‘Not in our DNA’ – DVLA chief reveals agency’s struggles to enable remote access during pandemic
Julie Lennard tells MPs ‘everything has been designed’ to operate onsite
Rail innovation fund supports self-charging trains and suicide-prevention systems
DfT announces recipients of £5m backing
DVLA recruiting four senior techies to tackle legacy and help create ‘digital workplace’
Government agency opens hiring process for quartet of IT leadership posts
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TfL awards Sopra Steria £6.5m deal for new control system
Software will be able to ingest more data on congestion, weather, roadworks and bus performance
All major UK airports to install 3D screening by 2023
New technology could eradicate need to remove liquids from hand luggage
Government looks to AI to end bank holiday traffic jams
DfT plans to release data on planned changes to the road network
Government launches £2m fund for driverless cybersecurity testing
Grants of up to £400,000 available
Law to make electric vehicles noisier comes into effect
Legislation is designed to improve safety, particularly for visually impaired pedestrians
Inspection drones and sound-bending walls secure slice of £7.8m rail innovation fund
Department for Transport announces winners of competition
Government to trial ‘noise cameras’ to crack down on loud vehicles
Technology will measure sound levels to try and identify law-breakers
Transport for London to collect passengers’ WiFi data
Capital’s transport authority claims data-gathering will help improve services
Government to ‘consider options’ for biometrics regulation
Immigration minister indicates that various courses of action will be examined before any legislation is passed
DfT moves ticketing data application to Google Cloud
Department’s LENNON software is migrated to off-site environment
Edinburgh backs electric cars with multimillion-pound infrastructure rollout
Council to install 200-plus charging points across city
London to trial on-demand buses
Borough of Sutton to conduct 12-month experiment with flexible routes and app-based booking
DfT IT systems ‘all on track’ for Brexit
Top department officials tell select committee that preparations for EU departure are going well
Highways England invites ideas for £20m digital roads project
Government-owned company invites entries to funding contest
Government proposes big expansion of smart ticketing for trains
DfT launches consultation on plans to create a seamless pay-as-you-go area encompassing much of south-east England
Heathrow departures grounded after 'drone sighting'
Flights resumed but law enforcement and airport staff continue to investigate
Government targets drones with additional police powers and new technology
Transport secretary Chris Grayling stands up to airborne menace
The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
The three public sector technology trends that will define 2019
PublicTechnology editor Sam Trendall picks out the topics and trends that will dominate the year ahead, and revisits the predictions of a year ago to see any of them came to pass