK’s first 5G commercial application accelerator launches Future of Transport challenge
5PRING – the consortium behind the UK’s first 5G commercial application accelerator – has announced the Future of Transport challenge. As part of the programme market leading organisations, HS2 Ltd, Port of Tyne, National Express, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and BCRRE (Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education) have set a series of challenges […]
Satellite Applications Catapult starts search for companies to provide architectural, construction engineering and inspection services
The technology accelerator Satellite Applications Catapult has started its search for companies to provide architectural, construction engineering and inspection services as part of its Geospatial Capabilities Framework. Work would involve monitoring ground changes, producing maps using data and geospatial analysis and undertaking analysis of infrastructure such as power stations, rail, roads and airports. Satellite Applications […]
Drones return to Kent for second part of trial to see how they can help spot and assess road damage
A trial looking at how drones could be used to find and assess damage to the county’s roads is now in its second phase. The Kent Live Labs project will see three separate flights taken across the A20 near Lenham over the next few months. The first phase, carried out at the Kent Showground car […]