ITS (UK) points to achievements in a challenging year
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society has reflected on a year of achievements, and how it has found new ways to serve its members during the Coronavirus restrictions. In a letter to members, the Secretariat wrote how its move online led to 40 webinars of excellent, relevant content, its additional series of discussions about the pandemic’s impact […]
Mobileye considers taking lidar production in-house
The Intel-owned ADAS innovator Mobileye is considering making its own lidar sensors for self driving cars, as it explains its business plans to 2025. Amnon Shashua (pictured), CEO of Mobileye and an Intel senior vice president, told Reuters that Mobileye’s first generation of full self-driving kits – which will include lidar units from supplier Luminar […]
SVS provides CCTV for Hampshire border checkpoint
Plans for a lorry park to be used to avert Brexit-related freight queues in Hampshire have been released. The site on the A31 between Winchester and Alresford will have capabilities to hold and check paperwork on up to 235 HGVs per day in case of delays at Portsmouth International Ferry Port. Waterlooville based Smart Video […]
AV project publishes attitudes survey
It looks like men are far more likely than women to want to try out autonomous ride sharing services. A survey for the driverless car initiative Project Endeavour has found 58% of men, compared to 35% of women say they would be happy to be early adopters of any new technology. In a study by […]
Policymakers “lack attention about work-related road safety”
A new report is calling for more of attention to be given to the safety of people driving for work, as figures suggest nearly a third of road fatalities occur in at-word crashes. A study of UK statistics by University College London for charity RoadSafe on behalf of Highways England found 29% of deaths and […]
ITS stalwart Kristoffy passes away
Highways News is sad to report that one of the most likeable people in the ITS industry, Andy Kristoffy, has died of cancer. His family was with him at his bedside. He was probably best known for a decade and a half working with German traffic information software company GEWI, where he was regularly seen […]
Contractor hails electronic social distancing tags keeping staff safe at work on Leeds-Manchester rail project
One of Europe’s largest Civil Engineering companies says its staff have gained confidence about their safety at work by wearing small electronic devices which warn them when they get closer than two metres from a colleague. The BAM Nuttall team working on the Transpennine rail upgrade from York to Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield are […]
CPC celebrates “internationally influential” UK CAV industry
The Connected Places Catapult (CPC) has celebrated its success in supporting the UK’s driverless vehicle industry become a world leader and shared many thought-provoking ideas and challenges at its virtual conference titled “What next for autonomous technology – opportunities for the UK”, that took place on 2 December. The Catapult’s focus is to help innovative […]
Van makers urged to fit better safety technology
The organisation overseeing the safety of vehicles in Europe is urging van manufacturers to fit more lifesaving collision avoidance technology to their vehicles as standard after tests for a new Commercial Van Safety Rating revealed what it calls “alarming results”. Euro NCAP, working with Thatcham Research, found that out of 19 vans tested – representing […]
Siemens Mobility awarded Portsmouth Clean Air Zone design contract
Portsmouth City Council has awarded Siemens Mobility Limited a contract to design a Clean Air Zone to the south west side of the city. The city says the implementation of a CAZ is planned to ensure it achieves compliance with legal limits of nitrogen dioxide levels in the shortest possible time. Siemens Mobility has announced […]