On 9 November, as part of International Trade Week, ITS UK will be launching a new report, developed in partnership with the Department for Transport, highlighting the key overseas markets for UK companies delivering transport technology solutions.

The report builds on a survey of over 100 businesses to examine the export potential of the sector and how industry and Government can work together to promote UK transport technology capabilities on the international stage. The report is a significant development for the industry, and will allow us to prioritise our overseas engagement going forward.

Running from 2 to 5pm on 9 November, the event will provide the opportunity for the sector to hear about the latest developments across the global sector!

REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE

Agenda
14:00 | Doors Open

Teas, coffees and refreshments served. Networking.
14:30 | Welcome

Darren Capes, ITS Policy Lead and TTF Manager, Traffic and Technology Division, Department for Transport
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK
14:35 | Keynote: Senior Representative from the Department for Business and Trade

14:45 | ITS Exports Study Presentation

Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK
15:15 | Panel Discussion: Supporting UK expertise to thrive in a global ITS market

Alison Young, Head of Global Investment, Connected Places Catapult
Neil Walker, Exports Director, Railway Industry Association
Nora Ali, International Channel Manager, Clearview Intelligence
Representative from AGD Systems (invited)
15:45 | Engaging with Horizon Europe

Stefano Mainero, EPN Consulting
16.00 | Closing Remarks

17:00 | Event ends

When
9th November 2023 2:00 PM through 5:00 PM
Location
Railway Industry Association
Kings Buildings
16 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HQ

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The report builds on a survey of more than 100 businesses to examine the export potential of the sector and how industry and Government can work together to promote UK transport technology capabilities on the international stage. ITS UK calls the report “a significant development for the industry, and will allow us to prioritise our overseas engagement going forward”.

Running from 2 to 5pm on 9 November, the event will provide the opportunity for the sector to hear about the latest developments across the global sector.

Register to attend here

The event takes place at the Railway Industry Association in London.

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In launching the Department for Transport’s Plan for Drivers, Mark Harper said there would be £30 million available through a Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant (TSOG) to upgrade traffic signal systems, replacing unreliable and obsolete equipment to improve reliability, a £20 million Green Light Fund (GLF) to tune up traffic signals to better reflect current traffic conditions and get traffic flowing and a £20 million Intelligent Traffic Management Fund (ITMF) to deploy advanced technology for traffic signals, making use of emerging technologies to optimise traffic flow and balance traffic across city centres.

Speaking at LCRIG’s Strictly Highways event in Blackpool, Mr Capes, who is ITS Policy Lead at the Department for Transport, explained £10 million of the TSOG will be paid out through the transport metrics within the Integrated Transport Block (ITB) formula, but the remaining £20 million of that money, plus the other two £20 million payments will be awarded through challenge processes opening this autumn.

For the TSOG and GLF, money will be awarded in £500,000 lots using the same process as used for the 2021 Traffic Signal Maintenance allocation.  Authorities may be restricted to only one of the funds.  For the ITMF, there will be one challenge process similar to the 2021 Traffic Signals Maintenance allocation, where 39 authorities were awarded either £250,000 or £500,000.

“A total of 232 schemes were implemented across the 39 authorities thanks to that funding,” Mr Capes told the audience.  “Analysis suggests that has been a resounding success, leading to an average 8% to 12% reduction in journey tomes at junctions.  That’s amazing – what’s not to like about that?”

Mr Capes said that the way the industry responded to the £15 million funding two years ago, and the positive effects of the schemes, helped build the case for this latest funding, which  has directly led to what the government calls “the biggest investment in traffic signals in decades”.

“This is a huge opportunity for the sector,” Mr Capes added.  “I’ve been on the road for most of the last year talking to suppliers and local authorities who have helped me build a case that has led to this funding – so thank you for working with me.”

The audience heard details of how they might look to spend the money.  The TSOG is to replace unreliable and obsolete equipment in traffic signal systems before spare parts run out, including halogen, communications equipment, and controllers.  The GLF is for tuning up traffic signals to better reflect current traffic conditions while the ITMF gives authorities the chance to deploy advanced technology for traffic signals, using emerging technologies to optimise traffic flow and balance traffic across city centres.

You can watch Darren Capes’ presentation here.

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With so much change across the global, the transport sector is facing new challenges – and opportunities – in almost all overseas markets. With such rapid technological change, the need to reduce carbon emissions and an ever moving policy landscape, ITS companies will need to be more flexible, dynamic and responsive than ever. This webinar will explore the changes in the global ITS market taking place up to 2030 – and ask how can ITS companies ensure we can continue to roll out transport technology across the globe.

The webinar is the third in our Transport2030 series, examining the upcoming trends facing the ITS sector over the coming decade. The Webinars are held in partnership with the Transport Technology Forum.

Find out more and register here.

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The Dinner is a celebration of all the organisations, individuals and projects that have delivered for the UK and is attended by key clients and decision makers from a variety of organisations.

For more information, please click here.

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How can we make the bus more attractive to encourage more people to use it?

One way of making buses more attractive, and encourage former and new passengers onto buses, is ensuring that they provide a competitive and reliable journey time in comparison to other modes – both now and in the longer term.

It is vital therefore, as traffic levels and congestion continues to increase, that journey times do not become slower or less reliable as a consequence. Unlike some of the challenges we face, this is not under the control of bus operators – but traffic managers can make a difference, including through bus priority measures. Bus Back Better (the national bus strategy) has a lot to say about bus priority, and it forms a key element in many Enhanced Partnerships and Bus Service Improvement Plans.

Nearly 20 years ago the first standard approach to providing digital bus priority was published, and over a decade ago an interface between buses and urban traffic control systems was developed. This UTC interface is now well adopted with plenty of experience in its implementation. However, in the last few years technology has progressed very rapidly, and there are now bus priority schemes that have been and are being introduced using different approaches.

This event is being jointly organised by RTIG and UTMC.

At this event we will:

• Review the historic bus priority landscape
• Hear from places trying new approaches
• Understand how traffic management is changing

During the afternoon we will break into small groups to help identify:

• What needs to be done to support the adoption of good practice?
• What needs to happen to help suppliers of bus and traffic management systems work together to achieve effective bus priority?
• How can bus operators and traffic managers work together?
• How do standards need to develop?
• What information is needed by implementers?
• How can business cases be developed and presented?

The event will take place at Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG

https://www.millenniumpoint.org.uk/getting-here/

Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/687978721877

About RTIG – RTIG is a community group which seeks to establish, support and share good practice in the use of information and communications technology in public transport.

With members from public authorities, transport operators, consultancies and the systems industry, we have an impartial perspective and support the common good. We have an excellent relationship with national Government and work closely with other community groups.

About UTMC – UTMC is a UK-based initiative which provides traffic managers with open technical specifications, supporting an innovative competitive marketplace and helping systems interwork effectively.

All of our work is undertaken cooperatively with both the public highways community and the systems industry. We aim to provide practical help, avoiding excessive complexity in favour of simple, agreed approaches.

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It is produced by Landor Links in partnership with ITS UK and sponsored by SYSTRA, also supported by Connected Places Catapult, Transport for Greater Manchester and Transport for West Midlands.

Transport AI 2023 will bring together public and private sector professionals to discuss developments in artificial intelligence (AI) as they relate to transport and planning.

The event will be managed by a Steering Group drawn from across the transport technology sector.

Find out more online: https://www.landorlinks.uk/transportai2023

Increasing capacity, enhancing capability
AI-powered solutions have the potential to revolutionise the way we transport people and goods, to manage traffic flows and to plan and design successful places.

AI is no longer the future—it’s here now in our offices, living rooms, cars and pockets. As the technology has continued to expand its role in our lives, important questions have emerged: Can we trust AI? Is it safe? How can we use it for community benefit? How does it fit into our workloads and workflows?

In some areas, such as automating data entry, data collection, data analysis / visualisation, route and flow optimisation and managing community engagement, AI is established in professional toolkits. Other scenarios, such as AI-managed Connected and Autonomous vehicles commonly travelling driverless on public roads, remain years away.

Yet rapid advances mean that tools and datasets once only available to the Googles and Metas of the world are widely available – and are being used to create and deliver products that transport professionals can benefit from today.

Transport AI UK will provide a one-stop shop for understanding the opportunities and challenges of AI:

• a platform for attendees to gain insights on which AI-powered products, services and tools can deliver now to help local authorities and consultants
• the AI development curve: how to use AI to add value by time-saving, cost-saving and automating routine tasks
• a look ahead to coming innovation: planning an AI readiness strategy
• understanding of the resourcing, procurement, human and ethical factors that will underpin the development and take-up of AI across the transport sector

About the event

Trust, ethics and security: This inaugural one-day event will feature presentations from the key pioneers and policy shapers who are guiding the use of AI in the UK and beyond

Tools, products and services: Much of the day will be dedicated to showcasing the AI-driven tools, products and services that are already successfully in use

• A large expo zone will offer plenty of time for demonstrating tools, products, services and use cases
• Supported expo and speaking places for a limited number of start-ups and entrepreneurs
• Round table deep dive discussions into key themes
• Facilitated demos and presentation sessions to be held during the day

Help us shape the event

This is new territory for all of us, so we want you to help shape the event.

Please send us your ideas and suggestions for presentations, pitches and expo places (250 words max).

Please send your ideas to Juliana using this form https://www.landorlinks.uk/transportai2023 by July 31 2023, including proposed talk title and speaker name, job title and email details.

For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries please contact Daniel Simpson on 0207 091 7861 or email daniel@landor.co.uk

Transport AI 2023: possible areas of interest

• Road danger reduction
• Automatic traffic incident detection
• Mobility detection by mode
• Traffic flow management
• Cooperative traffic management services
• Traffic signal timing
• Street and highway design and simulation
• Connected and Autonomous Mobility analysis – road, rail and air
• Sensing, camera and sensors data
• Automatic data collection & analysis
• Security solutions, privacy and data management
• Drones and air mobility
• Report and statement production
• Developing investment and business cases
• Parking management
• Kerbside management and optimisation
• Mobility as a Service
• Enforcement: ANPR and driver monitoring
• Journey planning
• Road pricing systems
• Payment services
• Navigation services
• Route optimisation
• Shared transport platform management
• Asset management, inspections and maintenance
• Ethics, trust and social acceptance
• Digitising / integrating land use and transport planning
• Managing decarbonisation pathways
• Monitoring and improving air quality
• Accelerating EV development and charging
• Customer engagement and passenger information – enhanced user interfaces
  Fleet integration, freight and logistics
• Digital twins
• Future proofing: upgrading and procuring new technology
• Deployment approaches, costs and benefits

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MOVA User Group 13th September

JCT also facilitate the MOVA User Group which is an independent event on the 13th September and it is free to attend. Further details can be found on the JCT Symposium MOVA User Group page.

For more information, please click here.

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This high-level conference brings together industry leaders sharing their views and expertise, our free-to-attend exhibition hosts over 200 exhibitors from across the globe and a dedicated networking app allows attendees to connect with industry experts.

Highways UK invite you to join them and exchange ideas, build your brand, form friendships and partnerships, grow your professional network, explore the future, and uncover new opportunities.

Book your free ticket now. For more information, please click here.

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The event provides key insights from local government, and others in the areas of innovation, skills, net zero, and collaboration, whilst making the case for local roads.

Last year’s event saw more than 370 delegates attend over the two days. There was also representation from more than 70 different highway authorities from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with all local authority delegates receiving fully funded places which included, accommodation, catering and refreshments.

Find out more and register your interest here.

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