Mark Gentle, Partner & Transport Practice Head at Analysys Mason discusses eCall - the European Commission’s initiative to save lives on the roads of Europe by using telemetry.
The imminent trial of a road pricing scheme in Manchester heralds the beginning of a new era in traffic management and the ICT systems that power it. Since the introduction of the Congestion Charge in central London in February 2003, something of a sea change has occurred in governmental thinking, and tackling Britain’s ever busier roads has become a political imperative. Some of the implications are clear, but many more are not.
