Digital maps “vital” to understanding “new normal”

Mapping and traffic information company TomTom says digital maps are helping transport managers to cope with changes to traffic patterns in the light of Coronavirus. Andy Marchant, TomTom’s Head of Visualisation Lab says the Company’s delivering information to look at the expected traffic at certain times of the day and compare this to what we see […]

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 […]

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 […]

Scotland sees big rise in traffic

Scotland’s Transport Secretary is urging people to stay local and limit their travel after statistics showed a big rise in traffic numbers over the weekend. Transport Scotland figures show a 60 per cent rise week-on-week on Saturday and 70 per cent on Sunday, with traffic near Loch Lomond up three-fold in a week. Cabinet Secretary […]

Driverless prescription deliveries introduced in the US

The American driverless car solution Nuro has teamed up with pharmacy chain CVS to trial social-distanced deliveries of prescriptions. In a blog on its website it says this first-of-its-kind partnership brings Nuro into the health space where it will utilise its fleet of autonomous vehicles to deliver prescriptions and essentials across three zip codes in […]

WPS upgrades parking kit to touchless

Dynniq’s parking subsidiary WPS is introducing new solutions to reduce the risk of virus transmission in car parks by upgrading ticket machines and barrier entry terminals. They’ll replace buttons with a touchless infrared ticket printer button where the customer just waves their hand in front of a sensor and the ticket is issued. Pay stations […]

Highways specialist delivers social distancing solutions

As the world starts to emerge from the post Covid lockdown Neil Levett, the past owner of industry websites, magazines and associated industry events, has launched a new website designed to keep site-based personnel and office staff compliant with social distancing rules whilst working safely.  Levett has launched his new site www.keep2m.co.uk which contains innovative products, services […]

Worries grow, but so do new business opportunities across ITS sector

A second survey of members of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Society suggests that a growing proportion of private companies are worried about their future in a post-Coronavirus world, but that they have had success in generating new business. After ITS (UK) surveyed members in March, the same questions were shared again six weeks later to […]

HERE launches delivery app for small business

Mapping company HERE has launched a new service for small businesses struggling to meet an increased demand for online deliveries during the Coronavirus restrictions. HERE WeGo helps businesses plan delivery routes and manage drivers effectively and is being offered free until the end of the year. The app allows planning of multi-stop routes, share them […]