New York considering giving commission for public to dob in illegal parkers
People in New York City could be paid a proportion of parking fines, by reporting illegally parked cars. Route-Fifty.com reports the bill, sponsored by City Council members Stephen Levin and Corey D Johnson, would give parking whistleblowers 25% of any fines resulting from reports of cars that obstruct bike or bus lanes, pavements, crossings or […]
Five winners of Zenzic’s CAM Scale-Up programme announced
The organisation tasked with co-ordinating the development and introduction of driverless vehicles to the UK’s roads, Zenzic, has announced five winners of its “CAM Scale-Up” programme aimed at helping UK self-driving start-ups get on the road to market success. Five UK-based self-driving start-ups will split £500,000 funding pot and work and be given a chance […]
Hedgehog sign yet to appear on British roads
18 months after the Department for Transport unveiled its new sign to warn drivers of small animals on the road, it’s turned out not one has been placed on our roads. The This is Money website reports that only four local authorities have actually applied to display the sign, and all of those have been […]
Siemens uses new loop technology in traffic light installation
Siemens has made the first installation of its new Plus+ signal controller using a new technique to wire up the loop detectors used in its functionality. The SmartLoop technology used at Kennet and Avon canal in Theale, Berkshire, avoids the need to wire each individual loop back to the controller. This reduces the amount of […]
Belgian researchers “hack Tesla in a few minutes”
Researchers at a university in the Belgian city of Leuven say they’ve used two vulnerabilities in a Tesla Model X to be able to hack into it. They’ve given Tesla the findings and a patch has been created to prevent thieves being able to take advantage. Wired reports that Lennert Wouters, a security researcher at […]
“Globally unique” AV test centre nears completion
The UK test centre HORIBA MIRA says that self-driving vehicles are a “significant step closer” to becoming a reality on public roads with the construction of its new test centre nearing completion. MIRA says ASSURED CAV is a “globally unique” site which has been specifically designed to enable the automotive industry, policy makers and government […]
Britain at “midway point” towards autonomous vehicles
A group of transport experts have told a webinar that it could be another 15-20 years before driverless cars are in daily use by the monoring public. Road Safety GB reports that the Festival of Road Safety event heard from Coventry University, Zenzic and Oxfordshire County Council about the road safety challenges around the technology. […]
BT trialling “world’s most secure network” for connected cars
BT has announced it’s working with Cambridge-based start-up Nu-Quantum and other research organisations as part of a world-first trial of end-to-end quantum-secured communications for 5G and connected cars. The company says its AIRQKD trial uses its expertise in building quantum-secure networks using an essentially un-hackable technique called Quantum Key Distribution which shares encryption ‘keys’ between […]
Government’s Connected Vehicle Data Research “A big step forward” – TTF
The Transport Technology Forum says the Government’s publication of its Connected Vehicle Data Research shows that technology will be at the core of tomorrow’s transport network. The recommendations covered six key themes, including growing connected vehicle data use, exploiting a national approach, more training and support, making best use of existing assets, offering investment and […]
Redflex buys machine vision and AI company
Enforcement specialists Redflex Traffic Systems has bought RoadMetric brand and intellectual property including advanced machine vision analytics software and leading-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The Israeli company specialises in transport machine vision, video analytics and AI, and Redflex says the acquisition accelerates its entry into AI and computer vision to enhance and expand its solutions. […]