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Features for Smart Transport
Bus Strategy Gets Mixed Reception
The government’s plans for a radical shake-up of England’s bus services have been widely acclaimed, but can local authorities deliver the changes within the proposed timescales?
Making MaaS Appealing
The creation of MaaS platforms ought to be straightforward: instead, in the UK, it’s hugely dependent on the regulatory landscape and the cooperation of existing operators.
DRT services: Just the emperor’s new clothes or a viable solution?
November 2020: With many services in crisis, can demand responsive transport contribute to the rebirth of the bus? Industry opinion is split over DRT, but it still has the potential to pioneer new business models and attract new customers to public transport.
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Acceleration Unit is go - but where is it going?
Grant Shapps’ announcement of a specialist unit to speed up transport projects is welcome - but with the focus on road schemes, and increased potential for legal challenges to these, are the brakes going to be put on? And are quick-win opportunities to decarbonise transport being missed?
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How roads can be put to better use
August 2020: How the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the UK allocates road space.
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Remote control - travel solutions for rural communities
August 2020: Rural areas present particular challenges for transport, and demand imaginative solutions.
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Connectivity joins the dots and changes the game
March 2020: Our cars are now data-gathering machines that can change the face of motoring as we know it.
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Shifting to Sharing
August 2019: A quiet revolution in the way we travel may be underway, as shared mobility technology combines with behaviour change initiatives.
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Travel solutions for short-distance journeys
May 2019: As a new wave of micromobility begins to appear in the UK, this article looks at the role of scooters and hire bikes as a last-mile journey mode.
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Is sharing the answer to pollution prayers?
May 2019: A detailed examination of the potential for car sharing and MaaS services to create a greener transport system.
Features for Local Transport Today
Are we all ready to step aboard the data bus?
19.01.2018: The DfT is considering what bus operators and local authorities should have to do to comply with the open data provisions of the Bus Services Act 2017. There are multiple challenges with most bus services still registered on paper whilst others run services entirely driven by data.
On-demand shared transport offers new route for bus travel
13.10.2017: The past year has seen the emergence of app-based services offering passengers a flexible, shared transport solution in medium-sized vehicles such as minibuses. Is this a model that bus operators will ultimately feel compelled to emulate?
Dockless systems set to take shared mobility to a new level
13.10.17: At this year’s Bikeplus conference there was broad consensus that the rise of dockless systems would revolutionise bike share. And many in the bike share sector are now predicting that traditional and new, flexible models will increasingly converge.
Start up unveils plans for mobility cryptocurrency
Singletrack Magazine
This feature about an eco-adventure took a car club electric van to the highest village in Scotland.
ArrivaClick, Sittingbourne