Additional traffic sensors installed in Kent as part of ADEPT Live Labs trial
Kent County Council and its partners at Amey are installing more traffic sensors on behalf of Dartford Borough Council to monitor traffic patterns that are helping make future transport decisions for the county. It’s part of the £22.9m Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport, ADEPT, SMART Places Live Labs programme. They are […]
Drones return to Kent for second part of trial to see how they can help spot and assess road damage
A trial looking at how drones could be used to find and assess damage to the county’s roads is now in its second phase. The Kent Live Labs project will see three separate flights taken across the A20 near Lenham over the next few months. The first phase, carried out at the Kent Showground car […]
ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs Programme says debate and collaboration is at the heart of its success
The ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Places and Transport) SMART Places Live Labs Programme has published its third white paper, A New Approach to Monitoring & Evaluation, which it says will help deliver further success of the programme through debate and collaboration. The Live Labs approach to monitoring and evaluation has been co-designed with […]
Energy-generating floor installed at railway station
A system to utilise kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps has been installed at Leighton Buzzard railway station in Bedfordshire. Funded by the Department of Transport through the £22.9 million ADEPT SMART places Live Labs Programme, Pavegen and Central Bedfordshire Council, who’re behind the project, say they aim to make sure the benefits reach far beyond […]
