http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/News, data and business intelligence on public transport projects, developments and investment in the UK.en-ushttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/rss/rss12.xmlhttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6864Transport for London has lifted restrictions to make it easier for web developers to create commercial products from existing data about rail, bus and river services in the capital. From Tuesday (15...Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6864http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6746Dorset County Council has awarded Cambridge-based Advanced Communication and Information Systems (ACIS) a £5m contract to supply a real-time passenger information system. The technology forms part...Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6746http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6703The dash to improve Weymouth's public transport networks in time for the 2012 Olympics has reached a key milestone with the sign-off of an £11m package to upgrade road and rail services. Olympic...Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6703http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6677Britain's beleaguered motor manufacturing industry has received a boost from news that Nissan is to build the UK's first mass market electric car in Sunderland. The north east England plant beat bids...Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6677http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6520Stagecoach has signed a £3.7m contract for the supply and installation of CCTV on its new buses. The three-year deal with Look CCTV, a subsidiary of AIM-listed Quadnetics, will ensure all new buses...Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6520http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6514Transport for London has begun installing average speed cameras along the A13 in what is said to be the first roll-out of the equipment in the UK for use along a stretch of road with multiple entrance...Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6514http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6498The European Commission has selected a consortium led by Germany's OHB-System and Guildford-based Surrey Satellite Technology, owned by Germany's EADS-Astrium - for a E566m (£509m) package of work to...Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6498http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6434Transport technology specialists and other third party developers could gain greater access to state collected transport data under proposals set out by the government on Monday (7 December). Ahead...Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6434http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6358An initiative to develop hydrogen buses has been awarded funding by a regeneration agency in north east England. One North East will sponsor the ECO2Trans project, which is converting two electric...Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6358http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6174Action to prevent criminals abusing new mobile phone technology, which allows devices to be used like debit, credit and pre-pay cards, has been agreed by the government. The technology, which will...Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6174http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6124Hampshire County Council is piloting a travel information service that will advise motorists how to avoid rush hour congestion via personalised travel information sent by phone or email. Operating...Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6124http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6064Carbon emissions from domestic transport will be reduced by up to 14% over the next decade under a carbon reduction strategy published by transport secretary Andrew Adonis this week. The transport...Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6064