Looking ahead to an autumn of events on Highways Voices
This last Highways Voices before the August break features a look ahead to three major events we’ll be covering this autumn. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! First, we chat to John Nightingale, organiser of the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium about what’s in the event, who […]
ITS (UK) invites members to the Los Angeles World Congress
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry association is working with partners from the transport technology industry to deliver a major presence for UK participants at the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles from 18-22 September. It is working with partners the Transport Technology Forum and other stakeholders including the Department for Transport, Innovate UK and […]
ERTICO extends deadline for the Call for Interest to Host the next ITS Congresses
ERTICO – ITS Europe is offering countries and cities more time to apply to Host the next ITS European or World Congress in the EMEA Region. “Are you a smart city and want to showcase your mobility activities to a broader public in Europe and beyond?”, it asks. ERTICO – ITS Europe has opened the […]
Expressions of interest open for hosting future ITS Congresses
Countries and cities are being offered the chance to throw their hat in the ring to host a future ITS World or European Congress. ERTICO – ITS Europe is looking for potential hosts of the 2025 and 2026 European Congresses and the 2027 World Congress which will be based in a location within ERTICO’s juristiction. […]
Chief Rapporteur’s World Congress Summary in full
The man in charge of reporting on the discussions from the ITS World Congress in Hamburg, Professor Eric Sampson, has released the text of the initial summary of the event. Read in full below. I can’t deliver a proper summary over 300 hours of sessions in less than one ! So I’ll not try. But […]
Decision-makers meet “against the odds” at ITS World Summit in Hamburg
More than 70 Ministers, Mayors, Industry Leaders and senior representatives of national and local governments from over 20 countries or states have met in Hamburg to review how intelligent and green mobility can contribute to sustainable growth and a better environment for all citizens. TThe delegates included UK Transport Minister Trudy Harrison and Department for […]
Transport Minister hails UK’s “pioneering innovations”
The new Transport Minister Trudy Harrison has told Highways News the work of the British Intelligent Transport Systems industry is “pioneering” and key to the future of transport and decarbonisation. Ms Harrison spoke to the Highways Voices podcast during a visit to the ITS World Congress in Hamburg where she toured the exhibition and met […]
Mobility innovations, cycling information and cutting emissions at the kerb on Highways Voices from Hamburg – Day 2
This year’s ITS World Congress host city Hamburg is seen as a model city for the future of mobility, and on the special GEWI– and SWARCO-sponsored Highways Voices, we find out why. Martin Huber, is Director General of Hamburg’s Ministry of Transport and Mobility Transition (pictured) joins podcast host Paul Hutton to talk about some […]
Hear the Day One chat from Hamburg on a special Highways Voices
The Intelligent Transport Systems industry is finally meeting together at its World Congress in Hamburg and we talk physical and software solutions, Mobility as a Service, commercialisation of test beds and even hint at a Beatles moment in the first of a series of Highways Voices podcast specials. These podcasts are possible thanks to the […]
ITS (UK) helps SMEs get a World Congress Profile
The UK’s industry body for Intelligent Transport Systems has teamed up with Executive Members Innovate UK and Department for Transport, Member Transport for West Midlands, and Visit Britain to ensure some of the country’s brightest businesses get to show their solutions at the ITS World Congress in Hamburg next month (11-15 October). Five ITS (UK) […]