Rest and Be Thankful road shut for a week due to landslip fears
The key A83 route in Scotland at Rest and Be Thankful, which is used as a way to travel between Glasgow and west coast has been shut for a week because the hillside overlooking it is saturated after a period of heavy rain. Traffic is being diverted along a single-lane road nearby with a convoy […]
Mobileye kicks off AV pilot in Germany
Driverless vehicle and ADAS technology company Mobileye says it has taken a key step on the road to the autonomous future of mobility, by obtaining a permit recommendation enabling it to operate its autonomous vehicle technology on German streets. It says the permit – granted by independent third-party for testing, certification, auditing and advisory service […]
Compliance will be the key to success for new 20mph limits in Cornwall – Jenoptik
Cornwall County Council is being reminded that signs alone may not deliver the desired benefits of a proposed blanket 20 mile per hour speed limit across all eligible residential roads in the county. As a strong supporter of the ‘20’s Plenty’ and ‘Vision Zero’ campaigns, Timo Thornton, an Account Manager at Jenoptik, is delighted with […]
Hospitality boss warns of staff shortages in Glasgow due to LEZ
The owner of two leading nightspots in Glasgow has warned that his and other hospitality staff will struggle to get home from work at night if there’s a fall in the number of taxis on the road when the city’s Low Emission Zone comes into force. Private hire drivers with older vehicles are being told […]
New Jenoptik average speed cameras for Solihull
Solihull Council has commissioned new Jenoptik average speed enforcement cameras on the A34 Stratford Road in Shirley. Positioned in the 40mph section of the Stratford Road, between the B4102 Marshall Lake Road and the M42 Motorway junctions, the cameras will monitor the speed of vehicles travelling in both directions. Working in partnership with West Midlands […]
London Mayor calls for continued TfL investment
The Mayor of London has called on the government to continue funding Transport for London’s future projects. Sadiq Khan told London’s financial paper City AM: “The history of London Underground shows that you’ve got to invest now for the future, you can’t stand still,” “We need government support for further investment in both the underground […]
Police hunt bus arsonists in East London
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following four bus fires that have been started deliberately since New Year. Two fires in Walthamstow took place on Monday, 2 January – the first at 17:55hrs on a route 215 bus and the second at 19:45hrs on Tuesday, 3 January on a route 97 bus. Police say […]
European congress Call for Demonstrations deadline extended
The organisers of the 2023 ITS European Congress in Lisbon this May have extended the call for Demonstrations until 20 January. Under the theme ‘ITS: The Game Changer’, ERTICO – ITS Europe says Demonstrations will offer mobility professionals an opportunity to showcase their solutions and performances of their products under live conditions. It says those interested […]
Two Level 4 Autonomous pods go on the roads in France
The driverless vehicle supplier EasyMile and multinational public transport public transport operator Keolis have taken a further step in completely automated mobility by remotely supervising two fully driverless shuttles, without any human supervisor on board, at France’s National Sports Shooting Centre, in the centre of the country. They say this new phase aims to validate […]
Vehicle management SME wins start-up of the year award
The company behind vehicle management app described as “driving car admin into the twenty-first century”, which “aims to empower the UK’s 30 million drivers” has won a prestigious award as best start-up business in the UK in 2022. The website Startups.co.uk has unveiled its fifteenth Startups 100 Index, the UK’s longest-running directory of the top […]