Technology journalism legend stresses the importance of the business case
The latest Highways Voices podcast from Highways News hears a stark warning for the transport technology industry to always remember that behind every great idea, there must be a solid business case. Legendary Tomorrow’s World presenter Michael Rodd features in this week’s podcast saying that inventors of clever technology must “actually go through the whole […]
Business leaders elected to ITS (UK) Strategy Committee
Leading business experts from Cubic Transportation Systems, Clearview Intelligence and Jenoptik have been elected by fellow Executive Members onto the ITS (UK) Strategy Committee. Cubic’s Head of ITS Delivery David Powell, Clearview Business Development Consultant Neil Levett and Jenoptik Deputy Managing Director Geoff Collins will join the committee, which scrutinises and evaluates strategic proposals from […]
Congestion halves in pandemic year
New figures analysing traffic congestion in the UK are demonstrating just how much effect the coronavirus crisis has had on journeys over the past year. The 2020 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard identifies and ranks congestion and mobility trends throughout the pandemic across more than 1000 cities, across 50 countries – including the UK and reports […]
British radio industry in global BMW deal
An online radio platform supported by the UK commercial radio and the BBC has signed a significant deal with BMW to improve infotainment services in-car. Starting next year, Radioplayer will enhance the radio experience in new BMW cars across Europe as it uses official broadcaster metadata from Radioplayer’s Worldwide Radioplayer API (WRAPI) to help create what Radioplayer […]
All TTF conference content now online as event attracts record audience
The six sessions of last week’s Transport Technology Forum conference have now been posted online for on-demand viewing. The event, held over three days was specifically designed to be available either live with interaction or recorded for people to watch the sessions they want, when they want. “We spent quite a long time thinking about […]
Californian city bans new petrol stations
A city in the San Francisco Bay Area of California has become what’s believed to be the first to ban any new petrol pumps being installed within its boundaries. The website electrek.co reports that Petaluma’s council voted unanimously to say no new petrol stations can be built and existing ones can’t add any new pumps, […]
Researchers suggest pedestrians should wear technology to communicate with driverless cars
A team of researchers in America are suggesting that pedestrians should wear radar reflectors in order to be “seen” by driverless cars. The academics led by Zhugi Li of Princeton University in New Jersey have created a device which they say makes people more visible to the vehicle’s sensors. They say cars that rely on […]
Feasibility study planned for Scotland-NI tunnel
It’s expected that plans for a feasibility study into the building of a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland will be recommended this week. The Sunday Telegraph reported that a review by Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy should say that civil servants should formally appraise the plans for “a fixed link” between the two […]
Government adviser salutes transport technology industry for COVID-19 response
The Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser has told the Transport Technology Forum conference that he has been extremely impressed by the way the industry stepped up to support government during the COVID-19 crisis. Opening the final session of the virtual conference, Professor Phil Blythe, who is a member of the SAGE Committee, told the […]
PCC calls for speed cameras in village
For years many in the mainstream media has made out they’re hated technology, but there’s continuing evidence the tide is turning on the public’s view of speed cameras. The latest place where there’s a call for fixed cameras to be introduced to clamp down on speeding drivers is in the village of Cowling in North […]