Mobile Manchester: control room operations
Stephen Rhodes, Customer Director at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), discusses how an integrated transport coordination centre is key to keeping commuters moving during major events.
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Control Room Operations In-Depth Focus 2017
The safety and security of passengers and staff are of the utmost importance to public transport operators across the globe. As technology continues its rapid advance, there's an ever-increasing number of ways for control room operators to establish measures that will not only enhance passenger experience and safety, but also…
Shared rides defined by advanced technology and operational efficiency
Andrei Greenawalt, Vice President for Public Policy at Via, explains to Intelligent Transport how the business operates, the ways its technology can be applied in the future, and how ridesharing companies can work with governments and operators.
In what ways will more traditional payment and ticketing methods need to be adapted to the ‘smart’ revolution in the coming years?
As part of our Smart Ticketing & Payments In-Depth Focus, Intelligent Transport asked an expert panel: In what ways will more traditional payment and ticketing methods need to be adapted to the ‘smart’ revolution in the coming years?
Intelligent Transport Conference Speaker’s Interview: Gordon Hanning
With the Intelligent Transport Conference quickly approaching, we sit down with one of its speakers, Gordon Hanning, Head of Concessionary Travel and Integrated Ticketing at Transport Scotland, on what he will be speaking about and what he’s looking forward to most at the event.
Hanover´s ‘one stop mobility shop’
One of the world’s first examples of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) went live in Hanover in 2016: a multimodal mobility shop jointly run by PTO ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG and Greater Hanover Transport Association (GVH). In this article for Intelligent Transport, Martin Röhrleef, ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, shares some insight into the…
Smart Ticketing & Payments In-Depth Focus 2017
The ways in which passengers pay to use public transport are in the midst of a seismic shift centring around new smart technologies, from contactless payments to the use of Bluetooth.
HTT Hyperloop: Breakthrough innovation
In a generation that has so far been dominated by technological innovation and disruption, the transport industry has only recently began to play catch-up. For Intelligent Transport, Robert Miller, Chief Marketing Officer at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), explains what can be done to ensure that transport systems truly take advantage…
Leaders’ Series: Ivo Cré, Deputy Director of Polis
As digitalisation continues its domination of the industry, Ivo Cré, Deputy Director of Polis, tells Intelligent Transport what it’ll take for the smart cities of tomorrow to eventually become a reality.
What kind of collaboration does there need to be between operators, authorities and third-parties to ensure MaaS becomes a widespread reality?
As part of our Mobility-as-a-Service In-Depth Focus, Intelligent Transport asked an expert panel: What kind of collaboration does there need to be between operators, authorities and third-parties to ensure MaaS becomes a widespread reality?
How crucial is it that operators take significant steps in the coming years to change the way they fuel vehicles?
As part of our Alternative Power In-Depth Focus, Intelligent Transport asked an expert panel: How crucial is it that operators take significant steps in the coming years to change the way they fuel vehicles?
Intelligent Transport Conference Speaker’s Interview: Andy Gibbons
With the Intelligent Transport Conference quickly approaching, we sit down with Andy Gibbons, Head of Public Transport at Nottingham City Council, to discuss his presentation on real-time information systems and what he is looking forward to at the event.
The changing world of mobility
Interest in intelligent transport and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is growing, but to date, there is little to prove that the exciting talk of ground-breaking innovation is any more than just that. Alex Froom, Director of MaaS technology specialist Zipabout, examines why.
The International Critical Control Rooms Alliance and transportation
With the critical importance of control rooms and the vast amount of pressures the employees who work in them are under, Peter Prater, ICCRA Chair, and Robin Davis, TCCA Transportation Group Chair, discuss the importance of the International Critical Control Rooms Alliance (ICCRA) in developing best practices for and supporting…
The importance of data in MaaS
James Datson, Principle Technologist at Transport Systems Catapult, explains how data sharing and analysis have a key part to play in the coming MaaS revolution.
