Category: Transport
London buses are about to get smarter
Transport for London (TfL) is currently testing a couple of new techie innovations in buses: live maps to show you where you are, and impressively/terrifyingly, a display showing how many seats are free upstairs. Anyone who lives in the capital…
Free Wifi coming to Virgin Trains on the West Coast Mainline
If you've ever been on the West Coast Mainline (the line between London and Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow) you'll know the feeling of spotting of an open wifi network, only to log on to find that it is an outrageous…
National Rail opens its data to bedroom coders
National Rail has announced it is opening up live train data to developers – which means travel apps are going to get much smarter. Whilst the announcement is aimed at developers, the implications for users could be huge. By making…
Review: Smart e-bike (£2495)
Name: Smart e-bike Type: Electric bike Specifications: Click here for full specs Price as reviewed: £2495 I love cycling, but living in a particularly hilly part of North London I’m not really inclined to take the bike out on long…
The Hyperloop: Elon Musk reveals plan for near-supersonic transport system
Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind the launch of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, has today lifted the covers off the Hyperloop, an insane new transport concept that could hurtle passengers through a tube around the US at near-supersonic speeds. Working on…
Japan's Terra Motors to make map-making electric scooter with iPhone connection
In terms of maps and location services, we all have it pretty good, with the ability to find ourselves as long as there's a mobile signal. But less mapped areas such as South East Asia, don't have such easy access…
Flying cars could be a reality by 2020 with the Terrafugia TF-X
Flying cars could leave the realms of science fiction and become commercially available vehicles within our lifetime, according to Terrafugia, a Massachusetts-based company working on making the futuristic transportation a reality. The company (best known for the Transition vehicle which…
Review: A2B Galvani Electric bike, £1450
Unless you are a big aficionado of electric bikes, A2B is probably not a brand you've ever heard of. But they actually launched one of the first electric bikes, or e-bikes, nearly four years ago.Dubbed the A2B Metro it was…
NFC contactless payments on London bus journeys hit one million
Over one million journey on London buses have now been payed for using contactless NFC payment systems, Transport for London have today revealed. The scheme, which launched four months ago and allows commuters to pay for single journeys by tapping…
Free for all London Underground Wi-Fi from Virgin Media ends on Tuesday
Reading this post while waiting for the Tube on London's Underground, connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi network? Enjoy it while you can; from Tuesday, the free-for-all service goes premium. Virgin Media will end the free service next week for all…
