UK’s Ambassador to UAE attending UK Pavilion at ITS World Congress
The British Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Edward Hobart (pictured), will host a reception on the UK pavilion at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Dubai on Thursday 19 September at 1.30pm. The reception, sponsored by highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence, will showcase British innovation in transport technology at the 20,000-person event. […]
UK Pavilion leads networking initiatives at ITS World Congress
Visitors to the ITS World Congress in Dubai next month will get two special opportunities to meet leading UK-based transport technology companies at special breakfast networking sessions. The UK Pavilion is led by Transport Technology Forum and organised by Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), with support from the Department for Transport, Innovate UK and […]
UK SMEs to showcase the country’s transport innovations at the ITS World Congress in Dubai
Eleven Small and medium enterprises have signed up to a high-profile platform at Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in September thanks to a unique partnership of leading supporters of UK transport technology. The British Pavilion at the ITS World Congress in Dubai is being hosted by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), for the […]
Cutting-edge transport technology showcased at LCRIG’s Innovation and Learning Festival
A range of the latest transport technology has been displayed at the Local Council Roads Innovation Group’s summer festival in Coventry, supported by the Transport Technology Forum. The TTF’s Connected Vehicle Working Group demonstrated a development of the eCall automated emergency alerting system which automatically directed a drone to the scene of a simulated road […]
AESIN holds online workshop into bridging the gap between roads and vehicles
The automotive electronics organisation AESIN is hosting an online workshop on Wednesday 10 July with ITS UK and the Transport Technology Forum to look into bridging the gap between roads and vehicles. It will explain how connected mobility necessitates that we bridge the gap between road infrastructure and the vehicle. Road and vehicle side experts […]
ITMF bidding process paused
The Transport Technology Forum has issued a statement regarding the Intelligent Traffic Management Fund (ITMF). It reads: The Transport Technology Forum has issued advice for local authorities bidding for a share of the £20 million Intelligent Traffic Management Fund (ITMF), in the lead up to the General Election. Authorities bidding for ITMF are advised that the July deadline […]
Revised guidance issued for the £20m Intelligent Traffic Management Fund
Updated guidance has been published for the £20m Intelligent Traffic Management Fund which clarifies requirements around the assembling of consortia in ITMF applications. It says they should: ”aim to describe as fully as possible likely consortia arrangements in their bids that will deliver innovative, practical and workable solutions that demonstrate the application of new technology […]
TTF Conference sessions now available via YouTube
Recordings of all the papers, speeches and panel sessions from the sold-out Transport Technology Forum Conference last month are now available on the organisation’s YouTube channel. Watch all the recordings here. The event in Leicestershire was organised by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) on behalf of the TTF, which is co-funded by the […]
Dozens of delegates use NPP and in-vehicle signage solutions demonstrated at TTF Conference
The Transport Technology Forum is estimating that more than 70 delegates at its conference last month tried out the new National Parking Platform (NPP) and downloaded the bespoke app to experience in-vehicle signing on their own Android and Apple smartphones when travelling to the event. The app delivered delegates right to the entrance to the […]
Authorities given extra time to detail GLF and TSOG plans
The English combined and local authorities who shared £50 million of grants to fix traffic signals as part of the Government’s Plan for Drivers are getting an extra month to detail the schemes they intend to deliver. All eligible authorities received a share of £10m ‘automatic’ funding from the Traffic Signal Obsolescence Grant (TSOG), and […]