British SMEs get a helping hand to showcase their expertise at Los Angeles ITS Congress
Small and medium enterprises will get a high-profile platform at the huge Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Los Angeles next month thanks to a unique partnership of leading supporters of UK transport technology. The British Pavilion, hosted by Innovate UK and the Department of International Trade in the US is being supported by the […]
£15 million Traffic Signals Challenge Funding already improving journeys
Travellers across England are enjoying more efficient and greener journeys thanks to a range of improvements to traffic signals funded by a grant from the Department for Transport. 39 authorities have received either £250,000 or £500,000 in extra maintenance allocation, improving traffic signals to tackle road user safety, air pollution and congestion. For example, in […]
TTF praises LCRIG Innovation Festival and pledges bigger presence next year
The Transport Technology Forum is committing to take advantage of the private road network available at LCRIG’s Innovation Festival to carry out live connected vehicle demonstrations at next year’s event. This year’s highly successful Festival, which took place earlier in the month at Newark Showground (pictured), saw TTF Manager Darren Capes chair several sessions while […]
Making the case for local roads on this week’s Highways Voices
“I have been talking about making the case for local roads for a number of years, so the fact that LCRIG sees that as at the heart of what it does is close to my heart,” says Paula Claytonsmith, the LCRIG’s new Director, Government and Strategy on this week’s Highways Voices. Subscribe to Highways Voices […]
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 […]
TTF Connected Vehicle meeting to show off cutting-edge innovations in in-vehicle signage
Members of the Transport Technology Forum’s Technical Working Group on vehicle-to-infrastructure communications will get to experience the very latest in technology to display real-time information into vehicles at an event at one of the UK’s leading test tracks this October. The SPATULA group meeting on 12 October at the UTAC site at Millbrook in Bedfordshire […]
New project surveys potential benefits of digital roads
A new project is getting underway to analyse the potential benefits of increasing connectivity and use of digital technology on local roads in England to create “digital roads”. Digital Roads is a broad concept where increasing use of information technology, data and connectivity allows step-changes to the way roads are designed, built, managed and used. […]
Technology at the heart of transport – Sarah Sharples on this week’s Highways Voices
“I think when it was first brought in as a role to government departments, the Chief Scientific Adviser was expected to be the wise expert who knew everything about science,” says the Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sarah Sharples on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. “I hope I don’t disappoint you, I don’t […]
TTF Conference materials now online
The presentation slides from this year’s Transport Technology Forum conference are now online. The event, which attracted around 200 delegates, took place in Liverpool in May bringing together Local Authorities, National Government, suppliers and academics. The papers can be seen here. Recordings of the presentations will be available w/b 13 June. The Conference was sponsored […]
“We’re going to need a bigger venue” – delegates react positively to TTF Conference 2022
The Transport Technology Forum is in search of a bigger venue for its next Annual Conference in 2023in the light of attendance at, and feedback from, its 2022 event two weeks ago. Spread over three days, the conference provided ample opportunities for delegates to make new connections and leave with fresh ideas, prompted by a […]