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 […]

INRIX launches big data analysis solution

The traffic information company INRIX has launched a product aimed at easily helping organisations understand, manage and improve mobility. INRIX IQ promises to harness the power of big data for people who aren’t data scientists. The company says the product “provides a smarter, faster and more affordable alternative to traditional methods of data collection, management, […]