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News Transport for London (TfL) have been building the map for a year and it could be ready for use within one year if new mayor Boris Johnson backs the initiative. Chris Line, TfL's road safety chief, recently told the transport select committee that...
[15 May 2008]
News Work Wise expects millions of workers to sample the benefits of working from home, such as avoiding crowded public transport, saving time and reducing stress. National Work from Home day is here again this Thursday 15 May and silicon.com is aiming...
[14 May 2008]
News We have the second in June when we will have almost all the venues involved and many more people involved - and other areas like transport management to make it as close to the Olympic Games as you can come from a technical point of view," he said.
[13 May 2008]
News According to Paul Davison, senior officer in Hampshire's highway and transport team, the system can be used to assess the state of the council's roadside inventory. Hampshire County Council is trialling an extension to its road management systems...
[12 May 2008]
News Walsh was being quizzed by the parliamentary Transport Committee which is looking into the opening day chaos and subsequent problems at the terminal. The opening day problems at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (T5) were largely down to a lack of staff...
[08 May 2008]
News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to help reduce congestion; intelligent transport...
[08 May 2008]
News In the near future the technology could also be used as an alternative to standard ticketing systems on public transport, or as a 'smart-card' style payment option at the point-of-sale in retailers. Nokia has announced its upcoming handset, the...
[16 Apr 2008]
News For the final three months, GreenRoad will set up accounts for transport managers allowing them to provide regular feedback to drivers in their unit. The UK's armed forces are to get an electronic backseat driver aimed at saving lives on the road.
[04 Apr 2008]
News Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick told Parliament in a written answer: "The agency minimised the impact on its enforcement activities through increased use of encrypted mobile compliance devices, laptops with printing function disabled, and...
[04 Apr 2008]
News Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick unveiled the data security changes at the DSA in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question by Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik. Data security at the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has been overhauled...
[28 Mar 2008]
News A report by consultancy the Centre for Economics and Business Research for recruitment company Harvey Nash into the impact of skilled migrant workers has predicted the IT, telecoms and transport sector will need an extra 19,000 skilled migrants...
[25 Mar 2008]
News The latest in our weekly look back through the classic stories of the last decade in the silicon.com archive is a peek inside the lost property depot of Transport for London to see where all the iPods, BlackBerrys and mobile phones left by...
[05 Mar 2008]
News Its customers include Virgin Radio, T-Systems and Transport for London. Accenture claims the lack of growth in new data centres, compared to demand in London means the capital only has about five per cent capacity for data centre space, forcing...
[27 Feb 2008]
News Unite, the union which represents workers in the civil air transport sector, wants "full consultation" with airport group BAA after it was revealed it is in talks with the Home Office over the plan. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards
[20 Feb 2008]
News The system uses data held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, as well as vehicles registered with Transport for London (TfL).
[14 Feb 2008]
News Hundreds of UK public bodies are authorised to intercept individuals' communications, including the Ambulance Service and Fire Authorities, the British Transport Police, HM Revenue & Customs, Secret Intelligence Service, the Security Service, the...
[30 Jan 2008]
News The Department for Transport and its agencies, including the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), have saved £33m using online and electronic services in the last year. Top 10 government IT stories of 2007
[16 Jan 2008]
News The comms infrastructure is being built by Arqiva, which won the contract from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), the owner-operator of the Glasgow subway. Transport for London is due to start underground connectivity trials this year...
[14 Jan 2008]
News The Department for Transport (DfT) has lifted the hand baggage limit - put in place back in August 2006 - at 22 UK airports who have demonstrated that relaxing the rules will not have a significant impact on passenger movement.
[07 Jan 2008]
News The Agency, which is an executive agency for the Department of Transport responsible for operating, maintaining and improving the strategic road network of England, hopes to save a minimum of 15 per cent on its annual IT budget.
[03 Jan 2008]
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