Connected Places Catapult
The Connected Places Catapult is the British government innovation agency for the transport industry, and autonomous vehicles. It is one of several Catapult centres.History
The organisation was formerly known as the Future Cities Catapult and also the Transport Systems Catapult, both being joined on 1 April 2019. It works with Innovate UK, in Swindon. A Deep Academic Alliance agreement was signed with UK universities in July 2018.The Future Cities Catapult opened in London in 2013, to develop smart cities. Its first chairman was Sir David King, a professor of physical chemistry who was previously the government's Chief Scientific Adviser.The Transport Systems Catapult opened in June 2014 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, directly west of Witan Gate House. The TSC worked with Wayra UK.Structure
A site at the University of Leeds opened in May 2019. A site at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow is at Innovo, next to the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre, and west of the High Street railway station.
The London head office, which housed the Future Cities Catapult, is near the National Federation of Retail Newsagents and the Association of Optometrists.Projects
The organisation researches intelligent transportation systems and automated driving systems.
