A recent graduate from University College London has won the 2017 Wolfson Economics Prize, a £250,000 competition that posed the question: “How can we pay for better, safer, more reliable roads in a way... continue
Most electric vehicle charging points installed in the North East of England with Government money just a few years ago are reaching the end of their useful life, says the North East Combined Authority. Tobyn Hughes, NECA’s managing director of transport operations, said no provision... continue
Coventry’s roads could become a testing ground for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) under plans submitted to Government. Coventry, Transport for the West Midlands, and unnamed partners have submitted a bid to Innovate UK’s £55m connected and autonomous vehicles... continue
The DfT is commissioning research to understand how safety critical software updates are managed in different industries, to inform how they should be managed in the automotive sector. All vehicles and their safety functions currently have to obtain safety certification, known as type approval. But... continue
The introduction of connected and autonomous vehicles... continue
Cars offer many convenient journeys but they also contribute to air pollution, climate change emissions and congestion, and when cars are not travelling they occupy vast amounts of land for parking. Electric cars offer reduced air pollution, so Volvo’s decision to make only... continue
I would like to respond to the letters about 20mph limits of Messrs Walker and Withrington (LTT 7 Jul). Mr Walker points out that it would take 15 years for the greater proportion of vehicles to be equipped, as manufactured, with speed limiters, and that many foreign vehicles will never be... continue
The estimated cost of the Metrobus bus rapid transit (BRT) programme in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset has risen again. MetroBus comprises three routes: Ashton Vale to Temple Meads, Bristol’s North Fringe to Hengrove, and the South Bristol Link. The South Bristol Link... continue
Gergely Raccuja, a graduate transport planner with Amey, has won the 2017 Wolfson Economics Prize, worth £250,000, to design a new way of paying for road use. Raccuja proposed replacing... continue
The Government is setting up a UK Transport Research and Innovation Board (TRIB) to co-ordinate activity by the UK’s major research organisations. The DfT is working with the Government Office for Science – part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)... continue
Crime in England and Wales has seen its largest annual... continue
Investing £14-£17 per person in cycling continue
Young people are giving up on the idea of learning to drive, according to research carried out by automotive consumer website... continue
There will be a drive to find new finance to decarbonise transport to implement the Paris Agreement, the... continue
Enterprise Car Club has launched a scheme in Winchester with the support of the city council.... continue
FirstGroup has signed an agreement with GoMentum Station, a California-based proving ground, to conduct research into shared autonomous vehicles. ... continue
Car club firm Zipcar has launched one-way car hire in London, to complement its traditional round trip service. Zipcar Flex allows members to drop their car in any one of thousands of approved parking bays within a ‘Zipzone’ – an area of 70 square kilometres covering Wandsworth,... continue
Canadian engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin Group has completed the £2.1bn purchase of UK design, engineering and project management consultant Atkins after the takeover won the support of more than 83% of Atkins’ shareholders. The takeover (LTT28 Apr & 26 May) creates a... continue
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