Category: Transport
Taxi firm Addison Lee rolls out in car 4G FREE of charge
Human-like skin for aircraft under development
London Buses trialling free wifi
London Underground to support contactless card & phone payments in September
British trains win wifi speed boost because of repeatedly delayed
Trains across Britain could be about to get faster wifi – thanks to, umm, trains being chronically late. According to the BBC millions of pounds is being raised by a fine imposed by the Office of Rail Regulation on Network…
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…
