SNP to debate free public transport for all
Scotland’s ruling Scottish National Party is planning to discuss introducing free-at-the-point-of-use public transport across the country. The pro-independence paper The National has seen the final list of debates for the conference on 28-30 November which includes a debate on the transport idea as part of a wider discussion about green ideas. “Conference… believes that the […]
Former Transport Minister backs road user charging plan
The former Transport Minister and now leading consultant Steve Norris says reported changes to charging for road use can’t come soon enough. It’s understood the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is looking at a form of road user charging to replace the £40 billion in fuel tax revenue – something that will become essential if the Government […]
JLR develops Irish smart city hub
Jaguar Land Rover is creating a real-world testing environment for connected technology where self-driving vehicles share the streets with cars, pedestrians and cyclists. It’s working with global software, mobility and telecoms companies to build the Future Mobility Campus Ireland – a collaborative testbed spread across eight miles of public roads. The Smart City Hub will […]
Uber may sell its driverless division
Uber is in talks to offload Uber Advanced Technologies Group, the division of its business working on autonomous vehicle technology. Techcrunch reports that ATG, which a year ago was valued at $7.25 billion (£5.5 billion), could be bought by Aurora Innovation, which it says entered purchase talks last month. The report points out that Uber […]
ITS (UK) reminds industry how technology makes travel safer
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society, ITS (UK) is marking Road Safety Week by highlighting the ways its members’ innovations are reducing danger on the country’s road network. “ITS isn’t just about reducing traffic jams and offering passenger information to people,” explained ITS (UK) Secretary General Jennie Martin. “It’s about all sorts of innovations on the […]
TTF reports traffic fell 25% on first day of English Lockdown 2
The latest Covid-19 Local Authority traffic and transport digest from the Transport Technology Forum suggest there was an immediate drop in traffic on local roads when Lockdown 2 started on 5 November. Its weekly analysis of data covering more than a hundred local authority boroughs and districts suggests that people got their travel in between […]
ERTICO reports on 5G progress
The Europe-wide ITS organisation ERTICO has released an update on its 5G-MOBIX project, which is developing and testing automated vehicle functionalities using 5G. The research along multiple cross-border corridors and urban trial sites in Europe, China and Korea involves 55 organisations and companies. The project has released a joint white paper with other two European projects, 5GCroco […]
DfT working on two major data projects
The Department for Transport is working on two data projects aimed at improving how Traffic Regulation Orders and roads-related data might be easier to discover and share. Along with delivery partner Valtech, the DfT is working to deliver an Alpha project under Agile principles to explore how a TRO data publication and distribution system could […]
Warwick academic leads on AV safety guidance
A researcher at WMG, University of Warwick has set out a series of points that autonomous vehicle developers must consider when it comes to safety. Dr Siddartha Khastgir has been advising the World Economic Forum on identifing the frameworks for Government to enrol Autonomous Vehicles. In the report, “Safe Drive Initiative: SafeDI Scenario-Based AV Policy […]
TfL “will need more money next year”
London’s Deputy Mayor is warning that the capital’s transport network will need further taxpayers’ money to keep running next year. Heidi Alexander has told Reuters “In the next financial year, we are still going to need considerable government support to cope with the impact of the [coronavirus] pandemic.” Transport for London has had two ten-figure […]