Host surprised by lifetime achievement award at ITS (UK) Awards
The President of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Society, ITS (UK), had a surprise during the 2020 awards ceremony, when he was named winner of the organisation’s highest accolade, the Rees Hills Award for outstanding personal contribution by a UK ITS professional. Steve Norris was hosting the online event sponsored by Cubic, SRL, Jenoptik and Videalert, […]
Transport tech firms hoping for award recognition today
A range of transport specialists are getting ready for a major event of the year – the ITS (UK) Awards which this year take place online this afternoon (Monday 26 October). The trade body says the event, at 4pm and hosted by ITS (UK) President Steve Norris, will “celebrate the best in the country’s transport […]
Shortlist announced for ITS (UK) Awards 2020
An app which helps disabled people navigate through airports, the use of real-time weather and traffic data alongside transport modelling to improve air quality and a data analysis project which helped understand the Covid-19-related changes to transport use are among ten people and projects hoping to win an ITS (UK) Award at an online ceremony […]
ITS (UK) offers jobseekers cut-price membership
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society is offering a new membership category to allow anyone seeking a job within the industry to join at a bargain rate. The Jobseeker’s Membership is designed to help any ITS professional who is struggling to find work following the economic issues caused by the Covid lockdown to benefit from the […]
ITS (UK) Awards go online as four members step up to sponsor them
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society has decided to hold a virtual awards ceremony this year, which will be sponsored by Jenoptik, Videalert, SRL and Cubic Transportation Systems. The awards, which were first held in 2006, usually take place alongside the President’s Dinner but the current restrictions around Covid-19 made a physical event almost impossible so […]
ITS (UK) sets out five year vision in ten-point manifesto
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society, ITS (UK), has set out how it will deliver its commitment to be the knowledge hub and promotional platform for transport technology in the UK to deliver value for its members and the travelling public as a whole. The ten-point manifesto published today explains how the Society will support skills […]
Experts look to technology to create more flexible bus services
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society has responded to a government consultation about the future of transport by backing the use of technology to deliver flexible bus services. The consultation questioned whether regulation needs to be updated and the Society’s response team backed such a change. They suggested that operators could be able to drive on […]
ITS experts look to post-Covid future
More choice over transport modes and payment, the end of the morning and afternoon peaks and people enjoying travelling again could be the benefits of changes due to the Coronavirus crisis. Watch it here. The final ITS (UK) webinar on the subject – for now – brought together three previous panellists to reflect on how […]
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 […]
Industry urged to “embrace data” to deal with new transport challenges
The transport industry must embrace data in the coming post-Coronavirus world and make the most of understanding what it can tell us, the latest ITS (UK) webinar discussion on the subject has heard. Watch it here. Senior Director at INRIX, Dominic Paulo, explained how his company’s information gleaned from probes on thousands of vehicles has […]
