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 […]

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 […]

Jakeman takes up senior ITS (UK) position

Karla Jakeman of Innovate UK is the new Vice Chair of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Society. She’ll work alongside new chair Ryan Hood of TRL who took over from WSP’s Ian Patey at the beginning of the month. ITS (UK) is a membership organisation of public organisations, consultancies, suppliers and other innovators. It’s run by […]

Kids’ radio station teaches transport

If you’re trying to work and home school at the same time, how about almost combining both and teaching the children about roads? You won’t have to do it yourself, because national children’s radio station Fun Kids, which broadcasts on DAB, has put together a series of features which it’s including in its regular programming […]