UITP launches new public transport paymens forum
The international public transport association UITP has teamed up with Visa and what it cals other key players from the industry launched the new Urban Mobility Open Payments Forum. The Forum aims to advance adoption of open loop payment systems in public transport across the globe and help cities create efficient, inclusive, and sustainable door-to-door […]
Musk promises to open up Tesla’s charging network to other EVs
The Tesla owner Elon Musk has tweeted that his company’s bespoke electric charging network will be opened up to other electric vehicles later this year. The billionaire was responding to a tweet which commented about Tesla deciding to create their own charging connector, which some say is unfair to other EVs. “How about no support […]
Intelligent road repairs among eight new Prosperity Partnerships
Intelligent road repairs are among what are being described as “revolutionary” technologies being developed in a project being supported from a £60 million fund from the UK Research and Innovation division the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The project involves a partnership between construction and engineering company Costain, Highways England and the University of […]
Mercedes sets out electric future
Mercedes-Benz has announced it is getting ready to go all electric by the end of the decade, wherever in the world “market conditions allow”. The luxury carmaker says shifting from electric-first to electric-only, it is accelerating toward an emissions-free and software-driven future. By 2022, Mercedes-Benz says it will have battery electric vehicles (BEV) in all […]
Shapps looking at transport review due to home working
The planning policy for England’s road network is going to be reviewed because of changes to people’s shopping and work since Coronavirus hit and government restrictions were imposed. The current plan was drawn up in 2014 but the Press Association reports that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps believes these need to be re-examined because the shift […]
LGTAG launches highways health and wellbeing survey
The Local Government Technical Advisers Group backed by the Department for Transport and the Local Government Roads Innovation Group is launching a Health and Wellbeing Survey in order to gain an understanding of how the highways sector has coped throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With the sector employing almost a quarter of a million people, LGTAG says […]
Transport Scotland releases new report on future of public EV charging infrastructure
Transport Scotland and the Scottish Futures Trust have published a new report on public electric vehicle charging infrastructure. It sets out how Scotland can grow and expand provision to enable households and business to confidently switch to electric vehicles and help tackle climate change. TransportandEngergy.com reports the joint report highlights the current approaches and constraints […]
Three-year-old girl left seriously injured after e-scooter collision
There’s been another serious injury involving an e-scooter, after a three year old girl was left with life changing injuries after a collision with one in south London. It happened in Myatt’s Field Park, Lambeth, occurred at around 8.30pm on Monday, 19 July. The toddler was in the park with her family when the collision […]
ITS (UK) launching new Forum focussing on data
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society has decided to set up an expert forum to discuss and develop ideas on how the growing amount of data in the transport/mobility sector can be best used. ITS (UK) has discussed data use across its forums in the past, particularly in its Urban Authority, Public Transport and Connected Vehicle […]
Hundreds respond to M3 consultation
Hundreds of people have got involved in a recent consultation on proposals to improve the busy M3 junction 9 at Winchester. The scheme, which would see a major revamp of junction 9 (Winnall Interchange) is designed to improve safety, reduce congestion and make journeys quicker for traffic interchanging between the M3 and the A34 to and from the Midlands. Highways England ran an eight-week […]