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...
Since establishing in 2019, Reed Mobility has picked up a number of projects in the connected and automated mobility (CAM) space. Writing for *Zenzic, Director of Reed Mobility and ITEN member Nick Reed explores the impact of Covid-19 on CAM. In light of the COVID-19...
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...
In June 2016, ITEN Member, Nick Reed took the stage at TEDxReading and addressed why vehicle automation was critical to the future of transportation, described some of the work that was being undertaken to enable automated vehicles to operate on our roads and explored...
Recent Comments