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Smart Mobility Living Lab announces first test routes for autonomous vehicles
Over 24km of London's roadways have been chosen for the real-world trial of autonomous vehicles within the UK.
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Cities must adapt design for active travel and safety to co-exist
Exploratory analysis completed by TRL identified 96,345 short car journeys that theoretically could have been walked or cycled in 2015 alone.
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UK autonomous bus and taxi projects receive £25 million funding
Passengers will be able to experience public autonomous driving services in the UK by 2021, after three driverless mobility projects receive funding.
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Autonomous vehicle testing area set to open in London in 2019
The multi-million pound project is bringing together mobility experts and academic partners to make autonomous London a reality...
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UK government funding announced for a Smart Mobility Living Lab
A consortium, led by TRL, has been awarded £13.4 million of the government’s £51 million Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) test bed funding for a Smart Mobility Living Lab in Greenwich, London.
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TRL is appointed to evaluate performance of low emission buses
24 August 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
TRL has been commissioned to monitor and evaluate the performance and impacts of low emission buses in 13 locations across the UK.
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New report shows most people are open to the idea of autonomous vehicles
15 August 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
A new report has revealed that four out of five of the people surveyed are open to the idea of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the UK’s roads.
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Public sector automation: who is driving the transport revolution?
Connected and autonomous vehicle technology is set to take another leap forward in the UK, following a series of recent government funding announcements. The experts at TRL, the global centre for innovation in transport and mobility, are involved in many project consortia. In this article for Intelligent Transport, TRL Chief…
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Driverless technology receives government grant
24 April 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced that driverless technology will receive an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) grant.
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Autonomous vehicles – addressing potential risks
15 August 2016 | By Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Richard Cuerden, chief scientist, engineering & technology at the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) discusses the potential issues surrounding the use of autonomous vehicles in smart cities following the latest Tesla crash in China...
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The role of automated vehicles in delivering smarter cities
28 July 2016 | By Professor Nick Reed, TRL
Professor Nick Reed of the UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) highlights the importance of automated vehicles in delivering smart cities for a growing population.
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UK’s first public driverless vehicle trials open for registration
13 May 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Registration is now open for volunteers to take part in the UK’s first public driverless vehicle trials to be held in Greenwich later this year.
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UK organisations participate in major green urban transport project
31 March 2014 | By TRL
TRL, along with partners TTR and several other leading UK organisations, are taking part in a 42-month innovative demonstration project which is investigating zero emission urban bus systems...
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London Underground and TRL sign Memorandum of Understanding
22 May 2013 | By TRL
London Underground and TRL are delighted to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding...
