Californian city delivers free solar powered car charging
An American electric vehicle charging solution company is delivering a series of solar-powered charging stations across the Southern Californian city of San Diego – at no cost to the city or the drivers who use the stations. Beam Global will deploy its patented EV ARC™ 2020 charging stations through a public-private partnership with a corporate […]
HE applies for Lower Thames Crossing planning permission
Highways England has officially logged its application to build the new Lower Thames crossing linking Essex and Kent to the east of the Dartford Crossing. This application has been received by the Planning Inspectorate and documents will be made available if the application is accepted for examination. The Planning Inspectorate website details how the Lower […]
Union says driverless tube would cost £7bn
The rail union ASLEF has published details of what it says is a leaked document which estimates that introducing driverless trains onto the London Underground would be “economically unfeasible”. It says the detailed 26 page document – compiled in August – which came into the hands of ASLEF, says the cost would be £7 billion, […]
Host surprised by lifetime achievement award at ITS (UK) Awards
The President of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Society, ITS (UK), had a surprise during the 2020 awards ceremony, when he was named winner of the organisation’s highest accolade, the Rees Hills Award for outstanding personal contribution by a UK ITS professional. Steve Norris was hosting the online event sponsored by Cubic, SRL, Jenoptik and Videalert, […]
TTF Covid data project wins ITS (UK) Project of the Year Award
A data project which gathered and analysed traffic and cycling statistics from local authorities across England to help understand transport changes due to Covid-19 restrictions has won the Project of the Year Award from ITS (UK). The Transport Technology Forum, working with Arup and White Willow Consulting, supported the Department for Transport in understanding how […]
TTF issues cyber security standards and guidelines summary
The Transport Technology Forum has issued new guidance to help organisations to keep up to date with the vast amount of information available about cyber security standards in order to keep their data safe and secure. The Cyber Security Signposting Guidance repository is a collation of various online resources including standards, guidelines, certifications, frameworks and […]
Leading motoring journalist asks why drivers haven’t been asked about driverless cars
One of the founders of popular motoring magazine Auto Express has written an impassioned opinion piece asking why drivers have not been asked whether or not they want driverless cars. Mike Rutherford, who has worked with the title since 1988 and is a regular motoring contributor on radio and TV, says it’s not a case […]
Paper submissions open for Hamburg 2021
The organisers of the ITS World Congress 2021 have opened up submissions for the Congress in October. ERTICO – ITS Europe say the theme of the event is “Experience Future Mobility Now”, illustrating the radical role Intelligent Transport Systems, digitalisation, and cooperative, connected and automated mobility can play in responding to key challenges in the […]
Uber and Lyft lose California worker classification battle
A court in California has rejected claims from ridehailing companies Uber and Lyft that their drivers are independent contractors, not employees. CNN reports that the California Appeals Court must reclassify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, upholding an earlier court decision. The state argued that by classifying their drivers as contractors, Uber and […]
Transport tech firms hoping for award recognition today
A range of transport specialists are getting ready for a major event of the year – the ITS (UK) Awards which this year take place online this afternoon (Monday 26 October). The trade body says the event, at 4pm and hosted by ITS (UK) President Steve Norris, will “celebrate the best in the country’s transport […]