No charges over South Yorkshire smart motorway deaths
Police looking into the deaths of three people on smart motorways in South Yorkshire say that they will not be going ahead with any corporate manslaughter charges against National Highways. Nargis Beghum was killed on a stretch of smart motorway on the M1 near Woodall Services, in September 2018 while Jason Mercer and Alexandru Murgeanu […]
Cruise offers driverless car trip so to public in San Francisco
General Motors’ driverless subsidiary Cruise is offering people in San Francisco a chance to ride in a driverless taxi. Residents and visitors can take free rides in its battery-powered fleet–with no human backup drivers. “Ready to go fully driverless?” a form on its website reads. “We can’t wait for you to join the Cruise Rider […]
Motorists “to pay the price” of TfL’s funding hole
Motorists could end up paying to solve Transport for London’s funding crisis, which is expected to reach £1.4bn by 2024-2025. According to documents seen by London’s financial paper City AM, TfL expects to receive up to £300m per year from a series of policies London mayor Sadiq Khan is deciding upon, including the extension of […]
Aimsun appoints new CEO
International transportation technology company, Aimsun, has appointed Alex Torday as its new CEO. He replaces Alex Gerodimos, who is moving to take a leadership role with Siemens spin-off Simulytic, which operates in risk intelligence for autonomous vehicles. Aimsun explains that Alex Torday is a veteran member of the its team who has been with the […]
Ordnance Survey announces ITS (UK) membership
Ordnance Survey has announced it has become a corporate member of the country’s Intelligent Transport Systems Industry Association, ITS (UK), saying joining builds on its ongoing work in supporting customers in the transport and future mobility industries. It says accurate location data has become a crucial asset for these sectors and supports many areas of […]
Abu Dhabi driverless trial sees 2,700 riders in a month
A driverless taxi service trial in Abu Dhabi, called TXAI, has seen 2,700 passengers try it out, across more than 10,000 miles of rides. UAE newspaper Gulf News says since the service was launched in last November on Yas Island, a reclaimed area of land famous for hosting the emirate’s Grand Prix. It says the […]
AA warns Highway Code changes could lead to more rear-end crashes
There’s a warning changes to the Highway Code mean drivers will now have to stop for pedestrians waiting to cross at junctions, with the AA warning that means motorists would be at risk of being rear-ended. The new rules, which came into force over the weekend, mean drivers will have more responsibility to look out […]
Oxfordshire introduces third town-wide 20mph zone
The town of Wallingford in Oxfordshire has become the third 20mph pilot scheme in the county. Oxfordshire County Council has completed the work in Wallingford Central as part of its plans to reduce the speed of the majority of the county’s 30mph roads to 20mph, where suitable and when supported by local residents. It followed […]
Waymo takes legal action to keep driverless crash data secret
Google’s driverless division Waymo has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles to keep driverless car crash data from being made public. Website The Verge reports he autonomous vehicle operator, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, claims that such data should be considered a trade secret. The report explains California’s […]
London’s black cab drivers “face extinction”
There’s a warning that the London black cab driver could become a thing of the past, as applications to pass “the Knowledge” have plummetted over the past ten years. The Mail reports that figures show the number of new applications for black cab licences has dropped by almost 95% in a decade, from 3,484 in […]