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Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, have announced three more electric-only bus routes in the city on routes 46, 153 and 214, the latest in a series of measures to tackle London’s toxic air.

utch public transport company HTM Personenvervoer has deployed Masabi JustRide mobile ticketing on its trams and buses in The Hague, allowing passengers to buy tickets via smartphone using an application with support for Dutch, German and English, and payments using IDEAL, the popular Dutch payments system.

From 2019, every Volvo launched by carmaker Volvo Cars, the premium car maker will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that have only an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business.

The Flourish Consortium is holding its first annual media and showcase event, today, 6 July.

Volvo Australia is discovering a unique problem as it begins to test autonomous vehicles in Australia – it seems the way kangaroos move is confusing the car’s detection system, ABC Australia reports.

Inrix has partnered with European parking operator APCOA Parking Group to exchange parking information in a deal which will provide Inrix with access to information from 1.4 million parking spaces at over 9,000 locations in 13 countries.

US engineering services firm Parsons has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), which is dedicated to creating and strengthening mutually beneficial relationships between MIT and corporations worldwide.

Kapsch TrafficCom has been awarded a contract to design, develop, implement, support and maintain a turnkey regional mobile ticketing system (MTS) by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA).

Technology company Continental has agreed to acquire a minority share French autonomous shuttle manufacturer EasyMile and the companies plan to cooperate closely in the development of environmental sensors, braking systems and driving safety technologies.

The percentages of vehicles exceeding the speed limit in free flow conditions on UK roads have declined slightly for most vehicle and road types between 2011 and 2016, according to statistics published by the Department for Transport.

UK transport trade body the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the Government’s new transport investment plan is good news for the sector but more investment is needed to upgrade the road network.

As part of a significant upgrade to the Scottish motorway network, Transport Scotland implemented a ten-week diversion on all M8/A8 approaches to the Baillieston interchange while they connected the newly built M8 motorway section with the existing network.

European public transport company Arriva has been awarded an eight-year contract by the transport authority of the Skåne region to run the Pågatågen train services in Sweden until December 2026.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program, which will make approximately US$1.5 billion available to projects that are in line with the Administration’s principles to help rebuild America’s infrastructure.

UK engineering and environmental consultancy Ricardo has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Future Mobility Corporation of China to provide engineering support in the development of a family of electric vehicles, aimed at customers in Asia, North America and Europe.