Transport operators warn of Oxford Street pedestrianisation chaos
Transport operators fear that Transport for London’s detailed proposal to pedestrianise a major section of Oxford Street could cause major problems for taxi and private hire operators working in the centre of the capital. The plan envisages closing off the stretch between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street. Under the plan, taxis, private hire vehicles, […]
Guernsey ‘still considering’ vehicle travel distance tax
The Government of Guernsey’s is still considering whether to introduce distance charging for motorists as part of wider tax reforms. The BBC reports that work on setting up a trial scheme was stalled because of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, and had been “overtaken” by other priorities. In 2023, the States asked for more investigation […]
MP vows to close ‘most dangerous’ A1 crossing points after crashes
An MP has vowed to close more “dangerous crossings” on the A1. Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP for Rutland and Stamford, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she is working with National Highways for more of the central reservations to be closed at Great Ponton to reduce the number of accidents there. Mrs Kearns spoke about her priorities for […]
Traders in Welsh village claim they’ve been ‘cut off’ by roadworks
Pub owners in a rural part of Carmarthenshire fear a two-month road closure could be the “tipping point that finishes us off completely” because many customers will have to tackle long diversions to reach them, says Wales Online. A relatively small section of the B4310 between Nantgaredig and Brechfa has been shut in both directions […]
London to review £372m a year Freedom Pass
The free travel benefits enjoyed by more than a million older Londoners are to be reviewed because of the soaring cost of the Freedom Pass. The pass provides free travel on all Transport for London services and national rail services within Greater London, says The Standard,and is funded by the 33 London boroughs but its cost is […]
Oxa receives nearly £15m BP funding boost after admitting it needed financial assistance
British self-driving technology pioneer Oxa has received a significant funding boost from BP after spending ‘millions of pounds’ to develop autonomous vehicles. The Daily Telegraph reports that the Oxford-based firm received nearly $20m (£14.8m) from BP Ventures, the oil group’s venture capital arm, and tech backer IP Group earlier this month, filings show. The financial […]
NVIDIA launches Alpamayo family of open-source AI models
NVIDIA has unveiled the NVIDIA Alpamayo family of open AI models, simulation tools and datasets designed to accelerate the next era of safe, reasoning‑based autonomous vehicle (AV) development. AVs must safely operate across an enormous range of driving conditions. Rare, complex scenarios, often called the “long tail,” remain some of the toughest challenges for autonomous systems to […]
TomTom Orbis maps to power CARIAD’s Automated Driving systems
TomTom has announced that CARIAD, the automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group, will use TomTom’s advanced Orbis Maps as a core component of automated driving systems developed by CARIAD. TomTom Orbis Maps for automated driving (AD) will provide fundamental spatial context to amplify and enlarge the understanding that CARIAD’s systems have of their surroundings by providing highly accurate, up-to-date location information. As an additional map-based layer within the overall […]
HERE Technologies make two major announcements as CES 2026 gets underway
HERE Technologies have made two major announcements ahead of the opening of the 2026 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show )(CES 2026) in Las Vegas. Firstly, HERE and Amazon are collaborating to bring an AI-powered navigation solution. At the heart of this advancement is the integration of HERE Navigation with Amazon’s Alexa Custom Assistant (ACA). The collaboration […]
Council pothole compensation claims rise by 90% in three years
Pothole compensation claims submitted to 177 local authorities have jumped by 91% in just three years – soaring from 27,731 in 2021 to 53,015 in 2024, new data analysed by the RAC suggests. A Freedom of Information request to 207 councils across England, Scotland and Wales representing nearly a quarter of a million (246,510) miles […]