Transport Technology Forum Conference 2025 – Day One live blog
The Transport Technology Forum Conference, sponsored by Clearview Intelligence, brings together national government, local authorities, suppliers and academia to discuss government policy and showcase best practice and innovation in the use of technology in transport. The event is being recorded and will be available online in due course. This is Paul Hutton, here with a […]
Here-and-now Connected Vehicle benefits highlighted in new TTF video
The Transport Technology Forum has released a video showcasing a wide range of existing connected vehicle solutions which are available to make our transport network greener, safer and more resilient. The footage was shot during the TTF’s demonstrator day for senior government officials at the UTAC Proving Ground at Millbrook in Bedfordshire last month, where […]
UTMC specifications ownership transferred to TOPAS
The Traffic Open Products and Specifications Group, TOPAS, has taken over administration of specifications surrounding Urban Traffic Management and Control. UTMC Director Steve George made the announcement at the Transport Technology Forum’s Annual Conference in Leicestershire explaining that the wider industry had recommended the transfer because TOPAS is the principal repository of specifications for traffic […]
National Parking Platform entering “exciting era”
The head of the Transport Technology Forum’s Smarter Parking Working Group has confirmed that the private sector is setting up a consortium to run the National Parking Platform programme. The platform enables a simpler experience for motorists paying for parking because payments can be made using any of several established apps, rather than having to […]
Transport technology “to move from innovation to impact” over next five years
A group of highways industry leaders from both the private and public sector have agreed that transport technology must be delivered by a more joined up public sector over the next five years in order to maximise the benefits that can be delivered to the travelling public. In an AECOM-sponsored round-table discussion ahead of the […]
Clearview to champion integrated data value at TTF Conference
Highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence will lead the discussion on integrating transport data to provide a more efficient network at the Transport Technology Forum annual conference next week. The company, which delivers sustainability solutions, connectivity, and smart and digital infrastructure technology to local authorities and national governments, is sponsoring the two-day conference which […]
Senior Government transport officials see real world Connected Vehicle technology in action at TTF event
Senior members of the Department for Transport, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Centre for Connected and Automated Vehicles have spent the day at UTAC’s Proving Ground at Millbrook in Bedfordshire seeing the latest in connected vehicle technology. The event, organised by the Transport Technology Forum’s Connected Vehicle Working Group, showed a range of […]
TTF EV meeting hears council warning: EV charging contracts could deter investors
Local authorities have been advised to be very careful with their commercial contracts with Electric Vehicle Charge Point Operators, in order to avoid falling into common pitfalls around demanding too much from the private sector. The Transport Technology Forum’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Working Group, meeting in Stafford, heard advice from the Office for Zero […]
TTF Conference Exhibition sells out for fourth year in a row
The intelligent transport systems supply chain has once again shown its support for one of the premier industry events of the year, as the Transport Technology Forum Annual Conference returns to Nuneaton, with the exhibition space now filled with 26 companies for the three-day event. The Conference, from 6-8 May at the Leonardo Hotel at […]
TTF looks for experts to join Editorial Group for Electronic Roadside Infrastructure rewrite
The Transport Technology Forum is leading the production of the Code of Practice for Electronic Roadside Equipment, which will replace the Management of Electronic Traffic Equipment as Part E of the Well Managed Highways guidance. This important resource, which assists Local Authorities in managing the maintenance of electronic roadside infrastructure, has moved on to a […]
