Skip to main content

TRL launches annual research review

The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has launched its annual research review 2014-2015, containing a summary of 18 months of research activity at TRL, along with expert commentary on connected and automated vehicles; electric vehicles; healthy transport; safety and smart infrastructure. It also looks at implications of healthy transport on road networks, infrastructure and planning as the government announces ‘healthy towns’ and provides insight on the future for self-driving cars and their safet
March 11, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (491 TRL) has launched its annual research review 2014-2015, containing a summary of 18 months of research activity at TRL, along with expert commentary on connected and automated vehicles; electric vehicles; healthy transport; safety and smart infrastructure.

It also looks at implications of healthy transport on road networks, infrastructure and planning as the government announces ‘healthy towns’ and provides insight on the future for self-driving cars and their safety implications and looks at the rapidly expanding safety technology which could help to meet UN target to halve road deaths by 2020

Download a copy of the report from TRL’s %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal website Visit www.trl.co.uk Website false http://www.trl.co.uk/reports-publications/report/?reportid=7036 false false%>.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • USDOT releases new fact sheet on planning for the future of CVs and ITS
    June 12, 2015
    The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has developed a new fact sheet to encourage planning agencies to consider how their local transportation systems will function in a connected vehicle environment.
  • ITS America: 2018 Call for Papers/ sessions now open, Detroit
    December 21, 2017
    The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) is now accepting papers to narrate this year’s theme, Transportation 2.0, for its 27th Annual Meeting technical program. The event will take place from 4-7 June 2018, in Detroit, Michigan. Papers for this year need to be related to one of six main topics: Connectivity, Autonomy and the Future of Transportation; Cybersecurity and Privacy Opportunities and Challenges; Electrification and Infrastructure and; Regulatory and Financial Challenges
  • Alert 511 real time congestion alerts launched at ITS World Congress
    October 15, 2012
    RealTraffic Technology will introduce a web-based application called Alert511.com at the ITS World Congress. This application, which generates real-time congestion alerts using video streams available from the web, has been made recently available to commuters in Quebec, Canada. It is based on RealTraffic’s core technology that collects real-time traffic information such as speed and flow using any existing camera network already installed along roads. This versatile solution does not require installation o
  • IBTTA launches new undergraduate scholarship program
    February 24, 2017
    A new scholarship program has been launched by the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) for current undergraduate students pursuing a degree in engineering; urban and rural planning; construction management; public policy/public administration or another transportation-related field. Each year up to two undergraduate students will receive a US$5,000 scholarship. Applicants are required to be enrolled in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited four-year college or universit