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Glyn Pierce-Jones, Group Managing Director at Trolex Group Ltd argues that with innovative passenger-focussed transportation services like Uber generating 6.5 billion dollars in 2016 and MaaS becoming the ‘Netflix of Transportation’ isn’t it time that more operators start to invest more in to technology and entertainment to improve passenger experience?
Gleb Mytko, Global Industry Analyst with the Freedonia Group, speaks to Intelligent Transport about the popularity of electric transit buses and why new, innovative technology will help to continue this upward trend...
With expectations constantly rising for a greener future, Professor John Miles highlights some of the financial implications and barriers of truly sustainable urban transport...
With over 340km of track, modernising Prague’s tram infrastructure is a big job. Here, Miroslav Penc, Head of Tram Infrastructure Unit from the Prague Public Transit Company, outlines some of the work being done to improve Prague’s tram tracks and upgrade the network’s signalling system, all without inconveniencing passengers or…
Tomás Melero, Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid, speaks about the city's mobility management during World Pride 2017...
Arnaud Julien, Keolis’ Innovation and Digital Director, introduces the technology behind the autonomous shuttles that Keolis and NAVYA have collaborated on since 2016. In this article he explains how that technology enables the shuttles to operate without a human driver, while providing safe and comfortable travel to passengers.
In this Passenger Experience In-Depth Focus: Enhancing digital dialogue with customers, using customer information to improve customer satisfaction and how raising awareness has improved customer satisfaction for the Midland Metro...
Ian Foster, Engineering Director for Metroline, details the challenges of servicing a constantly changing London bus fleet, and explains how important it is to make the transport industry appealing to younger people to encourage the next generation of engineers...
Digitalisation is making tomorrow’s smart cities possible, and the advent of big data and the Internet of Things should render poor passenger experience a thing of the past. However, as Brian Masson, Director of Multi Modal Transport Solutions Ltd, warns, there can be no smart cities and no true advancement…
In this in-depth focus: Making disabled accessibility more mobile; Testing wheelchair restraints; Scientific research for accessibility in inner-cities; Testing wheelchair restraints at Q'Straint's UK Headquarters...
The world of testing is a serious one, and one that is relied upon in both product development, and post-development in vehicle type approval. Here Sara Carter, of the iQ Research Centre of Excellence, based in Q’Straint’s UK Headquarters in Whitstable, explains how the facility is making a difference to…
25 August 2017 | By Mark Cartwright, Managing Director of RTIG
For Intelligent Transport, Mark Cartwright, Managing Director of RTIG discusses why, even though it is costly to build, operate and maintain, public transport needs to have smart ticketing and real-time passenger information.
24 August 2017 | By Danny Price, Head of Docklands Light Railway at Transport for London
For the DLR’s 30th anniversary, Danny Price, Head of Docklands Light Railway at Transport for London speaks to Intelligent Transport about the light-railway’s illustrious history and what’s in store for its future.
Professor Nick Tyler, the Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at UCL, tells Eurotransport how the Pedestrian Accessibility Movement & Environment Laboratory (PAMELA) can be used by organisations, like the London Underground, to practically test their theories on accessibility before committing to a huge investment.
Jim McGeever, Associate Consultant at LuxMobility, tells Eurotransport how a new mobile app from Kaunas Public Transport is changing the way in which those with a visual impairment can access and interact with the city’s public transport services.
