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November 25, 2020
Cost Benefit: the Tesla effect

A certain EV maker’s entry into the insurance market highlights a broader trend to use telematics and other data to drive benefits. But what benefits?

October 27, 2020
Heading the right way with Caltrans
Wrong-way collisions are relatively rare – but they are often head-on and fatal. After recent studies, California DoT is reviewing its highway design standards
October 20, 2020
MoceanLab discovers new Covid car-share use
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted some radical re-thinking of mobility services. Ben Spencer hears how MoceanLab car-share vehicles are delivering care to LA's homeless
October 15, 2020
Saving the smartphone zombies from themselves
As roads – particularly in cities – become busier, companies are fielding a steady trickle of products to keep pedestrians safe and vehicles flowing
October 13, 2020
Hikvision passes history exam
Hikvision technology is being used in the ancient walled city of Xi’an, historical seat of the Tang Dynasty, to boost traffic flow – and it seems to be helping in China’s new high-tech hub
October 9, 2020
Tolling faces up to unprecedented challenge
The next five years are likely to see a number of changes – but the tolling industry will be equal to them, thinks the IBTTA’s Bill Cramer. The best minds in the business are on the case…
October 7, 2020
Oh dear - and micromobility had been going so well…
Rides on scooters and bikes in 2019 were up 60% on 2018 - but they plummeted after March
October 5, 2020
Tattile explores freedom of movement
Dense urban centres are complex enforcement environments – but camera-based traffic systems enable all aspects of monitoring, explains Massimiliano Cominelli of Tattile
October 2, 2020
Siemens Mobility is clearing the air
Tens of thousands of premature deaths in the UK alone are linked to air quality - but it doesn’t have to be that way. Siemens Mobility’s Wilke Reints explains why
September 30, 2020
Parifex speed cameras: picture perfect
From speed cameras to smart cities, image processing and AI – Parifex is not short of ambition. Nathalie Deguen tells Adam Hill where the French company is heading next
September 28, 2020
The benefit of Lidar: touch, don’t look
The benefits of Lidar as a safety device for automobiles rather than as an enabler for AVs are easy to overlook – but Dr Jun Pei of Cepton Technologies tells Adam Hill why that would be a big mistake
September 25, 2020
Destiny Thomas on transit's racist legacy
The killing of George Floyd by US police sparked international protests and put Black Lives Matter into the spotlight. Dr Destiny Thomas, founder and CEO of Thrivance Group, talks to Adam Hill about the legacy of racism in transit, Covid-19, slow streets – and what comes next
September 23, 2020
Why New York MTA needs $12bn – now!
Memo to US government: Public transit has been put under severe strain by Covid-19 – and New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is sounding the alarm
September 18, 2020
CurbFlow unveils ‘Waze for parking’
Solution to find clear spaces for loading and unloading is being trialled in two US cities
September 17, 2020
Researchers get ahead with Forum8

Using good old pedal power and 3D simulation software to create safer road designs for drivers and cyclists is bearing fruit in the US...