TRL to launch Connected and Automated Safety Assurance Tool to enable rapid scale-up of CAM trials
TRL has developed a new online software tool to simplify and streamline the approach to safety assurance of Connected and Automated Mobility trialling. It says this paves the way for rapid-scale up and repeat deployment of CAM trials in multiple locations. TRL says trials of CAM vehicle technologies are expensive and time-consuming to organise. Ensuring […]
Road deaths down a sixth in 2020
The number of people killed on Britain’s roads last year fell 16% compared to 2019, as lockdown restrictions and consequently fewer journeys meant all types of road crashes were down. However the number of cyclists killed rose from 100 in 2019 to 140 last year. Official figures show that overall there were 1,472 road fatalities […]
Highways projects fell 12% in 2020
There was a 12% in the amount of digging work taking place on the UK’s highways last year, according to the Digging up Britain 2021 report. The study by LSBUD, which provides a free to use online search facility for underground pipes and cables, reveals that there were 369,138 searches through its portal relating to […]
Women in ITS told “you’re first class”
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society’s Women in ITS Group has heard a rousing speech from one of the industry’s most experienced professionals explaining why they bring fresh thinking into the industry, and that women should be confident in their abilities. Professor Eric Sampson spoke at the Women in ITS meeting to mark International Women in […]
SMLL tests how CCTV cameras can be smart sensors
The TRL-led Smart Mobility Living Lab is running a pilot trial in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to use the existing roadside CCTV equipment as sensors, to detect and identify the movement of mobile vehicles such as scooters and wheelchairs in real time. The pilot is to assist Fyma (For your motion analytics) – a computer […]
London getting hydrogen double-deckers
England’s first ever hydrogen double decker buses are being launched in London, marking what the Mayor calls another major step towards making the bus fleet zero-emission and “cleaning up London’s toxic air”. The 20 new environmentally-friendly buses, the first of their kind to be launched in England, will produce no pollution from their exhausts and […]
Arup sees six employees in Women In Engineering Top 50
Six members of Arup have been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) Awards, making the company the most recognised firm in the WE50 for the second year running. The WE50’s theme for 2021 is engineering heroes, celebrating “the best, brightest and bravest women in engineering, who recognise a problem, then dare to […]
Atos joins European project to support carbon-neutral transition
Digital transformation company Atos has joined the EU-funded project AI4Cities to support six European cities and regions to accelerate their transition towards carbon neutrality. The artificial intelligence solutions will ultimately reduce CO2 in mobility and energy, two domains responsible for 82% of all greenhouse gas emissions in European cities. Atos has been selected for phase […]
London’s tube to have full mobile access by 2024
Transport for London has announced it’s appointed BAI Communications to deliver full 4G mobile communications across the tube network. London Mayor Sadiq Khan says key central stations such as Oxford Circus and Euston will benefit by the end of next year. TfL says BAI Cwill enable mobile coverage on the whole Tube network, helping to […]
Engineers feed fibre over iconic Forth Bridge to speed up internet for town
Scotland’s iconic Forth Road Bridge is having two miles of fibre installed across it to carry ultrafast internet traffic for the historic town which lies in its shadow. Engineers are using a giant air compressor to blow a continuous stretch of glass fibre right across the Bridge at speeds of up to 60 metres per […]