Royal Greenwich goes hi-tech in transport

摘要

The recent emergence of the London Borough of Greenwich as an area-wide, real-life environment, smart mobility 'Living Lab' for trialling new transport technology has conferred on this riverside community a technological status approaching that of its ceremonial title as a 'royal' borough. This added prominence also marks a fresh milestone in the advance of both the UK's burgeoning connected and automated vehicle (CAV) research programme and the borough's own pioneering digital economy strategy, writes David Crawford. Behind the latest initiative is UK transport consultancy TRL. Commenting on the February 2016 launch of the Lab, CEO Rob Wallis, said: 'Many organisations are testing autonomous systems in dedicated off-street facilities.