Five years ago, Uber predicted that they would have 200,000 driverless cars on the road by 2020. It’s now 2021 and Uber are far off this predicted number. So, what happened? We’ve seen the hype around the phenomenon dissipate over the last five years as...
Automation tALKS the talk… …but does it walk the walk? In August 2020, the DfT launched a call for evidence into ALKS – automated lane keeping systems. This offered respondents the opportunity to comment on the benefits, risks and feasibility of ALKS. In the foreword...
ITEN member, Pragmatex Limited has won funding from the Geospatial Commission (in partnership with Innovate UK) to investigate the feasibility of using the latest consumer grade technology and artificial intelligence to automate the collection of footway and cycleway...
ITEN Member Prof Alan Stevens, has co-edited a new book which charts course of traffic and travel information. Collection and Delivery of Traffic and Travel Information, published by the IET, is a comprehensive 330-page look at an essential tenet of any successful ITS...
By Nick Reed In 2016, I was honoured to be invited to give a talk at TEDx Reading. The title of my presentation was ‘The promise of vehicle automation – safer, easier, journeys for all’. Four years later, how do I now reflect on my experiences that day? Firstly, I can...
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