SNP politician calls for Transport Scotland to open Inverness office
The Scottish Nationalist Member of the Scottish Parliament, Fergus Ewing, says that with planned building works to take place in the northeast of the country, “it makes no sense” for Transport Scotland staff to travel 168 miles from Edinburgh to Inverness and back to work on projects. Writing in the Herald Newspaper, Mr Ewing says […]
ERTICO presents its Market Radar, looking at industry transformation
The European Intelligent Transport body, ERTICO – ITS Europe, in collaboration with EY, is launching the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Market Radar report, delving into the key market insights, technological trends, challenges, employment dynamics, and future trajectories within the ITS industry. This inaugural market radar spotlights two sectors within the ERTICO Partnership – the Service […]
Telent secures NRTS contract extension
Telent will continue to operate the digital connectivity network for National Highways until 2027. Telent has been working with National Highways to transform and operate the National Roads Telecommunications Service (NRTS) since 2018. During this time, it says a portfolio of digital platforms has been delivered to modernise the connectivity infrastructure, improve the reliability and […]
SRL renews three ISO accreditations
Intelligent Transport Systems manufacturer SRL Traffic Systems has successfully renewed its triple ISO accreditation, encompassing ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 9001. It says this underscores the company’s “unwavering commitment to quality, environmental responsibility and occupational health and safety”. To achieve renewed ISO accreditation, the team undertook what it calls a long and rigorous audit, […]
London Boroughs to get more than £80m for walking and cycling safety improvements
Transport for London and London Councils have published a Borough Three Year Report, which demonstrates how boroughs have used Local Implementation Plan funding over three years “to transform local areas, making London’s roads safer and more attractive for people using public transport, walking and cycling.” The report looking at the years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 outlines […]
ERTICO says Dubai World Congress is “taking off”
The organisers of this year’s ITS World Congress in Dubai, ERTICO – ITS Europe have given details of how September’s event is coming together, as registration goes live and the team analyses technical programme proposals. Wolfgang Höfs, ERTICO’s Congress Adviser who is advising on his first Congress since replacing the retired Prof Eric Sampson, expressed […]
GM halves funding for driverless Cruise division
General Motors is cutting a billion dollars (£788 million) of spending from its driverless taxi division Cruise, but insists it remains committed to the self-driving project. Reuters has analysed the company’s finances and says Cruise spent $1.9 billion in cash during 2023, and recorded a $2.7 billion pretax loss, not including $500 million in restructuring […]
Report highlights carbon and cost benefits from using geosynthetic layers
Road surfacing company Foster Contracting have estimated that values ranging from 29% to 93% can be achieved in carbon reduction, along with significant cost savings when using geosynthetic interlayers to extend the life of a pavement. In April 2023, PYE Management Ltd produced a document for the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) entitled “Carbon Emissions […]
American researchers develop app to help blind and visually impaired passengers find bus stops
A team of researchers from Massachusetts say a micro-navigation smartphone app to they have developed has a “substantially” higher success rate than Google Maps in helping blind or visually impaired people find bus stops. The team at Mass Eye and Ear explain that current GPS systems have sufficient macro-navigation for planning routes using public transport, […]
AI urban traffic management solution gains patent
A patent has been granted for a new traffic management system created by AI company Simpifai Systems and the University of Huddersfield’s artificial intelligence experts. Professor of AI Mauro Vallati and the AI4UTMC research team, including Dr Rongge Guo, Saumya Bhatnagar, and Dr Francesco Percassi, have been working with Simplifai on the use of artificial […]