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After recently winning the 4th SUMP Award (Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning Award) in the category for ‘Best Sustainable Urban Planning in a City within the European Union’, the Swedish city of Malmö is now triumphant and confident. As Milan Obradovic, Chair of the Technical Committee in the City of Malmö…
The global megatrend of urbanisation has been a major driver for the ‘smart city’ phenomenon, together with the digitalisation that spreads to every corner of our society. In this urbanisation process, 2015 marked an important tipping point. Half of the global population now live in cities with figures rising by…
The transport sector is currently experiencing a paradigm shift. Coinciding with transitions in the field of energy use, such as the deployment of electric modes of public transport, there are now smart and integrated transport systems and a behavioural change emphasising the sharing economy and active travel modes. These changes…
20 June 2016 | By Intelligent Transport
In this issue: UK Profile, Smart Cities supplement, Bus Rapid Transit supplement, Cyber Security, and much more...
In this Bus Rapid Transit supplement: Developing the new Belfast Rapid Transit system; The North West’s first guided busway has arrived; Moving BRT forward...
20 June 2016 | By Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Department for Transport, UK
Cities matter to the UK. Cities and their wider economic areas account for an astonishing 74% of our population and 78% of our jobs. They act as engines of growth and in recent years have been crucial in boosting the UK economy. As a government it is vital for us…
20 June 2016 | By Lauren Sager Weinstein, Head of Analytics at Transport for London (TfL)
Lauren Sager Weinstein, Head of Analytics at Transport for London (TfL), has responsibility for the analysis of customer data, supporting operational and planning areas in delivery of services to TfL’s customers. London is a big growing city; more than 31 million journeys are made in the capital each day, 23%…
20 June 2016 | By Jon Lamonte, Chair, Urban Transport Group
The launch of the Urban Transport Group in early-2016 represented far more than a rebrand from its former name, pteg (the Passenger Transport Executive Group). It demonstrates the significance of changes over the past five years in transport responsibilities and governance in the UK’s major city regions. Chair Jon Lamonte…
20 June 2016 | By Chris Lane, Swift Commercial Specialist
Many public transport users in the West Midlands are now travelling smarter with a range of ticketing options thanks to Centro’s ‘Swift’ Card. As Swift Commercial Specialist, Chris Lane, explains, passengers no longer have to delve into their pockets to find the exact change to travel and in giving passengers…
20 June 2016 | By Ross Butcher – Chair of Modeshift
If you got a chance to read his ‘online-author-preview’ in April 2016 , Ross Butcher – Chair of Modeshift – introduced the organisation and the work they are doing to improve sustainable travel delivery in the UK. He also covered the importance of sustainable travel and challenged readers to think…
20 June 2016 | By Ville Lehmuskoski, CEO of Helsinki City Transport and Matti Kokkinen, CEO of Länsimetro Oy
The West Metro project is the biggest infrastructure project in Finland, extending Helsinki’s metro network to the city of Espoo. In the project’s first phase, eight new stations will be constructed with a further five built during the second phase. The metro will operate on 21km of underground lines in…
20 June 2016 | By Cédric Lévy-Bencheton and Eleni Darra from the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)
For Intelligent Transport, Cédric Lévy-Bencheton and Eleni Darra from the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) underline the importance of cyber security for transport operators by presenting the consequences of cyber threats on a transport system, as well as the current challenges linked to the implementation of…
20 June 2016 | By Amr Ramadan, Senior Research and Partnership Officer, UITP MENA Centre for Transport Excellence
Despite political and financial instability, in an effort to combat endemic congestion and environmental challenges, cities across the Middle East and North Africa are still pushing forward with mass public transport projects including BRT, metro, light-rail and cable car transport. Most cities have laid out urban mobility plans to make…
20 June 2016 | By Fredrik Larsson, Johan Anderson, Petra Andersson and Bengt-Erik Mellander
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries offer great energy and power densities accompanied with long battery life time. However, if a mechanical fault occurs or the batteries over-heat, the flammable electrolyte of the Li-ion battery may pose a risk. For Intelligent Transport, colleagues from the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden (SP) and…
There is a general sense that Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a key tool for urban sustainability, but in order for it to achieve that potential it has to be more than just a public transport mode. As Juan Carlos Muñoz from the Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence1 and…
