“There’s an effective solution – it’s now time to use it!”
The founder of kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities has expressed his ongoing frustration that people are having to put up with traffic jams in this country, when a way of significantly reducing them is being ignored. Neil Herron (pictured) was responding to the latest TomTom Traffic Index, which showed that London ranks as the […]
Grid Smarter Cities wins Future of Parking accolade at British Parking Awards
Kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities has won the Future of Parking Award at the prestigious British Parking Awards in London. The company has developed its Kerb® Delivery solution to enable freight drivers to book their kerbside loading slots in advance, meaning no loitering in the carriageway or circling the roads and therefore reducing congestion […]
Kerbside innovator Grid Smarter Cities bags two major award nominations
Kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities has been nominated in two categories at the prestigious British Parking Awards. The company has developed its Kerb® Delivery solution to enable freight drivers to book their kerbside loading slots in advance, meaning no loitering in the carriageway or circling the roads and therefore reducing congestion and making roads […]
Figures show Grid Smarter Cities’ kerbside booking scheme creates reliable deliveries in Southwark
Kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities has released new figures showing the impact of its scheme in the London Borough of Southwark, with a fall in Penalty Charge Notices and steady increase in pre-booked use of loading bays. The initiative on Walworth Road in partnership with Southwark Council enables freight drivers to book their loading […]
Grid Smarter Cities’ kerbside management scheme on Walworth Road made permanent
In partnership with Southwark Council, Kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities has announced that a pioneering kerbside management scheme on Walworth Road has now been made permanent. This groundbreaking initiative is the first-of-its-kind and sets a new standard for urban logistics and kerbside management, transforming how kerb space is used. The company’s Kerb® solution was […]
Businesses in Southwark enjoy a year of seamless deliveries thanks to Grid’s kerbside technology solution
Software solutions business Grid Smarter Cities is marking one year of delivering more efficient freight loading and unloading in a busy high street in London. The company’s Kerb® solution was introduced in February 2024 in Walworth Road in the London Borough of Southwark, London’s first scheme enabling freight drivers to book their kerbside loading slots […]
INRIX providing next-generation software to manage traffic
The transport data and analytics company INRIX is supplying the City of Philadelphia announced with a solution to manage kerb and right-of-way management using NEW products. The new cloud-based product, INRIX IQ Road Rules, will hold digital twin information about the City’s streets, pavements, and kerbs, to allow staff to communicate temporary and permanent rule […]
Grid Smarter Cities’ bookable loading bays in Westminster widened to all delivery vehicles
New bookable loading bays created in Westminster earlier in the year are being made available to all types of delivery vans. The Kerb® online booking platform, delivered by kerbside management technology company Grid Smarter Cities, had originally operated exclusively for Electric Vehicles. Kerb® allows delivery drivers to remotely reserve 30-to-90-minute unloading slots at bays near […]
Grid Smarter Cities’ pioneering Kerb® solution profiled in leading magazine
The leading trade publication for the parking industry, Parking Review, has published an in-depth article about Kerbside management company Grid Smarter Cities’ Kerb® loading bay booking solution. Kerb® is being trialled for 18 months on Walworth Road in the London Borough of Southwark, enabling kerbside loading bay restrictions to be easily understood and recreated on […]
Grid Smarter Cities publishes report into cross-docking river freight scheme
London’s first river-road scheme which included dedicated space at the kerbside for cross-docking freight has concluded, with the company behind it publishing its conclusions. Two bookable bays were created on Bankside adjacent to Bankside Pier for the use of freight, servicing and delivery drivers, using a kerbside management solution delivered by Grid Smarter Cities. Following […]