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Four years on – the promise of vehicle automation 2020
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...
Building Back Better: Business Opportunities for Public Transport
During the past few months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public transport use has plummeted 90%. It is estimated that use will continue to remain below pre-COVID levels for some time to come due to lockdown restrictions still easing slowly. However, this figure...
Safe Scooting: Are we riding in the right direction?
The concept of micromobility has been gaining ground for quite some time. Getting urban commuters out of their motor vehicles and onto a fun, efficient, low carbon, low congestion alternative is clearly an attractive proposition. So why has it taken until now to get...
Urgency of Reductions in Carbon Emissions from Transport.
In a recent article for Thinking Highways, ITEN members Helen Viner, Vijay Ramdas, Prof. Alan Stevens, Martin Lamb and Iain Knight discuss the urgency of reductions in carbon emissions from transport and the complexities involved in reducing transport energy demands....
Gamechanger – How COVID-19 Might Change Transport Forever
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced us all into lockdown, traffic numbers showed a sharp decline. Traffic use dropped 75% around the world with the positive outcome of air pollution levels reducing dramatically. Much of this is down to the increasing number of those...
Intelligent Speed Adaptation – What can we expect?
Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) is an in-vehicle system that uses information on the position of a road vehicle in a network in relation to the speed limit at that location. The aim is to help drivers comply with speed limits and is just one of several safety...
The Value of Automation in Construction Plant
When the topic of automated vehicles arises, you would be forgiven for thinking of our day to day cars with automatic features, perhaps automated truck convoys and at a push, low-speed autonomous delivery pods being trialled for delivery services in urban areas. The...
The Promise of Vehicle Automation
The Need for Change in the Construction Industry
Is an Automated Driving Revolution Upon Us?
“How do you start a revolution?” Those are the words of Graeme Smith, SVP of Oxbotica, who launched a showcase event for the Driven project – a 30-month study that aimed to deliver SAE L4 driving on the streets of London and Oxford. Reflecting on a conversation he had...
The Reality of Delivering Positive Energy Roads
Can Connected and Automated Vehicles Ever Drive Cooperatively
After an early morning meeting took Nick Reed of ITEN to Sussex, the drive encouraged him to ponder on a few questions surrounding vehicle automation and how much of traffic flow depends on (or suffers from) altruistic acts from drivers. In his article, Nick looks at...
