Modelling World, now in its 14th year, is the UK & Europe's best attended, longest-running and biggest conference / annual exhibition for transport and pedestrian modelling professionals, advisory and strategic modellers, data scientists... continue
Car club operator Co-wheels has secured investment and become part of the Oply car sharing network. Co-wheels is part of Oply UK Limited, a new joint venture with investment from Luxemburg-based mobility provider ExaMotive SA, and China’s largest car manufacturer SAIC Motor, the owners of the... continue
Enterprise Car Club has launched Belfast’s first car club and replaced a club in Hartlepool after rival operator Co-wheels withdrew. The Hartlepool club features two vehicles and is being operated in partnership with the Hartlepower Community Interest Company. Hartlepower had previously... continue
Ubeeqo, Europcar Mobility Group’s car-sharing brand, has launched car clubs in three more London boroughs – Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham – taking the number of boroughs it operates in to eight. Ubeeqo operates a ‘back-to-base’ car club but without dedicate bays.... continue
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea looks set to approve the operation of floating, or one-way, car clubs. Will Pascall, the council’s lead member for streets, planning and transport, told colleague he was “minded” to permit them in the borough. “We have had... continue
The Peak District National Park Authority is inviting bus operators to bid to operate a summertime visitor route in the Hope Valley, connecting with trains on the Manchester to Sheffield Hope Valley line. The three-year contract for the Edale Explorer requires the service to operate 42 days... continue
Transport for London is drawing up plans for electric vehicle rapid charging hubs across the capital for use by taxis and the public. Julian Bell, London Councils’ transport and environment committee chair, told members that there would be one such hub site per sub-region of... continue
The services that can be expected from connected vehicles at different levels of development have been set out in a scale published by ITS (UK), the association for professionals working in the fields of intelligent transport technology. Andy Graham, chair of ITS UK’s connected and autonomous... continue
Transport for the West Midlands (TfWM) has appointed experts to a four-year modelling advisory service framework for the provision of advice on traffic forecasting, modelling and appraisal. The selected individuals will provide advice on transport and land-use modelling, such as advising on... continue
Transport Scotland has appointed consultants WSP, Mott MacDonald and Jacobs to a transport research framework. Work will be called off from the framework on the basis of a rotation, beginning with the most economic advantageous tender. For services of a particular complexity or value, Transport... continue
Councils in Yorkshire are exploring what they call “interim” options for devolution, while keeping the ultimate goal of an elected mayor and combined authority covering all of Yorkshire on the table. Eighteen of Yorkshire’s local authorities and Sheffield City Region mayor... continue
The Connected Places Catapult has been launched, formed by merging the Transport Systems and Future Cities catapult centres. The new organisation’s chief executive is Nicola Yates OBE, who had been chief executive of the Future Cities Catapult. The Connected Places Catapult has... continue
A launch event for a new research project into the governance of automated vehicles will take place in London on 4 April. ‘Driverless Futures?’ is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and includes researchers from University College London and the University of the... continue
Watford Borough Council is inviting bids from companies interested in setting up on-demand ride-sharing services in the borough. The contract would run for six years. Its value is £1.5m. The deadline for expressions of interest is 15 April. ... continue
I write in response to the letter from Paul Biggs about 20mph speed limits (Letters LTT 15 Mar). Mr Biggs believes that as a cyclist (but mostly a car driver) he prefers to be overtaken closely by every motorist on the road, and that he prefers this to car drivers “hovering” behind his... continue
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John Dales
Play the blame game and no-one wins
A couple of weeks ago, a fellow called George Monbiot (a writer fairly well-known for his environmental and political activism)...