E-scooter trial begins in London
A trial of e-scooters is getting underway in London today in an initiative that is hoped will reduce car travel. Three companies, Dott, Lime and Tier, have been approved to operate e-scooter trials in London. The trial lead at Transport for London, Helen Sharp, commented, “It’s clear that e-scooters could act as an innovative, greener […]
Aviva announces driverless pod trial
Aviva and Darwin Innovation Group are entering into a five-year strategic partnership, beginning with collaboration on an autonomous vehicle trial. Darwin is trialling an autonomous shuttle at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. Created by Navya, this vehicle, controlled by 5G and satellite connectivity, will be able to pick passengers up, transport them […]
Final push for £43 million M6 bridge project
Highways England’s work to construct a congestion-busting new bridge over the M6 at Knutsford in Cheshire is entering its final phase this month. The £43 million bridge is being built through the roundabout at junction 19 of the M6 providing links to the motorway and A556 and improving traffic flow. And after successful operations this […]
Bus depot in line to be Britain’s biggest EV charging hub
First Bus in Scotland is building the UK’s largest electric vehicle charging hub as it replaces half its fleet with electric buses in a depot in Scotland. The BBC reports that the programme to add 160 charging points at the Caledonia depot is expected to be completed in 2023 with the first 22 buses arriving […]
ITS (UK) Chair commits to Zero Carbon transport technology push
The Chair of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Society, Ryan Hood is committing the organisation will double-down on its commitment to decarbonisation, as he enters his second year in the role. Hood, who is Head of Digitisation of Transport at TRL, was re-elected at the ITS (UK) Annual General Meeting where he called on the industry […]
Amazon launches location rival to Google
Amazon’s web services division has launched a new service which it says will make it easier and more cost-effective for customers to add location functionality to their applications “without compromising on user privacy or data security”. Amazon Location Service allows customers to embed location functionality in their applications using data from Esri and HERE Technologies […]
ITS America takes legal action to retain 5.9 GHz for V2X
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials have filed an appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s November 2020 order regarding unlicensed devices in the 5.9 GHz spectrum band. ITS America and AASHTO took this action to ensure Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technologies can continue to safely operate throughout […]
Six “transformative” West Midlands transport projects awarded share of £1.6 million fund
Six projects exploring the benefits and applications of 5G technology in the transport sector have been awarded a share of a £1.6 million investment fund in the West Midlands. West Midlands 5G and Transport for West Midlands, which is part of the West Midlands Combined authority, have partnered to award funding for the development and […]
Two people seriously hurt in e-scooter crash in Liverpool
Police in Liverpool are appealing for information following a collision on Tuesday which left two passengers on an e-scooter seriously injured. They say they received a report at around 6.50pm that an electric scooter was in collision with a black Ford Fiesta at the junction of Mulgrave Street, Grove Street and Upper Parliament Street. Emergency […]
5G and transport explained on this week’s Highways Voices
“The business case for 5G is not transport, let’s not kid ourselves,” says connected vehicle expert Andy Graham from White Willow Consulting on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. But, he explains, the technology does give many opportunities to transform transport, “We should be definitely pushing with 5G… we should be really taking the advantage of […]