Charlotte Fernández
UKIMEA Press Office,Leeds
Innovate UK has awarded a collaborative transport research project to Arup and 10 consortium partners from across industry including technology, telecommunications, transport, local authorities and academia.
The two-year ‘oneTRANSPORT’ project is valued at £3.5 million and will be part funded by Innovate UK as part of their Integrated Transport initiative.
The aim of the project is to improve travel experiences by facilitating access to better quality multi-modal transport information. oneTRANSPORT will pioneer a new approach into the use of open-data platforms, encouraging a fairer, more open market place, with Internet of Things (IoT) technology acting as an enabler for data sharing across traditionally ‘closed’ data-realms in the public and private sector.
In addition to Arup, the partners in the oneTRANSPORT project include InterDigital Europe, Buckinghamshire County Council, Clearview Traffic Group, Hertfordshire County Council, Highways England, Imperial College, Northamptonshire County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Traak Systems and World Sensing.
“This is an exciting time to be developing innovative services for the transport sector. Whilst there is still much that can be done to improve transport connectivity, oneTRANSPORT will enable an important step-change in how data is shared and used. We are delighted to be involved in this project which challenges conventional data use in a growing digital age and are confident that oneTRANSPORT will provide a blue-print for smarter transport networks across the globe.
Tim Gammons, Director of Intelligent Transport Systems, Arup