Blythe joins Academy top table
One of the world’s leading experts in Intelligent Transport Systems, Professor Phil Blythe, has been awarded one of the biggest accolades he could get, a Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Blythe is one of 53 leading engineers from the UK and the world to have been […]
Tesla further automates its driving
Tesla has removed another forced human interaction from its autodrive product, allowing cars to go through green lights without any further confirmation from the driver. Its latest software update for its models S, X, Y and 3 means that, as the driver approaches a green light at an intersection, in some situations where there is […]
Zenzic welcomes TTF Connectivity report’s confirmation of early progress
Zenzic, the organisation enabling the UK’s move to Connected and Autonomous Mobility, has hailed a study from the Transport Technology Forum as providing “fundamental evidence of early progress in activity”, as it shows the UK is on track in achieving the key milestones required. The TTF’s State of the Connected Nation report highlighted how connectivity […]
Mercedes comes out top in world-first assisted driving league table
The auto safety research company Thatcham has published a list assessing the relative merits of different cars’ assisted driving technology, with the Mercedes GLE the overall highest scorer. Working with Euro NCAP, Thatcham has graded vehicles based on their vehicle assistance technology, such as speed and steering assistance and adaptive cruised control, as well as […]
Smart motorway death widow says driver should not be jailed
The widow of a man killed in a crash on a smart motorway is urging the judge in the case not to jail the man who admitted causing the death. The Sunday Telegraph reported that Claire Mercer will use her victim impact statement to blame Highways England because of the removal of hard shoulders on […]
New game lets people design their own congestion charging model
A new game has been launched which allows players to optimise traffic in a virtual San Francisco by designing a road user charging system. “Congestion pricing is a tool that has been used successfully by cities around the world to reduce congestion,” the designers of Unclog Fog City write. “Like those cities, San Francisco could use congestion pricing to keep traffic moving, increase roadway safety, […]
Another study supports AV congestion-reduction benefits
A team of transport modellers at Michigan Technological University have released a study which once again confirms that having cars with some driverless capabilities on the roads reduces congestion and makes roads safer. In the catchily named paper “A distributionally robust stochastic optimisation-based model predictive control with distributionally robust chance constraints for cooperative adaptive cruise […]
Aimsun to deliver smart traffic management pilot in Norway
The global transport modelling company Aimsun is launching a smart traffic management project to predict traffic jams before they happen, and work out ways of changing traffic patterns to stop the build-up. It’s been chosen to deliver the project in Norway’s second largest city of Bergen as part of the NordicWay 3 programme. The pilot […]
Driverless car lab opens in Oxfordshire
Telecoms company O2 is opening a new commercial driverless car research lab at Harwell in Oxfordshire. The Darwin SatCom Lab is aiming to test 5G solutions to improve connectivity for autonomous driving thanks to the reduced latency of the technology. Backed by funding from the UK Space Agency, the new lab – based at the […]
Glasgow e-scooter scheme recommended for approval
Scotland’s first e-scooter rental trial is a step closer to reality. The Scotsman reports that councillors in the city have been recommended to approve the scheme, which would mean e-scooters are permitted on roads and cycle paths but not pavements. They would be limited to 15.5 mph. The report says the plan will be considered […]