Category: Transport
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…
London buses now accept NFC contactless payments
London buses have been upgraded to accept contactless fare payments from NFC-enabled smartphones and credit cards as of today, alongside regular cash and Oyster Card fares. All 8,500 of London's buses will have the new systems introduced today, though the…
Virgin Media Underground Wi-Fi now installed in 41 stations, serving 100,000 commuters
Virgin Media have now rolled out Wi-Fi to 41 London Underground stations, with 100,000 people getting online down in the tube stations within the first month of the service going live. One million tweets, Facebook posts, emails and web pages…
Here are the 80 London Underground stations getting Wi-Fi
Yesterday we saw the first ever tweet to be sent from Virgin Media's newly installed London Underground Wi-Fi system, and now we have a list of the initial 80 stations that are lined-up to see the service go live this…
Virgin Media's London Underground Wi-Fi network now live
London's commuters took one important step closer to getting underground Wi-Fi access today, with Virgin Media's new London Underground Wi-Fi service delivering the first tweet from the iconic tube system. BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones had the privilege of sending the…
Boris Johnson reveals the greenest red London Bus ever
London's latest double decker bus has hit the streets of the UK capital for the first time, after first being revealed back in November 2010. Described as a true "21st century bus" and the "most environmentally friendly of its…
