Digital twins and AI: What next for transport connectivity?
Unlocking the ‘triplet’ of digital twins and AI will be a gamechanger for our transport systems, the Connected Places Summit heard.
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Meet the innovator using AI to predict the impact of transport delays
Andre Wang is helping rail operators better understand the knock-on effects of disruption, and hopes to provide useful travel information for wheelchair users and passengers with buggies using buses and trams.
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Leading by example in quest to shape better places
Two of the architects of the recent Innovation Places Leadership Academy programme involving four UK localities speak of the success of cohort two.
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Thousands of miles saved with King’s Lynn hospital staff carpooling
Technology installed at a hospital car park in Norfolk is helping to identify staff who could benefit from sharing vehicles with colleagues living in rural areas nearby.
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Cardiff gets creative to grow the innovation economy
Empowering local leaders with skills, insights and connections to drive inclusive economic growth through innovation is the aim of the Innovation Places Leadership Academy (IPLA), run by Connected Places Catapult. Here, we speak to two leaders from our latest cohort about their city’s ambitions.
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Clean Futures panel urges greater sharing of trial outcomes
Rail sector specialists discussed innovation, investment and how best to help small companies accelerate their technologies at an event in the West Midlands.
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East Midlands leaders power forward with encouraging innovation
Empowering local leaders with skills, insights and connections to drive inclusive economic growth through innovation is the aim of the Innovation Places Leadership Academy (IPLA), run by Connected Places Catapult.
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AI tech firms pitch ideas to improve transport
Innovators with new AI-enabled technologies designed to improve the passenger experience pitched their solutions to a panel of three experts at the Department for Transport’s offices in London.
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Meet the Academic helping the maritime sector to decarbonise
Stavros Karamperidis is leading on efforts to introduce greener fuels to the UK maritime sector, as a Researcher in Residence with Connected Places Catapult.
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Cardiff drives forward with electric taxi transition
Two firms brought together by Connected Places Catapult are helping taxi drivers from South Wales make a positive switch to electric vehicles.
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Meet the Innovator creating 3D printed concrete structures
Aiming for profit with social purpose, Natalie Wadley is developing rail and water infrastructure and aims to tackle homelessness by building affordable houses.
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Unlocking the UK drone market
Analysis explores the potential of aerial devices for business good.
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Sheffield’s innovation vision takes shape
Empowering local leaders with skills, insights and connections to drive inclusive economic growth through innovation is the aim of the Innovation Places Leadership Academy (IPLA), run by Connected Places Catapult. Here, we speak to two leaders from our latest cohort about their city’s ambitions.
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TRIG alumni offer words of wisdom to transport innovators
Small companies with promise speak about how the Transport Research & Innovation Grants programme helped them progress their technologies.
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Meet the academic with concrete plans for climate adaptation
Materials scientist Alalea Kia has developed an advanced concrete surface that drains water quickly, with support from the Transport Research & Innovation Grants programme.
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Building climate resilience together: Reducing the impact of disasters
Discover how cross-sector collaboration and digital innovation can safeguard communities from the rising threats of extreme weather and infrastructure failures.
