by Martin Lamb | Aug 7, 2020 | Bus, Customers, Freight, Innovation
As a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the use of public transport has plummeted by around 90% , with use predicted to remain below pre-lockdown levels for some time to come. However, that doesn’t tell the full storey, as pre-COVID rail travel more than doubling from...
by Martin Lamb | Apr 15, 2020 | Autonomous Transport, Connected Transport, Future Road
Much of the media focus on automation concerns conventional vehicles with some autonomous functions, truck convoys and low speed autonomous pods in urban areas. Full or partial autonomy of construction plant, along with operator assistance is one area where immediate...
by Martin Lamb | Jun 18, 2019 | Autonomous Transport, Connected Transport, Future Road, Innovation
Good quality roads are a vital part of the European transport network, enabling access to employment, education and leisure activities. Despite the large and generally well-maintained network within Europe, there are estimates that daily congestion causes a loss...
by Martin Lamb | Jun 15, 2018 | Future Road, Innovation
There are approximately 5,000,000 km of paved roads in the European Union, of which around 65,100 km are motorways. The gross investment spending in road infrastructure in the wider 34 European countries in 2009 was over €82 billion (at current prices and exchange...
by Martin Lamb | Oct 4, 2016 | Autonomous Transport, Future Road, Innovation, Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
The pace of innovation is changing rapidly, with innovations such as autonomous driving that, whilst still some distance away from full deployment, would have seemed the stuff of science fiction ten to fifteen years ago. Considering the challenges of creating a...
