TfL appoints Mercedes-Benz and Sopra Steria to co-develop transport solutions
Transport for London has announced that Mercedes-Benz AG and Sopra Steria have been successfully appointed as partners on its new Innovation Collaboration Framework. The four-year framework will look to directly address key transport challenges such as achieving sustainability, making public transport safer and helping services become more efficient and reliable. Mercedes-Benz AG is one of […]
Sopra Steria upgrades London’s incident management system
Consulting and IT services company Sopra Steria has announced it has developed new software to upgrade Transport for London’s incident management system. The new system developed with TfL is designed to help controllers quickly identify incidents and resolve them by providing a single, unified view of London’s roads for the first time. The software generates […]
NH announces “groundbreaking” new traffic information service
National Highways says it is “reaching for the skies” with a new digital infrastructure that will help keep roads moving and give drivers round-the-clock real-time traffic information. New technology is being introduced into National Highways’ National Traffic Information Service (NTIS) which it says will make sure consistent and reliable information is available on the nation’s […]
A final chat about Hamburg and four more interviews on Highways Voices
Highways Voices host Paul Hutton has returned from Hamburg and in this podcast he chats with Adrian Tatum about what he saw at the ITS World Congress 2021, and brings you four bonus interviews from the event, sponsored by SWARCO and GEWI. As well as GEWI’s new cycling information service, there were many other active travel solutions on […]
ITS (UK) makes first charitable donations in membership drive appreciation
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society has paid out two £100 donations to charities chosen by members involved in recruiting organisations to join. Andy Graham of White Willow Consulting has chosen Mission Motorsport as his charity after recruiting Sopra Steria to Executive level membership, while Dementia UK gets £100 thanks to Neil Levett of Levett Business […]
French firm Sopra Steria wins HE’s NTIS contract
Highways England has awarded Sopra Steria the National Traffic Information Service contract to provide round-the-clock real-time traffic information about England’s busiest roads. Highways England describes the NTIS service as a “vital tool” for its operations teams and the emergency services to keep traffic moving and respond to incidents as efficiently as possible, and also helps […]
