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Columbus unveils three smart mobility pilots and seeks community participation

30 Jul 2020

Smart mobility hubs, connected vehicles and the re-commissioned Linden LEAP aim to improve mobility and road safety as well as provide community food support.

Connected services subscriptions for electric vehicles predicted to grow 270 per cent

09 Jun 2020

A report from ABI Research reveals that the increasing number of countries setting up deadlines to end the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles will propel higher EV adoption.

Work on 300km CAV test environment underway in the UK

22 May 2020

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.

Ericsson technology seeks out smartest and sunniest parking spots

04 Nov 2019

The company has teamed up with Solar Team Eindhoven to demonstrate Solar Smart parking that autonomously drives a car to the parking spot with the most sunshine for recharging.

Urban testbed recruits more forward-thinking minds

11 Sep 2019

The Smart Mobility Living Lab in London has added four new businesses to its Shared Research Programme to help explore, test and validate future mobility products and services.

Denso builds smart mobility ecosystem for Dublin, Ohio

15 Aug 2019

The municipality hopes the partnership will help it to shape the future of smart mobility and ultimately make roads safer and more efficient.

Advanced test site for future mobility opens in Ohio

11 Jul 2019

The US Transportation Research Centre has inaugurated its new SmartCentre for testing automated and connected vehicles in a safe and repeatable real-world environment.

Columbus builds connected vehicle environment

04 Jul 2019

Smart Columbus has chosen intelligent transportation system provider Kapsch to oversee the integration of the environment, designed to improve safety and mobility.

O2's 5G network to support CAV testing in the UK

15 Apr 2019

The connectivity will be available from June, ahead of the first phase of the mobile network operator’s 5G roll-out in some of the major UK cities later this year.

Will Brexit prevent UK from winning the global self-driving race?

08 Apr 2019

New report puts the UK in pole position in the market but maintaining the lead is dependent on leaving the EU with an orderly deal.

Project prepares Bay Area cities for connected and automated future

06 Mar 2019

Iteris has been chosen by San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission to upgrade the intelligent transportation systems across five cities

Addison Lee to bring self-driving services to London by 2021

22 Oct 2018

The premium car service business has agreed a strategic alliance with Oxbotica to accelerate the implementation of autonomous vehicles on the streets of the UK capital

Challenge calls for blockchain solutions for transport

14 Oct 2018

The Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative and the Trusted IoT Alliance are seeking potential uses of the technology for autonomous vehicles and improving urban transportation

Düsseldorf advances CAV testing

03 Oct 2018

The German city has jointly opened a digital test track with Siemens for connected and autonomous vehicles

Consumer confusion over the future of mobility

18 Sep 2018

Research by Avis Budget Group finds almost half of consumers do not understand the definitions of connected and autonomous vehicles

Siemens unveils connected vehicle app

02 Aug 2018

Vehicle-to-infrastructure-enabling roadside unit adds wi-fi travel time capability through new cloud-based Travel Sense application

Banishing GPS blackspots

20 Apr 2018

Cohda Wireless’s V2X-Locate vehicle positioning system claims to eliminate the blackspots that exist in "urban canyons" between high-rise buildings

Mapping service enlisted for driverless vehicle project

25 Jan 2018

The E-Cave project to see Ordnance Survey shaping the UK’s driverless vehicle infrastructure to support connected and autonomous vehicles

Connected vehicle pilot for Las Vegas

08 Jan 2018

Siemens, Brandmotion and Commsignia are working with the US city to deliver a turnkey vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle solution

Transport technology specialists connect

01 Nov 2017

Trafficware and Commsignia are jointly implementing their technologies for smart cities and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications

Focusing on smart infrastructure

28 Sep 2017

This will be the key theme of the third annual Smart Cities Week in Washington, which starts next week

Can you design a smarter LA?

18 Aug 2017

LA Auto Show and AutoMobility are inviting entrants to develop a transport/mobility concept for the city in 2060

Trafficware unveils cloud-based SPM product

02 Aug 2017

Solution will store and analyse high-resolution data that is collected from a traffic signal network

Customer data enhances traffic management system

11 Jul 2017

Trafficware has released the latest version of ATMS.now which integrates real-time vehicle data onto Bing Maps

Special Reports

07 May 2021

Cities look to climate-friendly greenbacks to fund smart projects

With technology set to play a key part in the global recovery from the pandemic, we explore evolving funding methods that are helping cash-strapped cities get smart.