AECOM launches electric vehicle smart charging management system
Global Infrastructure firm AECOM is launching a new smart system for fleet and infrastructure owners which it says allows them to manage charging in the most energy efficient and low carbon way. It’s signed an MoU with EV technology charging company Zapinamo to deliver a solution which enables owners of EV fleets and owners of […]
AI Company launches in-car payment system “which anticipates a driver’s needs”
AI technology firm Cerence has launched Cerence Pay, a new product that delivers secure, contactless in-car payment through voice-powered AI. The American company says Cerence Pay is designed to anticipate drivers’ needs and provide a seamless payment transaction from intent to authentication via voice and facial biometrics and through to purchase. The company is currently […]
Workers return to A9 dualling project
Four months after stopping work because of social distancing concerns, crews working on turning the A9 in Scotland into a dual carriageway are back at work. Management decided to stop the work in April but the Courier reports that site bosses have confirmed that teams are working at the Luncarty to Birnam stretch again. Contractors […]
Nissan accepting electricity as parking payment
Nissan is giving customers the ability to pay for parking with electricity. In what it says is a global first, electric vehicle drivers will be able to discharge power from their car’s battery pack to pay for parking while visiting the Nissan Pavilion exhibition space in the Japanese city of Yokohama. Nissan says the payment […]
American city uses modelling to optimise school bus timings
With 11,000 children to transport to school and bus capacity being cut from 70 people to 11, the city of Arlington, Virginia has struggled to work out how to cope. It’s using technology to find a solution, working Dynamic Ideas Routing, a company founded by Michigan Institute of Technology researchers who worked with Boston Public […]
SVS delivers CCTV bridge solution
Waterlooville-based Smart Video & Sensing Ltd has installed a new CCTV system and control room to manage swing bridges on two canals in Gloucestershire. Working on behalf of at the the Canal & River Trust, the systems allow full operation of the Upper and Lower Purton swing bridges from one control centre. Eight new Hikvision CCTV […]
Wejo secures another £10m in funding
Chester-based CAV technology company Wejo has received a grant from the Government’s future fund to continue developing its data-sharing solution. It’s understood Wejo received up to £5 million from the Future Fund and the rest of the money from a variety of investors including General Motors. Wejo’s technology allows the sharing of huge amounts of […]
Traffic volumes rise but car use still down – TTF
This week’s data about traffic volumes from the Transport Technology Forum suggests that all vehicle types are back to their pre-lockdown levels – with the exception of cars. The analysis of traffic in the week beginning 20 July has found that traffic is now at 13.5% below baseline, bus and coach volumes have returned to […]
Traffic levels still at mid-90s levels – TTF
The latest TTF transport data weekly digest report suggests that, although traffic levels in England are slowly rising, we are still not back to 21st century amounts. Analysis of data from a range of local authorities across the country suggests traffic is around 87 per cent of its pre-lockdown amount, which is equivalent to volumes last […]
Uber boss “optimistic” about London licence
The head of Uber in the UK says he’s “optimistic” that the firm will win back its licence in London when the case comes to court in September. Jamie Heywood, Uber’s general manager for the UK, Northern and Eastern Europe told the financial paper City AM, “I am optimistic. I think we need to continue to […]