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The introduction of the Automated Vehicles Act marks a significant milestone in the evolution of transport safety within the United Kingdom. PACTS welcomes this transformative legislation, recognising its potential to improve road safety in the UK, but wider and more detailed legislation is now needed. Our full briefing, with collaboration from Richard Cuerden and Dr Nick Reed, can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/eg6p2MMc #transportsafety #automatedvehicles #automatedvehiclesact

🚛 Important Update for Professionals in the Transport Industry 🚛 Attention everyone! Exciting developments are on the horizon in the realm of EU international road transport regulations, and they're set to take effect next Monday! 📢 📅 Starting August 21, 2023: It's time to gear up for change! All newly-registered vehicles must now be equipped with the cutting-edge SMT2 (smart tachograph type 2). Stay ahead of the curve by ensuring your vehicles are up to speed with this new technology! ⏳ Mark Your Calendars: For vehicles that are already registered for international road transport, there's a transition period. You'll need to make the switch to the SMT2 by August 2025. Plan ahead and make the necessary updates to guarantee a seamless transition. 🛣️ Key Information for Drivers: From August 21 onwards, a game-changing exemption for additional transport operations (as outlined in Article 1, paragraph 4 of EU Directive 2020/1057) will come into play. This exemption is exclusively applicable to drivers operating vehicles equipped with the SMT2. It's a fantastic opportunity to embrace enhanced flexibility and efficiency! Stay informed, remain compliant, and get ready to steer the course towards a new era in road transport. Should you have any inquiries or require further details, please don't hesitate to reach out. Let's navigate these changes together and drive confidently into the future! 🚚🌟 #EUTransportUpdates #InnovationInTransport #SMT2 #drivingchange #europeanunion

More and more transport companies are expanding and upgrading their fleets with Chinese trucks. The main question is: what will happen in winter? Companies are solving this question through their own experience, winter tests and comments from colleagues. Read more in the commentary for RZD partner: https://lnkd.in/dBieSq7e

#TruckDrivers | The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released research that statistically proves that motor carriers who are active in state and national membership associations are safer than carriers who have either been former association members or who have never been association members. Obtain your copy of the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gPm6VqZw #MMTA #trucksafety #roadsafety

The Biden Administration has announced the availability of $1.5 billion in federal funding to modernize bus fleets and deploy clean transit buses across the country. 🚎 🚌 This is exciting news for us at Alesig because we are driven to solve the complex challenges around the modernization and transformation of transportation systems. How do we serve our customers and the citizens of our nation? These are questions that are the topic of ongoing strategy and innovation in our quest for efficient and secure solutions. ♻🎯 Check out the news here: https://lnkd.in/g8D6K6xy #Transportation #GreenEnergy #GreenBus #TransportationApps #federalgovernment Gisela Ghani Mahe Rangareddy Goodwin Ting Chuck Ellis Melissa Ellis Catherine A. Legia Faria

Our latest episode is now live . You can click here to listen - https://lnkd.in/eXAuwkPa. We talk about the recent NAO report into the DfT's Rail Reform programme, the recent DfT reorganisation and what the recent Budget has delivered for the railways. One of those three subjects takes us rather less time to discuss than the other two. No surprises for guessing which. We also talk about Open Access and the news that Grand Union Trains have been granted access rights to run 4 trains per day from 2025 between London and Stirling. This will mean 4 more trains per day on a massively congested route (the West Coast) providing a service to a market already pretty well served and using diesel trains travelling for over 350 miles on an electrified railway. You'll guess I'm not impressed. Indeed, since we recorded the show, we now have a proposal for a new service London to Wrexham via Wolverhampton, again using diesel trains throughout although at least in this case, part of the route is not electrified. I argue on the show that whatever your view on Open Access (I have never been a disciple) it's not the priority at the moment and is only likely to add to our collective problems, not solve them. #dft #openaccess #railways #rail #trains

It's great to see the Department for Transport (DFT) in the UK investing and paving the way for a greener, cleaner future for the transport industry. 🤝 To support this initiative, the DFT has launched the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme. 💪 The programme aims to accelerate the uptake of zero emission HGV technology, through the demonstration of new and innovative vehicle and infrastructure solutions. 🚛 The programme is open to applications from businesses, researchers, innovators and local authorities. 🤝 #ZeroEmission #CleanerTransport #Innovation

Today's Mobility Digest headline: Road Safety Needs More Systemic Analysis. https://lnkd.in/gAQX-p3m ------------ At GTS, we're passionate about staying up-to-date on the latest news and developments in transportation technology, smart mobility, and safety. 🚝 🛴 🚲 🚶♀️ 🚗 Follow GTS - General Technologies and Solutions for more content like this. #SmartTransportationStartsHere

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🔙 On 16th of November 2023, AERRL, ALLRAIL, CER, EAL, EIM, ERFA, UIP, UIRR and UNIFE had endorsed a common position paper to express their support to the implementation of the centralised registration function as the European Vehicle Register (EVR) defined in the Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/1614 of 25 October 2018. With this statement, they had outlined the need to guarantee the freedom to choose a national registration entity if preferred and shared reflections about coding of the countries in which the vehicles are registered and access rights. 📢In the context of this ongoing reform, AERRL, ALLRAIL (Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants), CER (Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies), ERFA-European Rail Freight Association, UIC - International union of railways #UICrail#UICrail, International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP), UIRR and UNIFE | The European Rail Supply Industry Association have defined a new common position about the use of the current European Vehicle Number and a vision of its evolution. They highlight the advantage of the existing EVN structure as a speaking number and they advocate keeping the authorisation (managed by manufacturers) and registration (managed by keepers) processes clearly separate. Read more by clicking here https://lnkd.in/gfM78bu2 #EVR #rail #vehicle #register #EVN