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The government is set to spend £9 million on research into so-called intelligent transport systems -- that's more centralised information-gathering over who goes where and when, road charging, and -- potentially -- black boxes that could decide how fast you drive.
The Department of Transport called it "A radical new approach to funding highly innovative and wide ranging research into key long term transport issues".
The initiative was announced last week by Minister for Transport Stephen Ladyman and Lord Sainsbury, DTI Minister for Science and Innovation, at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in London.
The new approach to research is expected to result in far greater advances than simply awarding funding to a single organisation. It will allow a small number of consortia with wide ranging expertise to work in collaboration to tackle some of the major transport challenges we face over the next decade.
The Department for Transport, Department of Trade and Industry and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will jointly provide £9 million of funding, with a further £3 million expected from industry itself.
According to the DfT, the Future Intelligent Transport Systems initiative is intended to stimulate new ideas, concepts, products or services that will:
- Further improve safety on our roads by reducing collisions, casualties and deaths
- Result in better, more reliable, accessible and safer public transport services
- Lead to even greater efficiency in the road freight industry;
- Improve road network management
- Provide better travel information, allowing travellers to make informed choices on how and when to travel
Stephen Ladyman said: "The UK government has today launched a major research programme on future intelligent transport systems, which together with industry contributions will make over £12 million available for innovative demonstration projects. This is just the start of a fruitful collaboration between government and industry.
"Our vision for this initiative is to support highly innovative and wide-ranging research and technology demonstrator projects, combining the best UK expertise in industry, Local Authorities, transport service providers and universities."
Lord Sainsbury said: "I am delighted that DTI, DfT and EPSRC have come together to fund this important new initiative to help deliver better transport whilst reducing environmental impacts.
"This initiative will bring together UK industry and universities to address key research issues for the longer-term development of the UK transport system. This Innovation Platform, developed by DTI's Technology Strategy Board, builds on both the Office of Science and Innovation's Foresight work and DfT's own strategic thinking to address the transport challenges society faces."
John O'Reilly, Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council said: "The FITS Initiative is an exciting opportunity for EPSRC to work with DTI and DfT to support leading edge research that will address an important national need. It opens up the possibility of new science and engineering techniques and processes being developed and introduced experimentally to address transport problems."
Also a camera/video system can proove bad driving or dangerous driving! that sounds fare but not the fixed points or scamera vans and the sorts...those are only short time moments and tell nothing about bad driving or dangerous driving!! only redlightcamera's can do that because they only work when the red light is one! (or driving to fast through a green light also mostly)
Anyway, you don't want more trouble on the road, the bad and dangerous drivers will always be there even if you take their drivers license in! but you realy punnish the real "good" people and tax paying people with the systems...
So...got that off my chest(sorry about the bad spellings...)
GTRene
"Commissioner promises to keep Europe moving with ITS
Commissioner for transport, Jacques Barrot, has outlined plans to keep Europe moving with ITS. In a speech at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) world congress held in London this week, Barrot highlighted the efforts of the UK’s Foresight project, and set out examples of ITS in the context of European transport policy. Galileo and freight transport are top of Barrot’s list, and he announced that he will bring forward a Green paper on Galileo in November in order that the European satellite navigation system is fully operational by 2010."
Their focus may be on freight atm but...
P.S- everybody blames the motorist for the countries problems, maybe the government, instead of going on campaigns for greener driving, go on a campaign to catch all of the rapists, murders and pedo's on the loose in Britain- that would get some respect.
P.S- everybody blames the motorist for the countries problems, maybe the government, instead of going on campaigns for greener driving, go on a campaign to catch all of the rapists, murders and pedo's on the loose in Britain- that would get some respect.
That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the I Moan A Lot But Don't Have Anything Alternatively Constructive To Say Party
P.S- everybody blames the motorist for the countries problems, maybe the government, instead of going on campaigns for greener driving, go on a campaign to catch all of the rapists, murders and pedo's on the loose in Britain- that would get some respect.
That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the I Moan A Lot But Don't Have Anything Alternatively Constructive To Say Party
create more incomprehensible acronyms to confuse an already guilable and sheep-like public?
P.S- everybody blames the motorist for the countries problems, maybe the government, instead of going on campaigns for greener driving, go on a campaign to catch all of the rapists, murders and pedo's on the loose in Britain- that would get some respect.
...and while they're about it I wonder if they could try rounding up those two terrorist suspects that have just legged it. That might be more useful.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
P.S- everybody blames the motorist for the countries problems, maybe the government, instead of going on campaigns for greener driving, go on a campaign to catch all of the rapists, murders and pedo's on the loose in Britain- that would get some respect.
That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the I Moan A Lot But Don't Have Anything Alternatively Constructive To Say Party
Fair comment jazzyjeff, however, you may of missed my point/i never made it clear enough. I'm simply stating the government is pouring vasts amounts of resources into catching motorists slightly speeding when there are drug takers, alcoholics, un taxed/insured/road worthy car & drivers out there getting away with it everyday, they could just put the money into extra traffic officers in unmarked cars. These officers could actually catch all of the above mentioned criminals as well as dealing with speeders and dangerious drivers.I know many people on the forum would shudder at the thought of more highly trained cops in under cover evos but i fully respect all divions of the police as due to current political circumstances their job is very, very hard.
PS i hope that is a bit more constructive for you jazzyjeff.
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