MCA using drones to improve coastal monitoring
Drones are going to be used to carry out time critical, reactive search and rescue, and international counter pollution obligations across the country’s waters. “This ground-breaking project could mean that our fantastic search and rescue teams, who save lives 24 hours a day, seven days a week, can cover a wider search area, pick up […]
SWARCO launches customisable traffic management platform
Traffic technology group SWARCO is offering local authorities a new flexible modular software platform to help traffic managers “improve mobility for citizens”. MyCity includes traditional traffic management functionality such as traffic signal monitoring and control, car park guidance and VMS management and journey time monitoring whilst enabling the plug-in of new features such as EV […]
TfL bailout “always going to happen”
Transport for London’s financial woes existed long before the Coronavirus crisis and all that did was speed up the need for a bailout, according to a London Mayoral candidate Conservative Sean Bailey told London financial newspaper City AM’s daily podcast that “TfL was bankrupt, virtually, before Covid and I think it’s really important that we […]
University predicts 5G the key to CAV safety
A new report is boosting the public’s awareness of the potential for 5G to facilitate driverless vehicle take up, predicting that connectivity will drastically reduce the number of road accidents Glasgow Caledonian University researchers have published findings from a study saying 5G’s high-speed-low-delay nature will improve the reliability and capability of automated vehicles to the point […]
HERE offers SMEs free delivery tool
Mapping and data company HERE is offering help to SMEs during the Coronavirus crisis by giving them access to a new route planning tool that helps them optimise the delivery of goods and services. HERE WeGo Deliver is designed to help businesses plan and dispatch a delivery service without software development or implementation costs. It’s […]
Bosch reconsidering driverless plans
It seems like tech giant Bosch is looking again at how quickly and how much it tries to deliver driverless vehicles. Having not mentioned the technology at all during the annual results presentation, Bosch chairman, Dr Volkmar Denner answered journalists’ questions saying that partners are suspending investment in to autonomous vehicles preferring to invest in […]
TfL “seeking £2bn” bailout
It’s reported Transport for London’s in danger of running out of money within two months unless it gets taxpayers’ money to support it. London business newspaper City AM reports that it’s got £1 billion in the bank but a collapse in journeys taken and social distancing rules means it is spending £21 million pounds a […]
Waymo resumes driverless testing
Google’s driverless car project Waymo is restarting testing, having suspended it in March to protect employees from Coronavirus. In a blog post on its website it says people in Phoenix, Arizona will see Waymos back on the road Arizonans will begin to see some Waymo vehicles back on the road, “after careful consideration and active […]
WSP’s boss praises staff resilience as profits hold firm
The President and CEO of engineering consultancy WSP has praised his staff for coping with the changes to work patterns due to Coronavirus, as he announces a small rise in first-quarter profits. “The resilience our people have demonstrated as they transitioned almost immediately to a new way of working has been remarkable,” said Alexandre L’Heureux, […]
Apple expands mobility trends info, UK sees big fall
Apple’s mobility trends report, which summarises the number of routing requests on different types of transport, has been expanded to cover more cities and countries. There are now 1,158 different data sets showing statistics from countries around the world, including information about walking, public transport and walking requests for the whole of the UK and […]