Improved service for residents under proposed new highways management system, says Cambridgeshire County Council
Investment is set to be made on a new IT system to help manage work being done on Cambridgeshire’s highways network and deliver a better service for the public. The county council’s Highways and Transport Committee will decide on 13 September the way forward for a replacement of the current IT system when the contract […]
Wejo launches historic traffic patterns product
Manchester-based global smart mobility company Wejo Group has launched Wejo Historic Traffic Patterns, offering the ability to request specific data and insights from highly granular and accurate historic traffic patterns from any specific location in the US, even if no monitors or sensors were previously installed. This historic traffic pattern data, which can be attributed […]
Wejo and Ford to Leverage Connected Vehicle Data Across Europe to Enable End-to-End Insurance Offerings
Wejo Group Limited, the Smart Mobility cloud and software solutions specialist for connected, electric and autonomous vehicle data, has announced a collaboration with Ford Motor Company in Europe which gives Wejo access to personalized connected vehicle data from Ford vehicles across the continent. This supports the provision of data and insights to insurance providers that […]
Wejo Develops AV platform to rapidly accelerate worldwide development and adoption
The Manchester-based Smart Mobility CAV software and analytics company Wejo Group has announced what it calls a breakthrough smart platform, Wejo Autonomous Vehicle Operating System (AV-OS). It says AV-OS is set to rapidly accelerate the development and adoption of AVs for the world’s leading automakers and fleet developers by opening up and democratising access to […]
SWARCO and TomTom extend collaboration to enter strategic partnership
Austrian traffic technology corporation SWARCO and the leading geolocation technology specialist TomTom have signed a contract to enter a strategic partnership to enable public customers to improve their mobility management operations by using floating car data-based traffic services to complement physical sensor hardware already installed in the field. The high quality traffic services from TomTom, […]
Laying the roadmap for world-leading digital road management and smart mobility
By James Harris, Founder & CEO of one.network With no hint of hyperbole, I can say there’s never been a more exciting time for the highways and streetworks sector I’ve been obsessively involved in for more than a decade. The vibrant marketplace of transport technology providers working with progressive highway authorities reflects a sector full of […]
Re-flow Case study: How Chapter 8 Traffic Management found the efficiency to outpace the competition
Re-flow’s goal is to give businesses the tools, opportunities, and support to find freedom and thrive. For Chapter 8 Traffic Management, that meant finding the efficiency to take full advantage of its place in the market, something Re-flow could definitely help with. Context Chapter 8 Traffic Management is a Mallow-based traffic management company, serving the […]
Government adviser salutes transport technology industry for COVID-19 response
The Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser has told the Transport Technology Forum conference that he has been extremely impressed by the way the industry stepped up to support government during the COVID-19 crisis. Opening the final session of the virtual conference, Professor Phil Blythe, who is a member of the SAGE Committee, told the […]
DfT launches Local Authority survey to understand data sharing
The Department for Transport has launched a survey to help it provide detailed guidance to English local authorities on how to open up, share and exploit their transport data. The project awarded to an Atkins-Jacobs joint venture, together with White Willow Consulting and Oxfordshire County Council, follows on from the Local Transport Data Discovery report […]
DfT working on two major data projects
The Department for Transport is working on two data projects aimed at improving how Traffic Regulation Orders and roads-related data might be easier to discover and share. Along with delivery partner Valtech, the DfT is working to deliver an Alpha project under Agile principles to explore how a TRO data publication and distribution system could […]