TAN holds successful quarterly meeting, and is excited to be involved in ITS UK

TAN held a successful quarterly meeting last week followed by a very enjoyable New Year lunch: our excuse to extend the festive season just that bit longer. Many TAN people are currently very busy on projects which meant that a few of our 25 members were unable to attend.  

 

A key item on the agenda was a visit from Jennie Martin, Secretary-General of ITS UK, who welcomed TAN as a Foundation Member of ITS UK and told us about the organisation's role and objectives.  Although a few members of TAN are already members of ITS UK, the new involvement of TAN itself as a member of ITS UK enables it to put forward a view from the SME sector and will hopefully assist ITS UK in being even more effective in representing the ITS community within the UK.

Peter Warman writes for New Transit

Peter Warman writes the 'Expert View' section in the latest issue of New Transit (November / December 2011) on the latest developments in Real-Time Information for passenger transport

TAN Members taking key role in Travel2020

3 TAN members are taking key roles in the Travel2020 2-Day international Conference and Exhibition at London's The Kia Oval tomorrow and Thursday, 2nd and 3rd November.  Kris Beuret, Chair of the National Association of Taxi Users, is speaking on "Bringing taxis into the mobility mix", in the Multi-Modality conference session on Thursday afternoon, while John Austin and Peter Warman are both chairing conference sessions on Wednesday.

Personal Rapid Transit - David Crawford reports on the latest developments

David Crawford writes about the latest developments in Personal Rapid Transport systems (PRT) in the July / August issue of New Transit.  The latest generation of PRT systems  is offering an impressive option for local transport provision.

John Austin speaking at important international conference on Transport & Social Media

John Austin will be speaking at the International Institute of Information Design's 6th Traffic & Transport conference - Traffic, Transport & Social Media - in Vienna next week (8th and 9th September).  John's presentation is about how the public transport industry in the UK and Ireland used Social Media to communicate with customers during last winter's unprecedented bad weather.  The full conference programme is at  http://www.iiid-expertforum.net 

Public Transport: commercial enterprise or social tool?

Ann Frye writes on this theme in the August issue of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport's 'Focus' magazine.  'Even CILT's own survey of members revealed that those who responded did not prioritise socially inclusive services. Until  the cost of transport - including concessionary fares - and the benefits of reduced health and social care costs can be seen as interdependent, we may continue to struggle with these issues', writes Ann.  Read the whole feature article here.  

Cambridgeshire Guided Busway opens - John Austin was there

The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - the world's longest - was opened earlier this month.  John Austin was there photographing the first public journey: see his photo album on Flickr.  

And this week his feature article on the future challenges that management faces in ensuring that The Busway continues to meet passenger expectations is publshed in the August issue of New Transit.

David Crawford writes in Transmart section of July / August issue of ITS International

David Crawford tracks gains for public transport operators from growing mobile phone use, in the latest issue of ITS International.  See http://www.itsinternational.com/ 

NATU welcomes House of Commons Transport Committee Report into Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles

TAN Members Kris Beuret and John Austin are Chair and Vice-Chair respectively of the National Association of Taxi Users (NATU).  NATU has just issued a Press Release in response to the House of Commons Transport Committee report into Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles, issued today, 19th July 2011

David Crawford writes in ITS International May/June 2011 issue

David Crawford is the author of two articles in the Features section of the latest issue of ITS International. One is about developments in transit activity on the US's Pacific Coast, and the other is on the Danish city of Aalborg's 'virtual' Traffic Management Centre. See http://www.itsinternational.com/