I can’t believe that it has already been six months since I started in my part-time role as National Highways’ Chief Road Safety Adviser. This is a new post created to help the organisation address the challenges it faces in achieving its long term aim of zero...
ITEN member, Nick Reed, has been appointed as National Highways’ first-ever Chief Road Safety Adviser. The new role has been created to provide independent advice to help National Highways achieve its goal of zero harm on England’s motorways and major...
On Thursday March 25th, a ‘Meet Convex’ event invited participants to learn more about a new mobility data sharing platform that has emerged as the result of an £8m UK Government supported project, led by Transport for West Midlands in a consortium with...
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...
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...
Recent Comments