DfT appoints Zapmap as chargepoint open data provider22/09/2025 The Department for Transport (DfT) has appointed Zapmap as its electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint open data provider. |
Mayoral Data Council to drive local input into public sector digital landscape17/12/2024 Mayoral authorities will be offered a place on a new Mayoral Data Council which will work with central government departments on digital services and solutions, under plans outlined by ministers. |
New 'contract maturity needed' in world of data currency13/06/2022 A new model of local authority highways contract is needed to take into account the increasingly important issue of data, a key figure in the sector has said. |
DfT takes first steps towards reforming condition data08/11/2019 The Department for Transport has launched a survey of how organisations monitor and collect road condition data, which could lay the foundations for a programme of reform. |
Comment: Controlling traffic signals from the cloud11/09/2018 Stephen Russell, transportation director at engineering consultancy Sweco UK, explains that using data-driven technology to optimise traffic flows could help unlock one of the UK’s major transport challenges. |
Integrate data work to help councils, ADEPT tells STBs27/06/2018 The president of council directors’ body ADEPT has revealed plans to support local government data initiatives in partnership with industry and the Department for Transport. |
Exclusive briefing on Government's UTMC and data catalogue reviews31/05/2018 The Department for Transport (DfT) has commissioned the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) to carry out two reviews of potential major changes to the highways and transport data world. |
Council to use floating vehicle data in groundbreaking signal trial19/04/2018 The city of York is set to launch a groundbreaking scheme to trial using data from vehicles for signal control to improve junction performance. |
Jenoptik acquires ESSA Technology23/01/2017 Jenoptik Traffic Solutions UK has acquired ESSA Technology, a UK software developer specialising in police and enforcement back office solutions. |
New OS system will provide roads information17/11/2016 Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a new road network dataset that will bring together the best available information on the roads to create a single authoritative view of the network. |
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