Making the case for an intelligent transport future based on better co-operation
Rik Thomas
The future of Intelligent Transport Systems is co-operation, Alan Bristow, director of traffic at Transport for London, told the conference, envisaging a future where individual road vehicles and the transport infrastructure can ‘talk’ to each other to maximise the efficiency of movement on an often congested network. TfL, working with car manufacturer BMW, has already begun tests to make this vision a reality, Bristow added,... continue
‘Boris Island’ airport splits commentators as idea appears to gain political support
Rik Thomas
Once the media storm surrounding the HS2 decision had died down the papers rapidly turned their attention to the Government’s plans for aviation, and specifically proposals for a new airport in the Thames Estuary. Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins, who had been particularly scathing in his criticism of the HS2 go-ahead (LTT 19 Jan), was equally vitriolic in his attack on the notion that a Thames Estuary airport is a sensible idea, in... continue
