Minister commits to digital transport future

The Government is promising to pin its transport policy around technology and to make the UK a leader in future mobility and decarbonisation. Roads Minister George Freeman told the Transport Ticketing Global event in London his focus is on three-Ds – Disconnection, Digitalisation and Decarbonisation.  This involves getting public transport more widely available to people, […]

Driverless vehicle in 230-mile Grand Drive

A driverless Nissan car has driven from Cranfield in Bedforshire to Sunderland in the longest autonomous vehicle test in the UK so far. The Nissan Leaf’s “Grand Drive” involved negotiating country lanes with few or no road markings as well as junctions, roundabouts and motorways.  The vehicle was able to change lanes, merge and stop […]