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Located in the West Midlands and spanning the cities of Coventry and Birmingham, it will allow connected and autonomous vehicles to be trialled on urban, rural, suburban and highway roads.

The city’s highways contractor, Amey, has partnered with Connexin to build the latest UK smart city, starting with digitised city roadways and the Internet of Things.

The paper recommends that cities should develop a code of conduct to which all mobility infrastructure and services operators adhere if they want to do business in the city.

Amey has commissioned Clearview Intelligence to install Scotland’s first wrong-way slip detection on roads in Philpstoun, Wallyford, Tranent and Lasswade.

Eight start-ups were given the opportunity to pitch to an audience of public and private sector organisations at the Smart Cities World Road to More Liveable Cities event

Vehicle detection monitors build-up of traffic at the junction and informs traffic signals