Honda approved for Level 3 driving
The Honda Motor Company has received approval from Japanese regulators to sell Level 3 automated vehicles. This means a vehicle fitted with the right technology will be allowed to drive instead of a human under certain conditions, such as when the vehicle is in congested traffic. Honda says it is planning to launch sales of […]
Royal Borough of Kensington And Chelsea deploys Videalert CCTV enforcement
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has deployed its first CCTV cameras enforce a range of moving traffic offences including no entry pedestrian zones, box junctions, banned turns, and one-ways. The cameras and hosted video platform were procured from Videalert as part of an ongoing contract with NSL, another Marston Holdings company. “We took the decision to […]
Academic questions Automatic Lane Keeping viability
A researcher at the University of Warwick is warning that Automated Lane Keeping Systems cannot be safely used until driver monitoring systems are in place. ALKS would mean drivers could use a conditionally automated system that can take over control of the vehicle at low speeds, keeping it in lane on motorways. But Joseph Smyth, […]
Hyundai and NVIDIA partner on AI connected car services
Hyundai Motor Group and NVIDIA have announced the roll-out of the NVIDIA DRIVE ‘connected car’ platform across all new models from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis from 2022 onwards. Hyundai says its technical cooperation with accelerated computing company NVIDIA will enable it to develop high-performance ‘connected car’ computing systems for its next-generation models. From entry-level to […]
Scotrail cutting more services
Scotland’s main train operator is planning to cut a number of services meaning it has cut the number of trains by a fifth since the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis. The Scotsman newspaper says that from Sunday 13 December 272 trains per day will not operate on Scotrail services although some busier trains will get […]
Euro NCAP Appoints New President
The members of the vehicle crash testing and safety assessment organisation Euro NCAP have elected Niels Ebbe Jacobsen as their new President and Chairman of the Board of Directors Jacobsen is the CEO of International Consumer Research & Testing, a UK-based independent consumer consortium with more than 30 members worldwide. ICRT is one of the […]
FLIR adds AI to traffic cameras
Traffic camera maker FLIR has added artificial intelligence to its traffic camera software which it says optimises traffic flow on roads and at intersections. It says that, combined with its Acyclica cloud platform its ThermiCam and TrafiCam cameras can be used by cities to apply AI-camera data to predict traffic, prevent congestion and potential accidents, […]
GRID Smarter Cities joins HS2 innovator programme
The parking and kerbside management company GRID Smarter Cities has been selected as one of five technology firms to join the High Speed 2 rail line Innovation Accelerator Programme. It’s hoped GRID Smarter Cities technology will help HS2, its contractors and site personnel to better manage commercial freight movements and activities, especially in congested urban areas […]
TTF data project wins more recognition
Fresh from being awarded the Project of the Year prize at the ITS (UK) Awards, the Transport Technology Forum has been highly commended in a civil engineering awards ceremony for its work to understand changes in travel patterns due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Transport Technology Forum, working with Arup and White Willow Consulting, supported the […]
HE consults over A34 changes
Highways England has launched a new consultation about how to make the A34 west of Oxford safer and more reliable to drive on. It says it’s in the early stages of the work focussing on better understanding the current demands on the A34 between the M4 and M40, and the opportunities to reduce congestion and […]