Active travel route criticised as “ghost lane”
An analysis of the use of a cycle lane added to encourage active travel on a major road in London has shown just six people using it in six hours. Honeypot Lane links Stanmore to Wembley and is a major route in the Harrow area. The two lane road has had one lane allocated to […]
Semi-automation “creates complacency” – report
Drivers fidget with electronics and take both hands off the wheel more often as they develop trust in automated systems, researchers in America have discovered. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab investigated how driving with automation such as adaptive cruise control and automatic lane keeping affected behaviour of […]
SWARCO installs safety solution in its UK home village
Traffic technology specialist SWARCO has specified and installed an intelligent and reliable Vehicle Activated Sign to warn drivers of high speeds and advise on the 30mph speed limit in place, as they enter the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, where SWARCO Traffic is situated. Melsonby Parish Council says it needed to raise speed awareness to […]
Videalert owner gets IIP platinum accreditation
Marston Holdings, the UK’s largest provider of transportation and enforcement services which owns camera enforcement technology company Videalert, has been awarded Platinum accreditation by Investors in People (IIP), the internationally recognised standard for people management. Platinum status is the highest level of accreditation and is achieved by only 2% of organisations assessed. It demonstrates an organisation-wide, long […]
“Talking cars” could save lives
Communication technologies allowing cars to intelligently interpret their surroundings and alert drivers to potential hazards, could reduce vehicle crashes by up to 78%, according to new research from the University of Melbourne. The eight-month project involved a comprehensive analysis of traffic accident data in the state of Victoria between 2006 and 2019 using traffic micro-simulation […]
Driver behaviour just as influential to traffic as road design – research
New research suggests urban planners may soon have a new way to measure traffic congestion. By capturing the different routes by which vehicles can travel between locations, researchers have developed a new computer algorithm that helps quantify regions of congestion in urban areas and suggests ways around them. The study, published in the Journal of […]
One in five of London’s cabs off the road completely
Another sign of the sheer decimation of London’s transport infrastructure since Covid-19 restrictions came into force has come to light with reports that a fifth of black cab registrations have lapsed since June. The PA News Agency has seen Transport for London data showing the number of cabs fell from 18,900 to 15,000 in the […]
Hyundai partners up on driverless testing in Vegas
The Korean carmaker Hyundai has been cleared to test its fleet of driverless vehicles in Las Vegas – without needing a human safety driver. NBC 3 News Las Vegas reports that it’s working with technology company Motional to test and assess, before fully driverless testing on closed courses. It says Karl Iagnemma, the president and […]
Traffic level drop nowhere near first lockdown – TTF
The Transport Technology Forum’s latest research into travel patterns in cities, towns and villages based on local authority-sourced data suggests the latest English lockdown triggered traffic levels to fall to 27 per cent below what they were in pre-Covid-19 days in March. However the analysis of data covering more than a hundred local authority areas […]
e-scooter company offers free rides for key workers
Key workers in Gloucestershire are to be able to try out a new e-scooter service free as part of an initiative from rental provider Zwings. It says it “remains focused on protecting the health and safety of Gloucester and Cheltenham residents by providing a critical travel alternative for essential trips over the lockdown period and […]