Smart Transport Case Study
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Features 24 Mar 2020Farmdrop uses electric 'Vanimals' to deliver orders
Farmdrop is an ethical grocer supplying sustainably-produced food via an online platform.
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Features 24 Mar 2020Tesla Model 3 owners can connect to their car from anywhere
The Tesla Model 3 comes with an integrated 4G connection, meaning owners can connect to their car from anywhere in the world.
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Features 18 Mar 2020Guildford park-and-ride sites served by a fleet of electric buses
Guildford’s park-and-ride sites are served by a fleet of nine electric buses, which are popular and full, even in the middle of the day.
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Features 18 Mar 2020Shared mobility: Could electric and autonomous vehicles exacerbate the problems?
A report from the Commission on Travel Demand says electric and autonomous vehicles could actually exacerbate the problems of poorly utilised cars
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Features 16 Mar 2020Solutions to the freight challenge: Urban consolidation centres
Christian Wolmar looks at urban consolidation centres as a solution to freight transportation
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Features 19 Feb 2020Borders Railway – build it and they will ride
The story behind the UK’s longest new domestic railway to open for 100 years.
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Features 12 Feb 2020How Tallinn provides free public transport for 420,000 people
Tallinn is the largest city to offer free public transport so far. It was made free in the city because of “social urgency”.
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Features 27 Jan 2020Madrid's electric scooter solution
City council has authorised 18 providers but has firm rules in place.
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Features 27 Jan 2020Ride-sharing service saves Innisfil council £4.75m
Innisfil in Ontario has teamed up with Uber to offer residents flat rate rides to popular destinations.
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Features 20 Jan 2020Using telematics to save fuel and cut C02
How UPS delivery vehicles saved 10 million gallons of fuel in the USA by not turning left.
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Features 15 Jan 2020Making docked scooter services work
A successful collaboration between city authorities and parking operator in Strasbourg, France.
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Features 7 Jan 2020How Liberty Bus made a success of franchising
Since launching in 2013, ridership has increased from 3.5 million to 4.8 million, while public subsidy has reduced by £800,000 a year.
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Features 16 Dec 2019Autodrive project lays foundation for future CAV use
Britain’s largest trial of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) evaluated seven technologies, some of which could be rolled out almost immediately.
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Features 16 Dec 2019Merge Greenwich project shows potential for driverless ridesharing
Travel times cut by 43% but concerns need addressing before widespread use, research finds.
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Features 10 Dec 2019How smart data could help local authorities tackle road safety
Insight from Ford’s smart data project could help city authorities reduce the numbers of people killed or seriously injured on the road.
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Features 3 Dec 2019Park and ride is key to York’s successful city centre pedestrian scheme
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme aims to encourage cycling and walking across the region.
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Features 3 Dec 2019Nottingham’s Workplace Charging Levy funds successful tram service
How Nottingham’s Workplace Charging Levy pays for a raft of green transport initiatives to cut congestion and CO2 emissions.
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Features 3 Dec 2019Copenhagen’s Cycling Super Highways convert car users to pedal power
Copenhagen’s Cycling Super Highways put Denmark on the fast track to carbon-neutral urban transport.
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Features 19 Nov 2019Active travel: How Seville built a cycle network, fast
Seville, in southern Spain, has a 75-mile cycle network, much of which was built very rapidly. We could do it here, too, and here’s how.
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Features 15 Nov 2019Active travel: Creating Manchester’s ‘Bee Network’ for cycling
Olympian Chris Boardman wants to change Manchester, but he needs to take people with him.
