Benefits of e-scooters outlined in new study

Ujet and SustainAbility have published a study detailing how Europe should open up its consideration of the benefits of e-scooters. The study highlighted an array of benefits of e-scooters, including their potential as a cost-effective and rapidly scalable solution to...

Electric vehicle infrastructure and Road to Zero

Lord Redesdale, Energy Managers Association CEO, speaks to Innovation News Network on the Road to Zero strategy, outlining how much additional electric vehicle infrastructure will be needed to meet electric vehicle demand. The UK Government’s Road to Zero Strategy sets...

Smart ticketing drives sustainable mobility

The International Association for Public Transport speaks to Innovation News Network about the importance of smart ticketing solutions to drive interoperability and ease of travel across Europe. Smart ticketing uses technology to drive greater interoperability and ease to the way...

Adaptive AVAS to improve electric vehicle safety

SINTEF is evaluating the benefits of an adaptive AVAS programme as an improvement on the existing regulations. AVAS (Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System) is an artificial sound implemented on some of the electric vehicles (EV) on the market today. The main...

Autonomous vehicle safety: an ongoing concern

Antonio Avenoso, executive director at the European Transport Safety Council discusses the hot topic of autonomous vehicle safety with Innovation News Network. According to a European Commission report, Autonomous Cars: a big opportunity for European industry, the auto industry has...

Redflex: exploring the future of smart mobility in Europe

Encouraging road users to drive slowly and sensibly all goes towards creating a safer environment for our communities – Redflex aims to be at the forefront of ongoing innovations. Redflex recognises our transport system is evolving at a rate unseen...

Negative ions: a shift to safer and healthier driving

Mobile phones are not the only thing that can deter your concentration from the road. A depletion of negative ions in your car from pollution is another factor which can heavily affect your concentration levels. You wouldn’t look at your...

The need for weigh-in-motion technology

The increase in freight traffic and the free movement of goods across European borders is creating significant impacts on the infrastructure, environment and resources (petroleum), in conflict with EU aims to encourage more sustainable modes of transport. Q-Free is a...

Developments in GPS and indoor navigation

Global positioning systems (GPS) have been around for a long time now and they have revolutionised the way we move around; GPS is used in the military and by citizens for navigation, tracking, location, mapping and timing. The latest...

Smart motorways: tech and Europe’s roads

Smart motorways follow the same dynamic of the smart city concept: implementing technology-driven logistics in order to better manage the flow of traffic on Europe’s busiest roads. Highways England are leading the way in the implementation of smart highways...


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