Coventry City Council, working with Skyfarer, VESOS and HAAS Alert demonstrates the benefits of drone-ready Cities and eCall alerts
Coventry City Council teamed up with Skyfarer, Midlands Aerospace Alliance, VESOS Solutions and HAAS Alert to demonstrate the benefits of drones, by demonstrating how a drone can deliver ‘first eyes’ on a vehicle collision. Delegates at the Local Council Road Infrastructure Group (LCRIG) Innovation & Learning Festival saw how a drone can accelerate and refine […]
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 […]
Highways Voices brings you a flavour of the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival
Join Highways Voices on a whistle-stop tour of last week’s LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival in Coventry, as we hear expertise across the road maintenance, safety, EV and mobility industries. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! In the first of two podcasts from the event, we hear […]
New VESOS research for Transport Infrastructure Ireland confirms potential live-saving minutes could be saved by eCall
The specialist eCall consultancy and software company VESOS Solutions Ltd has completed research to evaluate the possible use of eCall data to generate incidents on the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) road and motorway network, showing the technology can speed up response times after crashes. Four years of anonymised data collected by the country’s ECAS (Emergency […]
VESOS eCall solution provides road safety benefit “there for the taking”
Motoring and road safety stakeholders are welcoming the National Highways award of pathfinder funding for new initiatives to help manage hazards on motorways and major A roads, including the VESOS solution for harnessing the benefit of data generated by the eCall system.” VESOS is one of nine new ideas selected by National Highways to receive […]
Nine finalists named in National Highways competition to tackle hazards
Nine innovative new ideas that could help manage hazards on motorways and major A roads have been selected by National Highways to receive up to £90,000 funding to develop their concepts and improve safety. It follows the launch of a competition by National Highways to find new ways to help protect road users by better […]
VESOS founder gets lifetime BAPCO honour
One of the four founders of the start-up eCall consultancy and solutions company VESOS has been given the honour of life membership of the public safety technology association British APCO. Andy Rooke, who has worked on the concept and real-world implementation of eCall for 20 years has been recognised for his outstanding contribution and professional […]
Latest VESOS award shows growing “recognition of benefits” of its lifesaving technology
The start-up eCall road safety solutions company VESOS says its latest award is a further demonstration of how the industry is understanding the technology’s life-saving potential. The TeCall data processing platform won the Connected and Automated Vehicle Award at the ITS UK President’s Dinner last week. The solution delivers faster response and detailed information using […]
Road safety, surface treatment and bid writing all covered in an extra Highways Voices from Highways UK
We collected more content than we could fit into our podcasts from the highly successful Highways UK show last week, so here’s an extra podcast with more conversation and thought leadership at the event. These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of AGD Systems and Traffic Group Signals, Kiely Bros, Re-flow, Stantec and Yunex Traffic. We start by hearing a key […]
TTF showcases near-to-market connected vehicle solutions
The Transport Technology Forum’s Connected Vehicle Working Group has undertaken the latest in its series of demonstrations of cutting-edge near-to-market solutions. A group of specially-invited senior decision makers from the Department for Transport, National Highways and Local Authorities attended a day at UTAC’s Millbrook Proving Ground. From being guided to the event car park via […]
