Transport telematics and other technologies for sustainable mobility have huge potential to reduce the environmental impact of transport, improve the customer experience, increase productivity through reduced congestion and improve the efficiency, safety and security of transport networks.
The rich source of invention in the UK is often overtaken by faster moving exploitation in other nations. Effort is therefore required to accelerate transport innovation from the diverse range of players in the UK and focus upon achieving a world-class position for UK industry.
With a concerted effort, the UK can position itself as a major player not only in the European market but in other major markets around the world, including North America and Japan.
innovITS acts as a catalyst for deployment and exploitation of technologies for sustainable mobility to strengthen UK capabilities across a range of industries including automotive, telecommunications and transport operations and infrastructure.
The announcement of a new Transport Systems Catapult in the 2012 budget has been greeted with enthusiasm from organisations within and beyond the transport sector. The Technology Strategy Board will soon issue a Registration of Interest notice. Find out the answers to your questions on the FAQ.
Designed specifically to help organisations operating in the GPS field to develop solutions more effectively, quickly and with less cost, the Skyclone system at innovITS ADVANCE is a world first and available for use now.
A video presentation – produced for innovITS by intelligent transport publisher H3B Media – provides for the first time an accessible audio-visual overview of the impressive capabilities and wide-ranging applications of the world-leading innovITS Advance test facility.