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Transforming transport

Our series on better ways to get people, goods and services moving

13 September 2017

  • People look towards an autonomous self-driving vehicle, as it is tested in in Milton Keynes

    Autonomous vehicles: 'We need to make sure we're not stuck behind a red flag'

    Our expert live Q&A online panellists debated who should have access to driverless car data, the insights it can provide and what regulation is needed

7 September 2017

  • Machine learning analytics identify vehicles technology , Artificial intelligence concept. Software ui analytics and recognition cars vehicles in city

    Computers on wheels: who's going to keep track of driverless vehicles? - live chat

    Join us on this page on Thursday 7 September, 12:30-2pm (BST), to discuss the government regulation needed as this exciting sector develops in the UK

30 August 2017

  • Motion blurred traffic on the M8 Motorway in Glasgow city centre, Scotland

    Do new roads boost the economy? The science is still finding its way

    There’s lots of traffic data to help policymakers make decisions about roads, but economic uplift is difficult to prove

26 July 2017

  • The Goods Line in Ultimo on April 6, 2016 in Sydney Australia. Photo by Anna Kucera

    Five highline parks created from abandoned transport routes – in pictures

    Five examples from around the world of cars and trains giving way to pedestrians, cyclists and community projects

14 July 2017

  • The driverless vehicle travels along the Thames path next to a cyclist.

    Improving the quality of city life: cleaner, greener transport

    Innovations such as Greenwich’s driverless vehicles will play a key part in building a green, effective transport system

10 July 2017

  • City Hall and Tower Bridge at dusk, London, England.

    Sadiq Khan is searching for London's first digital guru – but what will they do?

    The mayor wants London to be the world’s leading smart city, with digital tech at its heart. The new chief digital officer will need to turn that vision into action

29 June 2017

  • An autonomous self-driving vehicle in Milton Keynes, north of London.

    Trains, planes and automobiles: the transport systems embracing smart tech

    It’s already difficult to remember what journeys were like before smartphones - the transport industry continues to march towards digitisation

16 June 2017

  • Light Trails of Fast Moving Cars on Busy Motorway at Dusk<br>FGM1AG Light Trails of Fast Moving Cars on Busy Motorway at Dusk

    Want to be a safer driver? The technology and psychology that can help

    Lisa Dorn
    More than 1 million people worldwide are killed on roads each year. Psychologists are working on ways to nudge drivers towards being safer

6 June 2017

  • ©Sophie Mutevelian Wayfindr Press Shots

    Existing transport is failing disabled people, but new tech may help

    Cathy Holloway
    Better accessible transport may come from collaborations between disabled people and tech startups like Wayfindr and Uber

10 May 2017

  • Magnetically levitating train on a test run in Japan.

    Could maglev trains be a magic bullet for UK inter-city travel?

    Quick, clean and green, maglev technology is well suited to short, inter-city trips – if transport planners make the investment

25 April 2017

  • Parliament Square bus accident. Two of three buses that were involved in an accident in Parliament Square, London, that resulted in two people suffering minor injuries.

    My family was hit by a bus driver with road rage. TfL needs to treat staff better

  • British Transport Police officer on Tube

    Can technology really keep people safe from crime on public transport?

20 March 2017

  • Tow truck about to tow away a broken down bus.

    The government must give councils the power to pull local buses out of crisis

    Stephen Joseph
    Nearly £30m has been cut from supported bus budgets this year, and 500 routes reduced or withdrawn - local authorities need support and funding

2 March 2017

  • Bus driver Billy Halewood at Reading bus depot

    This bus bill is just the ticket to create access to education and jobs

    Stephanie Elsy
    Londoners already have a great bus service. Parliament now needs to extend that option to the rest of the country

31 January 2017

  • A cycle commute on the Crab and Winkle Way between Whitstable and Canterbury.

    My beautiful commute. Your journeys to work – in pictures

    To bring some cheer to a chilly commute, we asked readers via GuardianWitness to share pictures of their journeys to work. Here are some of our favourites

25 January 2017

  • Pollution is seen over south east London through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain at 309.6 metres, in London, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Eight London boroughs issued high pollution warnings Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    The UK’s deadly air pollution can be cured: here's how

    Gary Fuller
    Tens of thousands of people die every year from breathing polluted air. The cost of doing nothing far outweighs the price of solving the problem

16 January 2017

  • Light Trails of Fast Moving Cars on Busy Motorway at Dusk<br>FGM1AG Light Trails of Fast Moving Cars on Busy Motorway at Dusk

    My beautiful commute: share pictures of your journeys to work

    Whether it’s the sun rising behind a railway bridge or a frosty street scene, you can share your commuting pictures with us

12 January 2017

  • The potential spaceport, as drawn in a Government illustration

    What is the modern transport bill?

    Driverless cars, space tourism and zero-emission vehicles are all part of the UK government’s grand transport plans. What does it all mean? Here’s our explainer

21 December 2016

  • Careem app

    Travel aids: what the UK could learn from developing countries

    Personal timetable updates and an Uber alternative are just some of the innovations being pioneered in the global south

14 November 2016

  • Driverless bus

    Going driverless: can self-driving cars gain public trust or will they be derailed?

    Graham Braithwaite
    Driverless vehicles could cut road deaths, reduce congestion and even help elderly people. But without investment and trust they face a bumpy ride
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