transport

Traffic Lights Vulnerable To Hack, Researchers Warns

Its the Italian Job all over again, as a researcher claims that modern traffic lights are vulnerable to hack

10 years ago

TfL Trials Wi-Fi On London Buses

Transport for London holds Wi-Fi trial in the hope of attracting a sponsor for a network-wide rollout of free wireless

10 years ago

Driverless Cars To Join British Roads Next Year

The AA thinks few motorists will be interested when driverless cars are allowed on public roads from next year

10 years ago

TfL Approves Contactless Payments For Tube, Overground And DLR From September

Contactless cards and NFC smartphones can be used to pay for London travel from 16 September, with suburban national rail…

10 years ago

Three Customers Gain Access To London Tube Wi-Fi Network

Three becomes the last major operator to give users free access to the tube Wi-Fi network after it agrees deal…

10 years ago

App Intelligence Is Just The Ticket For London Travel

As London buses say 'goodbye' to cash fares, travel and mobile payment apps will become increasingly important, predicts Tom Levey,…

10 years ago

Government To Build Free Superfast Wi-Fi Network For Commuter Trains

The government could use money raised by Network Rail fines to create a trackside Wi-Fi network for the UK's busiest…

10 years ago

Heathrow Claims Terminal 5 Baggage IT Systems Are Fixed

After an IT fault created chaos in BA's Heathrow Terminal 5, systems are running as normal.... except for a massive…

10 years ago

Virgin Trains And St Pancras Boost UK Rail Wi-Fi Network

Passengers travelling on Virgin Trains will soon benefit from superfast Wi-Fi, while St Pancras will offer services to Eurostar passengers

10 years ago

Vodafone Plans Connected Car Push With £115m Cobra Acquisition

Vodafone hopes the Italian firm will help it gain a foothold in connected cars

10 years ago

Vince Cable Starts Britain’s Self-Driving Car Programme In Milton Keynes

The £150 million project aims to put self-driving cars on the British roads and help modernise the country’s transport infrastructure

10 years ago

Taxi Drivers’ Uber Protest Backfires As Downloads Surge

European capital cities faced gridlocked traffic conditions yesterday after taxi protest at smartphone app

10 years ago

British Airways To Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi Powered By Inmarsat

Inmarsat to launch new satellite aimed at supporting European in-flight Wi-Fi

10 years ago

Network Rail Awards £30m Traffic Management Contracts

First traffic management contracts are awarded, with Network Rail set to replace less efficient and more expensive signal boxes

10 years ago

Google Is Building Its Own Self-Driving Cars

No steering wheel! Google is to become a car maker, by building its own self-driving cars

10 years ago

Google Maps Adds UK Public Transport Data

Train, bus, tram and ferry information is added to Google Maps in Great Britain

11 years ago

Traffic Systems Vulnerable To Hackers Wanting To Cause Road Chaos

Systems across the UK could be abused by hackers to cause delays or even accidents, claims researcher

11 years ago

Commuters Turn To Tube Wi-Fi As London Strike Causes Travel Chaos

Virgin Media reports an increase in London Tube Wi-Fi registrations but says number of devices falls by a third during…

11 years ago

Virgin Media Adds Six More Stations To Tube Wi-Fi Network

Tube Wi-Fi network expands to 137 stations, with iOS devices being popular underground and BlackBerry traffic doubling

11 years ago

Oyster Shows How Digital Wallets Can Work

Oyster has a genuine purpose, is easy to use and familiar to customers says Steve McCaskill

11 years ago

NFC Smartphones Could Pay London Tube, Bus And Rail Fares

TfL and operators reportedly hold talks about letting passengers use their NFC smartphones to pay for their travel

11 years ago

Scottish Railway Wi-Fi To Boost Commonwealth Games And Ryder Cup

Transport Scotland invests £863,000 to bring Wi-Fi to 26 more stations on the Scottish railway network

11 years ago

Virgin Media Extends Tube Wi-Fi To Ten More Stations

Tube Wi-Fi is now available in 131 London Underground stations

11 years ago

EE 4G Coverage Comes To Major UK Airports, Railways And Roads

EE 4G coverage comes to more towns and to Britain's transport infrastructure

11 years ago

Windows 8 Tablets Speed Up London Underground Maintenance

Tube Lines says Windows 8 is better than paper (and the iPad) for keeping London moving safely

11 years ago

Google Glass Facing Driving Ban In The US

Seven states are now looking at making it illegal to use Google's wearable device whilst driving

11 years ago

Ofcom Authorises Faster Satellite Wi-Fi For Ships, Planes And Trains

Ofcom expects to issue first licenses for earth stations in February

11 years ago

Google Glass Driver Cleared By US Court

Ceclila Abadie was wearing Google Glass but there was no proof it was switched on

11 years ago

Edinburgh Trams And Buses To Offer Free Wi-Fi

Government super-connected cities scheme gets scaled down to free Wi-Fi for Edinburgh transport

11 years ago

EE And Vodafone Agree To Provide Channel Tunnel 4G

Operators to provide 2G, 3G and 4G services to passengers travelling from the UK to France

11 years ago