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A Member Of The SNC-Lavalin Group, Is One Of The World’s Most Respected Design, Engineering And Project Management Consultancies.
A Member Of The SNC-Lavalin Group, Is One Of The World’s Most Respected Design, Engineering And Project Management Consultancies.
There is an expectation that Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) will play a significant role in the future of transport. They have the potential to address critical safety issues associated with human-driven vehicles, and to increase accessibility and inclusivity, addressing some of the broader socio-economic challenges faced by an ageing society. Based in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, VENTURER was a research and development project investigating the barriers to the adoption of CAVs in the UK. The project, led by Atkins, represented a diverse partnership of universities, large and small businesses and local authorities. IIt drew on state-of-the-art technologies, industry expertise and world-class academic research to establish the West of England as a centre of excellence for the safe trialling of CAV technology, user behavioural response analysis and social research.
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The VENTURER ALLIANCE continues to help shape the future of mobility, and many of its members took part in another ground-breaking CAV project with a broader scope, FLOURISH.
FLOURISH was a multi-sector collaboration led by Atkins based in the West of England. It was co-funded between industry and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), delivered in partnership with Innovate UK and was part of the government’s £100 million Intelligent Mobility Fund, supporting the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge.
FLOURISH explored:
The project completed eight trials in simulated and real-world environments, generating important findings to support the safe and inclusive introduction of CAVs onto the UK road network.
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Atkins is working in partnership with WECA on the Future Transport Zone (FTZ) project, focussed on trialling replicable transport innovations that can improve connectivity, enhance regional productivity, and widen access to employment.
Through improving digital connectivity via:
And improving physical connectivity: