Transport for London (TfL) has appointed the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) to trial new bus safety measures. The results of the trial will help develop a new Bus Safety Standard (BSS).
TRL will trial automatic braking and audible warning systems, alongside measures including new mirrors to improve the driver’s vision.
All the new technology will receive an independent trial at TRL, whose technical specialists have been appointed to work with TfL, bus manufacturers and operators.
The results will feed into a new Bus Safety Standard which will be incorporated into bus operator contracts from the end of 2018.
TfL has also published a report on Intelligent Speed Assistance after a successful trial in 2016.
Bus operators are required to fit the technology – which limits the speed at which buses are able to travel – from later this year.
- Report at goo.gl/TRQTXa
