MPs overlook intelligent advice in funding probe

04 April 2007

The transport select committee forgot to invite Britain’s intelligent transport systems industry to give evidence to its current inquiry on the DfT’s Transport Innovation Fund programme.
Representations from trade body ITS UK gained an extension of the 20 March deadline, and road-user charging (RUC) interest group secretary, Keith Mortimer, delivered a seven-point statement this week. This urges official recognition of ITS UK as a ‘primary source of information’ on charging technology. It also asks that ITS UK head of professional services, Neal Skelton, be invited to regular meetings of the DfT’s National Liaison Group of TIF authorities.
Public acceptance of RUC, it continues, will be improved by appreciation of the additional societal and individual benefits of ITS deployments – such as personalised services, greater safety and security, and environmental improvements. It pledges ITS UK support for positive promotional initiatives in encouraging ‘accurate and informed reporting’ to improve the quality of the charging debate, and overcome misinformation and media speculation. The original omission is all the more surprising given committee chair, Gwyneth Dunwoody, was a prominent government speaker at the October 2006 ITS World Congress in London.

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