Zenzic and testbed partners launch CAM Testbed UK:Connected video series
This week, Zenzic and its testbed partners have launched a new video series CAM Testbed UK: Connected. It took one electric van to five testing facilities to showcase the UK’s comprehensive and coordinated connectivity testing capabilities for connected and self-driving vehicle technologies. With secure, high speed communications and data sharing across virtual, controlled, semi-controlled and real […]
Walking and cycling planning-lessons learnt from Australia
From Brussels to Bogota, cities are placing support for increased levels of walking and cycling at the core of their response to the COVID-19 crisis. Prioritising improvements to active transport infrastructure recognises the unique opportunity for walking and cycling to address immediate capacity needs and to provide a catalyst for longer-term economic recovery and behavioural […]
Reading councillor calls for certainty over how funding bids can be made
A councillor in Reading has asked for clarity from the Department for Transport over how funding applications for cycling and walking modifications can be made following the recent government announcement. The government has ordered local authorities to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists because of the coronavirus pandemic and Reading Borough Council says it’s […]
Durham adds £8.5 million to roads investment plan after extra DfT funding
Durham CC will use the extra £8.5 million it has received from the DfT’s Pothole and Challenge Bid funds to help strengthen its rolling programme of resurfacing and sealing of road surfaces as well as repairs to bridges and drains. The latest funding has been added to the £30 million already committed by the council for […]
Londoners want clarity over public transport message to continue to travel
Around 16% of commuters in London will avoid public transport for the foreseeable future with 22% will work from home on a regular basis, according to a survey by business campaign group, London First. Around a quarter (24%) of Londoners plan to use the tube, while 21% say they will use buses, a figure that […]
Who is winning the self-driving car race?
Bloomberg has published an interesting report on the state of the self-driving car race. It says Waymo is still the one to beat. But in a post-Covid world, autonomous will enable more of our contactless needs. Read the full investigation here: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-self-driving-car-race/
Councils will have to rewrite how they deliver transport
Local authorities are going to completely rewrite how they deliver transport in the future, thanks to the changes forced upon them by the pandemic. This was the key highlight from the latest ITS (UK) webinar, where a panel made up of experts from local highways authorities discussed the challenges surrounding everything from changes to revenue […]
COVID-19 Site Operating Procedures new guidance released
The Construction Leadership Council has released guidance for managers and workers on construction sites to keep them safe while returning to work during the pandemic. The guidance is the latest agreed Site Operating Procedures including cleaning and close working as well as procedures for when someone falls ill. It has been designed as a checklist, […]
WJ ready to demarcate pop-up cycling and walking routes
WJ Group has been gearing up to support highway authorities with design, innovative products, rapid deployment and installation ofdemarcation solutions for pop-up cycle and walking routes. With the coronavirus crisis likely to continue for some months at least,the concern is that people will shy away from public transport andrevert to using their own cars. Consequently […]
Switching to electric vehicles would cut transport emissions by 42%
Changing all cars to available electric vehicles could cut emissions by almost 12% straight away, according to new research by Nottingham Trent University. Researchers have said that 42 million tonnes of CO2 would be removed from the atmosphere by switching to electric vehicles, reducing the transport sectors emissions by more than 42% . The work […]