Traffic hit post-lockdown peak last Tuesday, report suggests
The Transport Technology Forum’s latest Local Authority transport data weekly digest suggests that, up to 5 June, traffic flows last Tuesday were the highest since the beginning of lockdown. The report, canvassing traffic data across around 35 Local Authorities suggests traffic across the week 41% of the levels seen before the Coronavirus crisis hit, up […]
HE hails cycling policies
Highways England has announced the opening of new cycle paths and funding for the creation of cycle routes in the South East and South West of England. To mark National Bike Week the government-owned company enhancements to the cycle network have given more people a choice when considering alternatives to public transport when they need […]
Otonomo and Fiat working on increasing connected car data
The Israeli automotive data company Otonomo is teaming up with Fiat Chrysler Autos to get anonymous aggregated data from connected vehicles in Europe. The idea is to deliver new use cases such as advanced mapping, traffic management and planning as well as smart city applications. Overall the partnership is intended to reduce congestion and improve […]
Airport planning project underway
A new European project into integrating passenger flow at airports begins today. The Integrated Multimodal Airport Operations for Efficient Passenger Flow Management project, IMHOTEP, has a goal that means travellers can reach their destination via the most efficient and sustainable combination of modes. Modelling company Aimsun will will develop and calibrate a modelling tool that […]
Tags “would have prevented A14 site closure”
An entrepreneur who’s introducing an electronic tag solution to ensure social distancing at work has claimed the closure of a highways depot last week could have been avoided if his system had been implemented. The facility on the A14 near Cambridge was shut after one member of staff exhibited Coronavirus symptoms. There is no suggestion […]
Academic suggests people may accept future environment-related travel restrictions
Given the public’s been happy to reduce the amount they travel in order to combat Coronavirus, could they accept future restrictions to cut emissions? A professor from Newcastle University thinks they might. Margaret Bell has told ITS (UK)’s regular Coronavirus webinar that she had been advocating mandating how much people can travel as a way […]
EV transition “will take decades”
The Chief Executive of General Motors is warning it will take decades for electric vehicles to take over as the dominant form of road transport. Mary Barra told Bloomberg Television that American drivers will go electric, but it will take a long time for most of the 250 million vehicles on US roads to be […]
SVS wins grant for traffic counting solution
Transport technology solutions provider Smart Video and Sensing has received a near- £50,000 Innovate UK grant to collect traffic data using smart radar in UK towns and cities. The so-called ‘de minimis’ grant is part of a multi-million pound government initiative to help support business led innovation in response to global disruption The Waterlooville-based company […]
CPC appoints new chair
The Connected Places Catapult has appointed urban expert Professor Greg Clark CBE as its new chair. The author and adviser has had a varied career working with the OECD, World Bank, London Docklands Development Corporation and in the office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He has advised a large number of major cities about their […]
Manchester rules out temporary cycle lanes
It looks like Manchester has decided against the installation of temporary cycle lanes to cope with the extra demand on road space during restrictions on travelling on public transport. A member of the public tweeted the city council asking, “When can we expect the pop up protected cycle lanes to be install please? All the […]