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ITS World Congress Webinar Series Kicks-off with Spotlight on Decarbonising Urban Mobility

ITS World Congress Webinar Series Kicks-off with Spotlight on Decarbonising Urban Mobility

Apr 11, 2024

Decarbonisation is the mainstay of sustainable and smart urban mobility strategies, which rely on innovative solutions, sound policies, and effective partnerships to achieve climate-neutral transportation. The success of such strategies also requires behavioural changes by the users; city and regional authorities must therefore make public awareness and engagement a priority in order to reach decarbonisation targets. This was the key message in the inaugural ITS World Congress Webinar. The webinar hosted by ERTICO on 27 March was the first of three in a series that will focus on the main themes of the 30th ITS World Congress in Dubai this September. In this webinar, “Decarbonising Urban...

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Enhancing Resilience in Inland Waterways: An Overview of PLOTO’s Key Exploitable results

Enhancing Resilience in Inland Waterways: An Overview of PLOTO’s Key Exploitable results

Apr 11, 2024 |

The PLOTO project is dedicated to bolstering the resilience of European inland waterways (IWW), leading the technological drive by operating, testing, and demonstrating in three pilot sites located in Belgium, Romania, and Hungary. PLOTO’s eleven Key Exploitable Results (KERs) contribute to its overarching goal of establishing a novel integrated system that supports both operational and strategic adaptation and mitigation measures for IWW. The KERs reflect a holistic strategy, highlighting the integration of advanced computer vision (CV) techniques, multi-sensor data fusion, and the development of a sophisticated risk assessment engine (RAE) to ensure a reliable European inland waterway...

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DfT: £4.65 million for bus operators to help disabled passengers travel with confidence

DfT: £4.65 million for bus operators to help disabled passengers travel with confidence

Apr 15, 2024 |

Disabled passengers are set to navigate buses with greater ease, thanks to almost £5 million being made available to roll out audible and visual announcements throughout Great Britain. In the latest of a string of initiatives to improve accessibility across public transport, applications have today (8 April 2024) opened for small bus and coach operators to bid for a share of £4.65 million to install state-of-the-art technology that will both display and announce information clearly for all passengers, including those with sight and hearing impairments. Known as the Accessible Information Grant, this funding will be vital in supporting small operators to fit screens, speakers and induction...

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EU institutions commit to boost cycling across Europe

EU institutions commit to boost cycling across Europe

Apr 11, 2024 |

Earlier this month, on 3rd April, the EU took another important step in reducing transport emissions by adopting the European Declaration on Cycling. In the margins of the Informal Transport European Council and the Connecting Europe Days, Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport, signed the declaration together with Karima Delli, Chair of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament and Georges Gilkinet, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium.  This also aligns with the Belgian Council Presidency’s objective to decarbonise the EU’s transport sector. The declaration recognises cycling as a sustainable, accessible, and affordable means of transport, with strong added value for...

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