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TfNSW completes autonomous shuttle trial in Armidale
A Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) spokesperson said the end of the autonomous vehicle trial in Armidale marked an important milestone in the future of autonomous transportation.
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How can new development persuade cities to part with the private car?
City developments and population change affect the infrastructure and transport planning of the future. Erica Belcher, Researcher at Centre for London, explains how mobility in London is experiencing this change and will continue to do so in the future.
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Volocopter extends Series C funding to €87 million
To date, Volocopter, which aims to produce the world’s first sustainable and scalable urban air mobility service, has raised total funding of €122 million.
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Achieving smart city climate commitments with AI
Kaisa Sibelius, Project Manager at Forum Virium Helsinki and AI4Cities Coordinator, and Philipp Tepper, Sustainable Economy and Procurement Coordinator at ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, explain how the European project, AI4Cities, aims to speed up and steer the creation of new breakthrough solutions in how AI can support cities’…
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Three London bus routes now fully electric
The electrification of the 94 bus route follows the 43 and 134 routes in 2019, bringing the current total of electric buses in London to 280.
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Volocopter and Grab to conduct air taxi feasibility study in Southeast Asia
The feasibility study will look into the most suitable cities and routes to deploy air taxis in Southeast Asian cities, evaluate the best use cases for air taxis, and explore the possibility of joint flight tests, among other things.
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USDOT opens 2020 programme to develop transportation technologies
The USDOT Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme invites small business concerns to submit an offer for its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) SBIR Phase I solicitation.
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£1.5 million awarded to UK tech projects to cut congestion
The three winning projects will trial new ways of using data generated by transport in towns and cities to improve driving conditions.
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Agreement signed to develop the air mobility industry in Japan
Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation have agreed to develop the air mobility industry with Bell by utilising eVTOL.
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Improving public transport networks with distributed big data analytics
Eduardo Quiñones, Senior Researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and ELASTIC project coordinator, explains how the European project ELASTIC will form the technological basis for advanced mobility systems and autonomous transport networks.
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Connected Places Catapult launches African innovation project
The project aims to see joint UK and African innovations deployed to solve pressing challenges in Africa’s rapidly growing cities, such as congestion and overcrowded public transport.
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Airbus and CAAS sign MoU to enable urban air mobility in Singapore
The collaboration aims to bring urban air mobility services and platforms to reality in Singapore’s urban environment, with the target to enhance industry productivity and improve the country’s regional connectivity.
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Network Rail, Highways England and TfL join Transport for SE partnership
Created in 2017, Transport for the South East is a sub-national transport body bringing together local authorities, business groups and the transport sector to speak with one voice on the region’s strategic transport priorities.
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Transport for the North confirms development of bus open data tool
The tool is said to help bus operators comply with upcoming government regulations – being introduced under the Bus Services Act 2017 – that will require fares data for local bus services across England to be published in a standardised, open-source data format from January 2021.
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Shell invests in Masabi to expand ticketing and MaaS platform
Shell’s investment is an extension to Masabi’s recent $20 million growth funding round led by Smedvig Capital with MMC Ventures and other existing investors.