London’s ULEZ sees greater compliance than expected
London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone has seen smaller revenues than expected since its expansion, suggesting that more people are avoiding driving affected cars than was forecast. London’s financial paper City AM quotes a performance report which says TfL made only £16 million from ULEZ’s expansion to cover the North and South Circular Roads, where polluting […]
ERTICO announces City Moonshot results
ERTICO – ITS Europe has released the results of phase one of its “City Moonshot” initiative which involved surveying the views of more than 200 public and private entities. Representatives of 150 cities were interviewed in order to help increase the understanding of how cities worldwide are responding to current and future challenges in mobility […]
ERTICO holds 3rd pre-European Congress Webinar on Green and Sustainable Mobility
ERTICO – ITS Europe is inviting people to join it for the third ITS Congress pre-webinar on the topic of Green and Sustainable Mobility. It says the session will discuss issues around decarbonisation, the reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions, electrification, investment in physical and digital infrastructure and sustainable transport policies. Speakers include Isabelle Vandoorne – Deputy Head of […]
PTV and Econolite combine to leverage growth potential in the smart and sustainable mobility solutions market
Bridgepoint, the quoted private assets growth investor, and Porsche Automobile Holding have announced that they will support traffic simulation software company PTV in its partnership with Econolite, the leading North American provider of intelligent traffic management solutions. The two companies will join forces under the umbrella of a newly formed holding to provide hardware, software […]
e-scooter use surges in September
The micro-mobility company Dott has reported a surge in demand as workers return to their offices after the summer holidays. It says in the first half of September, there has been a 46% increase in rider numbers across Europe compared to an equivalent period before the summer holidays. Compared to the same period in last […]
Bringing GLOSA to a vibrant city – a case study in York
As part of the Highways News Theme Week on Traffic Management, James Guilliatt of the City of York Council and Nancy Bunyan from Dynniq UK and Ireland give a background into the implementation of a Green Light Optimised Speed Advisory system in York. More details about this project will be given at the JCT Traffic […]
Extracting more value out of TfL’s bus priority system
Transport for London has been working on a number of innovative techniques that have allowed it to maximise the usefulness of its bus priority equipment and increase our bus priority capability. Here, Michael Bloomfield and David Oram of TfL outline how all these work streams again have the objective of helping buses to get through […]
Tougher Scottish drink drive laws “make no difference” – report
A new report is suggesting stricter drink drive limit in Scotland has had “no effect” in reducing accidents. Scottish newspaper the Daily Record reports that researchers at the Universities of Bath and Essex found no change across all types of accidents involving alcohol as a result of a stricter limit of 50mg per 100ml, with […]
TfL turns to new tech to make roads ”safer, smarter and more efficient”
Transport for London is set to start using new technology from two UK start-ups in an attempt to reduce road danger and disruption caused by roadworks and unplanned incidents on its road network. It says the technology will make a real difference to keeping people safe, helping to cut congestion and cleaning up London’s air. In 2019, TfL launched an innovation […]
London Mayor could review TfL pensions
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan could be about to battle tube driver unions over Transport for London’s pension scheme. The Telegraph reports that a review has found the pensions “expensive, unreformed and generous”, with his own advisers saying Transport for London retirement benefits are better than those on offer to others in the public sector. However […]
