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March 25, 2020
Hungary to offer EV incentives
The Hungarian government is to offer grants to incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan.
March 24, 2020
Flashing LEDs may cut ‘distracted walking’ risk
Flashing LED lights embedded into pavements could improve the safety of pedestrians distracted by their phones, says Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
March 24, 2020
Coronavirus cripples scooter operations worldwide
The ongoing battle against coronavirus is causing micromobility firms to scale down and suspend operations worldwide. 
March 23, 2020
WEF offers guidelines for city mobility
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published guidelines ranging from data sharing and multimodal integration to help cities establish and develop partnerships with mobility partners.
March 23, 2020
CARS group forms to protect rider privacy
A group has formed to raise awareness of how mobility data specification (MDS) can be used by local governments to track personal movements through a city.
March 23, 2020
Here and Cerence ‘personalise’ in-car experience
Here Technologies has integrated its location intelligence with Cerence's Drive portfolio to bring advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mobility assistant offerings to drivers.
March 20, 2020
ITS World Congress in LA ‘will still occur as scheduled’
The 27th ITS World Congress 2020 will go ahead on 4-8 October in Los Angeles, according to the organisers.
March 20, 2020
Coronavirus: World’s transit system moves into lockdown
The threat of coronavirus is plunging the world’s transit systems into lockdown as ridership numbers dwindle and limited services become the norm.
March 20, 2020
Wales considers road user charging options
The Welsh government has commissioned an independent review into road user charging to understand how such demand management approaches can aid the transition to more sustainable transport.
March 20, 2020
Sweden helps to reduce India road deaths
A consortium of Swedish and Indian companies has formed to help reduce the death toll on India’s roads.
March 19, 2020
Coronavirus: Pennsylvania suspends cash tolls
Toll operator Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) has temporarily suspended cash payments at all interchanges to remove interaction between drivers and personnel in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak
March 19, 2020
Inrix: Bogota ‘most congested city’ on planet
Drivers in South America endure some teeth-grindingly long waits on their commutes, according to the Inrix 2019 Global Traffic Scorecard.
March 19, 2020
Mauritius sets out to modernise public transport 
The National Land Transport Authority (NLTA) in Mauritius is using LIT Transit's mobility platform to provide integrated mobility management and passenger information capabilities on public transport. 
March 18, 2020
Coronavirus: Uber suspends North America shared rides
Uber is suspending shared rides on its platform in the US and Canada in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
March 18, 2020
Drive Sweden looks to improve rural transport
Drive Sweden is to facilitate seven projects focused on improving rural transport and using artificial intelligence to improve traffic flows.