The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have launched Beeline, a mobile app that allows commuters to pre-book rides on express private bus routes. LTA and IDA have partnered private bus companies such as Bus-Plus to operate the initial set of buses routes listed on the app. Beeline is an experiment to […]
Among the features of the upcoming IAA in Frankfurt will be the “New Mobility World” exhibition area, designed to showcase the emerging digital mobile world that will span all sectors. The area will also include telecommunications companies. The exhibition area will incorporate five areas: Connected car Automated driving E-mobility Urban mobility Mobility services The area […]
Elite technology innovation center, Transport Systems Catapult (TSC), has announced the opening of a ‘Visualisation laboratory’ at its headquarters in Milton Keynes. The laboratory will allow designers and engineers to use cutting edge virtual reality technology to improve the UK’s transport network. The laboratory includes the UK’s first commercially available omnidirectional treadmill built by Swedish […]
Ford Motor Company announced today during Gamescom a competition that challenges video game developers to create solutions for global mobility issues. The Ford Smart Mobility Game Challenge, developed with Cologne Game Lab, encourages developers to turn the challenge of integrating different transport modes within a city into fun and engaging online games. Gamescom 2015 – […]
In a consortium together with the Cofely-Fabricom (GDF SUEZ) infrastructure development company, Siemens is to equip more than 2,200 track kilometers of the Belgian railway network with the ETCS European Train Control System, Level 2. The order was placed by Infrabel, the Belgian railway infrastructure operator. The order volume for the consortium is worth about […]
There is great momentum today in the move towards the digitalization of industries; and this momentum will continue to increase in the near future, as the world embraces 5G as the new standard in global connectivity. The key to this digitalization lies in the manner in which industries adapt 5G use cases to transform their […]
The real answer to that question might be shrouded in the mists of time depending on the age of the place you live. When it comes to new developments, though – changes to land-use and the creation of large structures, then it’s likely that an urban planner has been involved in the decision-making. HERE talked to […]
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), today announced that Tom Walker, managing director of CTS-Australasia, will discuss new transportation technologies at the upcoming Australian Transport Summit held in Sydney, Australia on July 31. Jointly presented by the Australian Tourism & Transport Forum and UITP (International Association of Public Transport) […]
Ericsson and SK Telecom have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to collaborate on the development of a 5G core network that deploys network slicing technology. The development, which leverages Ericsson’s Regional Cloud Lab and Ericsson HDS 8000, is planned to be ready by the end of 2015. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson […]
Most of us don’t know much about the causes of traffic and congestion, yet it’s one of the factors that plays a massive part in our daily lives, sending stress levels through the roof as we try to get around. Author Tom Vanderbilt has researched things a lot more closely though, and the results are […]
