How do you manage transport in a clever city? Webinar hears you should make sure everything you have works, before you think of adding more technology!
Traffic management experts from both sides of the globe have given members of ITS (UK) and ITS Australia advice on how to manage traffic in a city, saying it’s vital to make sure you optimise existing kit before looking to add anything new. The joint ITS2 webinar heard from traffic managers in the Australian state […]
All new London buses will be zero-emission
The Mayor of London has announced that all new buses ordered by Transport for London for the capital will now be zero-emission. Sadiq Khan says this builds on its recent achievement of making its entire bus fleet compliant with strict Euro VI emission standards – the same standards as the Ultra Low Emission Zone. City Hall […]
Extracting more value out of TfL’s bus priority system
Transport for London has been working on a number of innovative techniques that have allowed it to maximise the usefulness of its bus priority equipment and increase our bus priority capability. Here, Michael Bloomfield and David Oram of TfL outline how all these work streams again have the objective of helping buses to get through […]
Transport watchdog calls for “fair funding deal” for London
Transport watchgo London TravelWatch has co-ordinated writing a letter alongside London First, several other organisations and elected representatives stressing to the Department for Transport “the importance of London’s transport system receiving a fair funding deal in the forthcoming three-year CSR settlement”. The organisations say they are concerned that inadequate funding for transport in the capital this […]
London borough reports continued fall in harmful pollution
Lambeth Council has unveiled its Air Quality Annual Status Report highlighting a significant reduction in toxic air levels in the borough, thanks to a fall in vehicle emissions. The report has been published showing the continued fall in the levels of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and other harmful particles linked to vehicles, saying that between 2014 […]
TfL launches virtual Silvertown Tunnel exhibition
Transport for London has launched a new virtual public exhibition about the Silvertown Tunnel project, including new CGI images showing what the fully accessible walking and cycling bridge across the A102 Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road will look like once complete. The new bridge has been designed to provide a safe and easily accessible crossing for […]
Driver “on brink of nervous breakdown” after cloned-plate fines
A woman has told of her anguish after her car number plate was cloned leading to nearly £20,000 of fines delivered to her, and subsequently bailiffs turning up at her door. Claire Herron from Hartlepool told ITV news she was charged for offences across almost every London borough which had been wrongly recorded against her. […]
Construction of major southeast London Cycleway moves onto next stage
Transport for London has announced it is beginning construction work on on the next section of Cycleway 4 in Deptford, a major new cycle route to enable thousands of safer and easier cycle journeys across the area each week. Work begins on Monday 16 August. TfL says Creating enough space for people to walk and […]
London Council bans cars from shopping street
Hackney Council has won funding to allow it to close Stoke Newington Church Street to through-traffic during the daytime, after approval by Transport for London. It says the move is part of the its plans to “rebuild a greener Hackney” in the aftermath of the pandemic, improve air quality, and help people to walk, cycle […]
TfL turns to new tech to make roads ”safer, smarter and more efficient”
Transport for London is set to start using new technology from two UK start-ups in an attempt to reduce road danger and disruption caused by roadworks and unplanned incidents on its road network. It says the technology will make a real difference to keeping people safe, helping to cut congestion and cleaning up London’s air. In 2019, TfL launched an innovation […]
