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Goodyear has unveiled its IntelliGrip Urban, a concept tyre designed for future-generation autonomous electric ride-sharing vehicles in urban areas.

A new peer-to-peer car sharing scheme is helping one council slash the cost of workers’ transport.

The London Taxi Company has unveiled its new London taxi, the TX, and its eCity technology comprising of an advanced battery electric powertrain with a small petrol generator.

French police in the Gironde have invested in a quadro-rotor drone to help with roadside checks and easier identification of dangerous driving on motorways, following a recent test on the A10.

In its report published this week, the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Taxis calls on the Government to give the Mayor of London, and other Mayors, the power to cap the number of private hire vehicles (PHVs) on London’s streets, stop cross border hiring and set out a robust set of minimum licensing standards for taxis and PHVs across the country.

French autonomous shuttle developer Navya and public transport company Keolis, in partnership with Paris public transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités (Ex-STIF) and Defacto, have launched a new autonomous shuttle service in the heart of Europe's largest business district, Paris la Défense.

US-based Gridsmart Technologies has announced the appointment of Regina Hopper as senior vice-president, Global Public Policy, effective 1August 2017.

WSP USA and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly collaborate on creating a stronger connection between research and deployment of transportation systems management and operations as well as connected and automated vehicle solutions.

Automaker Groupe Renault and motorway operator Sanef have announced their cooperation to further develop communications between autonomous vehicles and road infrastructure and testing on toll barrier crossings and work zone approaches.

Highway toll charges in South Korea for electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will halve from September, the transport ministry has said, reports Yonhap News Agency.

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) is looking for its second new president in two years following the resignation of Regina Hopper, effective 31 July.

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) and Waycare, a predictive analytics platform for smart cities, are to implement a pilot program that is intended to help prevent traffic crashes and congestion.

Drivers in the UK, US and Germany spend billions searching and paying for parking spaces and paying for more time than they need to avoid a penalty charge, according to a new study by Inrix.

The first of a fleet of nine electric trucks will soon hit the road in Victoria, Australia, thanks to funding from the government’s New Energy Jobs Fund, which provided SEA Automotive with US$395, 000 (A$517,000) in October 2016 to develop a facility to manufacture commercial electric vehicles.

Canadian public transportation company BC Transit, British Columbia, is moving forward with implementation of real time technology, or automatic vehicle location enabled technology, in seven of its transit systems. Strategic Mapping has been selected to install and maintain the technology.