Technology, Innovation

Media Release,

16 May 2016

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

9 May 2016

Focus policy regarding for-hire passenger transport on the needs of consumers and society.
Keep the regulation framework of for-hire passenger transport services as simple and uniform as possible.
Encourage innovative and more flexible regulation of for-hire transport services.
Embrace data-led regulation to improve societal outcomes.

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

9 May 2016

Shared mobility benefits depend on creating the right market conditions and operational frameworks.
Shared mobility has significant environmental benefits, even with current engine technology.
Shared mobility will radically change public transport and most traditional bus services will disappear.
Public authorities must guide the deployment of shared mobility systems and anticipate their impacts.

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

9 May 2016

Data is being collected in ways that support new business models in transport but challenge existing regulation.
Transport data is shifting to the private sector and away from the public sector.
The shift of data ownership from the public to the private sector may ultimately imply a shift in control.
Transport authorities should account for biases in the data they use and encourage use of adequate metadata.
Mandatory private-public data sharing should be limited. Only where clear benefits to all parties exist and public authorities have capacity to handle the data should they be considered.
Data sharing does not necessarily mean sharing raw data.
Whatever data is collected and whoever holds it, dats should be an integral part of more flexible regulation of emerging transport services.

Media Release,

13 March 2016

Presentation, slides, speech,

13 January 2016

Presentation, slides, speech,

12 January 2016

Presentation, slides, speech,

11 January 2016

Media Release,

30 September 2015

Media Release,

19 May 2015

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

30 April 2015

Road safety improvements can be accelerated through the specification and harmonisation of a limited set of safety-related vehicle data elements.
Transport authorities will need to audit the data they use in order to understand what it says (and what it does not say) and how it can best be used.
More effective protection of location data will have to be designed upfront into technologies, algorithms and processes.
New models of public-private partnership involving data-sharing may be necessary to leverage all the benefits of Big Data.
Data visualisation will play an increasingly important role in policy dialogue.

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

31 March 2015

Self-driving vehicles could change public transport as we currently know it.
The potential impact of self-driving shared fleets on urban mobility is significant. It will be shaped by policy choices and deployment options.
Active management is needed to lock in the benefits of freed space.
Improvements in road safety are almost certain. Environmental benefits will depend on vehicle technology.
New vehicle types and business models will be required.
Public transport, taxi operations and urban transport governance will have to adapt.
Mixing fleets of shared self-driving vehicles and privately-owned cars will not deliver the same benefits as a full TaxiBot/AutoVot fleet - but it still remains attractive.