Cost to charge an EV up a fifth since September
The average price of charging an electric car on a pay-as-you go, non-subscription basis at a publicly accessible rapid charger in Great Britain has increased by 21% since September. Analysis by the RAC says that it now costs 44.55p per kilowatt hour. This is based on research by the RAC’s new Charge Watch initiative in […]
Active travel to Scottish schools remains at pandemic levels
New research suggests the percentage of school pupils travelling actively to school in the year 2021 stayed at similar levels seen during 2020. New data from Sustrans’ Hands Up Scotland Survey looked at children walking, cycling, scootering or skating to school. In the survey funded by Transport Scotland, 50.3% of school pupils asked said they […]
UK’s first zero-emission autonomous HGV trials get underway
The 5G Connected and Automated Logistics project in the Northeast of England has moved to a new phase with autonomous driving testing of the UK’s first automated 40 tonne truck, powered by 5G, at Vantec in Sunderland. Following the announcement of the onboarding of Terberg as a partner earlier this year, and the arrival of […]
TTF shares video of virtual road signs “untouched by human hand”
The Transport Technology Forum has shared one of the key moments of its conference last week – the video of infrastructure-to-vehicle technology showing that VMS, temporary VMS and traditional signs can be repeated in vehicle without the need for human intervention. The video explained a project delivered by HRS, KL Systems and White Willow Consulting […]
Port of London Authority hit by cyberattack
The Port of London Authority is reported to have been the victim cyberattack, thought to have been carried out by the Iranian Altahrea Team hacking gang. Techmonitor.ai reports part of the PLA’s online infrastructure was knocked offline by the distributed denial of service attack last night. The site is up and running again at time […]
Amazon installs AI cameras to monitor drivers’ performance
The e-commerce giant Amazon has started installing cameras with artificial intelligence that monitor its delivery drivers. The Telegraph reports the technology is being imported from the US and is meant to prevent accidents. The company is using two cameras to record footage from its Amazon branded vans in the UK, one looking out on to […]
Ford trials geofencing speed limiting
Carmaker Ford is trialling connected vehicle technology using geofencing – a virtual geographical boundary – that it says could one day do away with the need for speed limit signs completely. The company says drivers seeing limit signs depends on how visible they are, whether they are concealed by branches, or maybe surrounded by a […]
UK “months away” from hitting 500,000 battery electric vehicles milestone
The RAC has issued figures estimating that there are around 456,000 zero-emission Battery Electric Vehicles on the UK’s roads – with in the region of 77,000 registered in 2022 alone. That’s along with more than 348,000 plug-in hybrids. RAC EV spokesperson Simon Williams said: “Our analysis shows we’re now tantalisingly close to hitting the magic […]
Opinion – How Road User Charging could help London fight congestion and boost long-term transport
Steve Parsons, Sales Director UK & Ireland, Kapsch TrafficCom Ltd writes this opinion piece for Highways News: With more electronic vehicles on the road than ever, the congestion challenge in London’s capital remains large whilst revenues from fuel tax is inevitably falling. All of this is adding to TfL’s post-pandemic funding shortfall. With rapid action […]
Making Active Travel Easy – Chris Boardman on this week’s Highways Voices
“I started with an outcome of what do we want the places we live to be like, what do we want that to be for our families and our kids, and then what do we need to get people there – and easy is the is the first word. It’s got to be easy.” The […]