Intelligent Transport’s Leah Hockley sat down with Maitane Berecibar, Omar Hegazy and Aida Abdulah of the ASSURED project to find out more about how the project has worked to overcome the barriers for mass-scale bus electrification, as well as deployment, and delivered key innovations that enable the optimisation of fleet operations.

The Ticketing & Payments In-Depth Focus in Intelligent Transport Issue 1 2022 features articles discussing how new and improved ticketing and payments systems – particularly contactless Pay As You Go and Account-Based Ticketing systems – are making the public transport journey simpler and more affordable for passengers.

With insight from nearly 500 women, the new report examines how gender equity in e-scooter usage can be increased by identifying the challenges women experience, alongside recommendations that can help to overcome them.

As part of the £2 billion funding for active travel announced by the Prime Minister in 2020, 134 schemes that are working to improve cycling and walking infrastructure across England have been awarded a share of £200 million in DfT funding.

TfW’s new app and website for the TrawsCymru long distance bus network will unify bus travel across the country, as well as increase digital access to the network’s services through mobile app ticketing.