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.
Adrian Greeman looks at developments in software visualisation packages. The capacity to make visualisations has been growing in importance over the last decade, and is now a well-accepted part of consultations and client presentations. But making high-quality images of projects is still a major undertaking and larger consultancies employ specialist departments to do so. Costs are coming down but it can still take a while, and some high-capacity hardware, to produce realistic renderings from drawings and 3D
Australia’s Northern Territories Government has launched a six-month trial of autonomous vehicles in Darwin, which will see a driverless vehicle carrying passengers along the city’s waterfront.
The trial of the EasyMile EZ10 driverless vehicle will commence early in 2017, transporting passengers Waterfront precinct to Stokes Hill Wharf on a repeat loop.
The fully autonomous vehicle provides zero emissions when operating, is fully air-conditioned and capable of carrying up to 12 passengers at one time.
