News Archives - September 2015

Carless utopia – Paris sans Voiture

Carless utopia for one day A cynic might argue that the car free day is little more than PR ahead of a United Nations climate change conference being hosted in Paris later this year, but rising pollution has forced the city to act. In March, air pollution briefly made Paris the most polluted city in the world. Smog became so…

Roadside mobile phone detector targets drivers

A new generation of roadside mobile phone detector that targets drivers using hand-held devices behind the wheel is to be trialled in Sussex. Funded by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, the pioneering equipment will be able to detect the use of mobile phones within vehicles whenever they drive past the sign.

Bus stop bypass misses the point

A design of bus stop bypass is getting a mixed reception. Whitechapel High Street is the first busy street in London on which bicycles are diverted around the back of newly installed bus stops. Cyclists pass between the pavement and those getting on and off the bus.

Forget VW diesels, the future belongs to the BMW i3

As the world was rocked by the news this week that VW had designed its diesel cars to cheat emissions testing, we took the opportunity to test the BMW i3 – the latest in electric car technology. Much is written about electric cars and they are often dismissed as little more than novelty vehicles; exotic runabouts for the wealthy, toys for early adopters or badges of honour for the environmentally devout.

The rise and fall of the hipster bus

The hipster bus is the latest attempt to attract passenger to public transport. Four buses in Reading have had a makeover in a bid to attract more students. A £20,000 budget for each vehicle has been spent on jukeboxes, a micro-sized library and Lego sets to create “pioneering on-board experience”.