Football fans to get driverless shuttle
Football fans heading to watch the Milton Keynes Dons will be able to ride to the ground from a local railway station in a driverless shuttle. As part of the MK 5G Create project, the Coventry-based driverless vehicle maker Aurrigo is going to supply a ten-seater pod to take people from Bletchley Station to Stadium: […]
Air taxi company plans US entry
One of the biggest features of the last ITS World Congress, Volocopter, has announced plans to bring its air taxi service to American cities. The German start-up has announced the Federal Aviation Administration has positively accepted their application for concurrent Type Certificate validation. It explains that this sets the basis for Volocopter to bring electric […]
HE planning smart motorways education campaign
Highways England is planning to run a £5 million TV campaign educating drivers about smart motorways. The Telegraph reports that the Department for Transport explains that the campaign will “improve people’s confidence in using all types of motorways, including what to do in the event of a breakdown in a live lane.” This news follows […]
Microsoft shows driverless intent with Cruise investment
Microsoft has increased its stake in race to monetise autonomous car technology by investing an undisclosed amount in General Motors’ driverless division Cruise. The Telegraph reports that it’s joined a $2 billion (nearly £1.5 billion) funding round which has increased Cruise’s valuation to $30 billion (around £22 billion). The paper adds that the deal also […]
TfL drops cashless plans
Transport for London has decided not to press ahead with plans to remove the cash option from all its ticket machines. It had considered it to reduce the spread of viruses in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis but London’s financial paper City AM reports that it changed its mind after lobbying. One group opposed […]
Hopes for highways event renaissance as bookings surge for quarter four exhibition
The exhibition and conference calendar has been on hold for the last year as mass gatherings have been banned, but there’s hope that there may be light at the end of the tunnel for the highways sector. The leading highways and transport show Highways UK says it’s sold 80% of its floor space already, suggesting […]
Modelling key to Champs Elysees revamp
The Mayor of Paris has approved far-reaching plans to transform the city’s iconic Champs Elysees, turning it into a 1.4 mile “extraordinary garden”, after modelling suggested that the scheme will minimise negative effects for mobility. The designers of the scheme, PCA Stream say the ten year plan will reduce noise, heat and car traffic and […]
Coroner calls for smart motorway review
A coroner has stated that smart motorways without a hard shoulder carry “an ongoing risk of future deaths” after recording a version of unlawful killing into the deaths of two men on the M1 in 2019. Thee BBC reports that Coroner David Urpeth has called for a review of smart motorways after closing the inquest […]
Sutton removes trial cycle paths
Temporary cycle paths installed in the London Borough of Sutton during the autumn have been removed. The trial measures were launched in September to create a dedicated space for people to cycle and provide a safer, active, greener travel alternative to the car for journeys to Sutton town centre as the first lockdown restrictions were […]
TomTom calls 2020 “the year that could change traffic forever”
Location technology company TomTom says that traffic levels saw a significant decrease in almost all cities in monitors around the world last year, as the Coronavirus crisis had a major effect on journeys. In its Traffic Index report, TomTom says that out of the 416 cities studied, 387 saw a significant decrease (averaging 21%) in […]