Industry urged to explain digital solutions to help inform DfT
The highways and traffic technology industry is being reminded to engage with the Department for Transport’s Traffic and Technology Division to help it with a new project to understand digital tools being used to deliver new technology solutions. The data-driven systems and use cases which deliver digital traffic management used by local authorities and the […]
Government admits “tough decisions” as transport projects delayed
The Government has blamed “challenging economic headwinds” including the Russian invasion of Ukraine for a series of “tough decisions” on what transport projects can be achieved within original timeframes. While the delaying of work on HS2 hit the mainstream headlines, a number of roads projects are being put back too. The highest profile of these […]
DfT asks for feedback on digital transport tools
The Department for Transport’s Traffic and Technology Division is working on a new project understand digital tools being used to deliver new technology solutions – and needs your opinions and experience. The data-driven systems and use cases which deliver digital traffic management used by local authorities and the ITS industry are providing to plan and […]
Traffic managers – the DfT needs your help!
We all know that the revolution in traffic modelling and digital twins, the network-wide availability of real-time data and the opportunities that AI and connected data/infrastructure provide are changing the way the traffic management system operate. The Department for Transport is asking for the industry’s help to gather intelligence on the digital tools local authorities […]
ITS UK and TTF agree new partnership
Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK) and the Transport Technology Forum (TTF) have entered into a new partnership that will see the two organisations working together to better support the transport technology sector and the adoption of new technologies for the benefit of transport users. Under the new partnership arrangement ITS UK and TTF will: · Work more closely together, working with the Local […]
Council which set up own speed cameras cannot issue fines
Wandworth Council in London has been told a pilot initiative it undertook in which drivers breaking the speed limit could be issued fines by it rather than the police cannot go ahead. Wandsworth was the first local authority in the UK to be piloting this type of scheme. Back in October, it was announced that […]
£7 million fund announced aimed at decarbonising freight and boosting innovation
A £7 million taxpayer-backed fund is being launched aimed at supporting innovative new ideas and technology to deliver freight across the UK more efficiently and cleaner. The Freight Innovation Fund (FIF) will go to up to 36 small and medium-sized enterprises who will then work with industry-leading companies to develop innovations to make freight more […]
Noise camera trials to detect boy racers begin in Great Yarmouth
A new road camera designed to identify and track drivers who break the law by revving engines and using modified exhausts has been installed in Great Yarmouth, as part of a nationwide trial to clampdown on antisocial driving. The trials are part of a £300,000 government-backed competition to tackle noise pollution on some of the […]
DfT testing “noise cameras” to detect rowdy drivers
A new-age road camera designed to identify and track drivers who break the law by revving engines and using modified exhausts is being installed in Bradford, before travelling to Bristol, Great Yarmouth and Birmingham as part of a trial to clampdown on antisocial driving. The Transport Secretary has confirmed these 4 locations will host the […]
Walking, wheeling and cycling to be offered on prescription in nationwide trial
Social prescriptions, including walking, wheeling and cycling, will be offered by GPs as part of a new trial to improve mental and physical health and reduce disparities across the country, the government has announced. The government has awarded £12.7 million in multi-year funding to 11 local authority areas in England. The funding will go towards several pilot […]
