Loughborough University launches MSc in Intelligent Transport Systems
Loughborough University is recruiting students for a new MSc in Intelligent Transport which will start in October 2021. Designed in collaboration with industry, the university says it’ll look at transport challenges, new technology innovation and modelling. The MSc will be taught by members of the Transport and Urban Planning Group (TUPG) in the School of […]
Highways Voices hears enforcement authorities must earn compliance
The latest Highways Voices podcast from Highways News features an in-depth interview with one of the UK’s leading experts on enforcement, who explains how to make sure the public support technology to ensure compliance on the road. Listen here. Assistant Managing Director Geoff Collins of Jenoptik told hosts Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum that enforcement […]
Labour Group comes out against Khan’s border charge plan
A group of Labour councillors have voiced their concern at the Labour London Mayor’s plans to introduce a £3.50 charge for cars not registered in the capital to enter it. Kent Online reports the Dartford Labour Group has voiced its opposition and has now requested a meeting with Sadiq Khan. The report quotes Dartford Labour […]
Dartford Crossing has most speeding in UK – report
Britain’s most dangerous road for speeding has been revealed to be the A282 Dartford Crossing between Essex and Kent. Fleet management company Wessex Fleet used a Freedom of Information request to find the road saw 26,920 speeding offences in 2020 despite lockdown. It asked the UK’s 45 police forces for data and found each area’s […]
Oxford wins funding for EV charging innovation
Oxford’s Local Authority Trading Company (LATCO) has won a grant to collaborate with Oxfordshire County Council to develop a device allowing households without off-street parking to charge EVs at home. TransportandEnergy.com reports the charging solution for the 30-40% of residents without off-street parking comes through a cable gullies solution, which provides and safe channel for […]
JLR outlines electric strategy
Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has explained how it plans to become an all-electric luxury brand, by launching six electric vehicles in the next five years. ZDNet reports the company is going to use its parent Tata’s “wide reach in software, IT, communications and engineering to reimagine Jaguar Land Rover”. Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Bolloré […]
Plans to build electric “gigafactory” in Coventry
A huge new “gigafactory” making batteries for electric vehicles could be built at Coventry Airport. Multiple reports say the site has been picked by the West Midlands Combined Authority and now Coventry City Council is working with the airport’s owners to submit a planning application for the site to be used for battery manufacturing. It […]
ITS (UK) urges prompt payment for SMEs
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society, ITS (UK), is issuing a call for all major companies to honour the payment terms with their SME suppliers. The plea follows comments from a number of ITS (UK)’s smaller members who have described how they have had to wait more than four times the agreed 30 days to receive […]
Australian mining company retrofits driverless car
Australian mining group Fortescue Metals has turned four Ford Ranger SUVs into driverless vehicles. Working with Ford Australia, the vehicles have been retrofitted with an on-board vehicle automation system to support the driverless equipment transfer service, which Fortescue says will improve efficiency and safety by enabling team members to spend more time on maintaining assets. […]
Siemens ITS “renaming as Yunex Traffic”
It’s reported that the intelligent transport systems division of Siemens is to be renamed Yunex Traffic. Reuters says the German engineering company is pressing ahead with plans to “carve out the signalling business ahead of a potential sale”. The report adds that the business, which operates in more than 40 countries and has annual revenue […]