30 September 2025: For the first time this year at Labour Party Conference, Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK), the industry association for transport technology, held their ‘Transport Tech Showcase’, displaying the innovation and dynamism of the sector to policymakers.

Taking place at Labour Party Conference, the Transport Tech Showcase demonstrated five innovative companies, Kapsch, Yunex Traffic, Intelligent Instruments, Trainline and Smart Applications Management. The organisations displayed real-world applications of transport technology over an evening reception before Labour MPs, councillors and decision makers, highlighting the capabilities of the sector in delivering a safe, seamless and sustainable transport network.

During the evening, attendees heard from Ruth Cadbury MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee, who highlighted her priorities for the Committee in this coming year, alongside ITS UK’s Chief Executive Max Sugarman, Wilke Reints, Managing Director of Yunex Traffic, UK, and Tim Wray, Sales Director at Kapsch.

At the Reception, attendees were able to see:

• Yunex’s YuTraffic Actis signal head, a new modular traffic signal that is lighter and reduces energy consumption.
• Details about Kapsch’s global activity supporting road pricing schemes, and information on how a national road pricing scheme here in the UK can deliver a more efficient, greener network.
• The latest in electronic ticketing machines and tap-on, tap-off technology from Smart Applications Management.
• Trainline’s AI-powered Trainline Assistant, SafeSpot and the digital Pay-As-You-Go ticketing technology that is currently being trialled in the East Midlands.
• And Intelligent Instruments’ noise camera and street scene, highlighting how noise cameras can deliver quieter roads for the public.

Commenting on the evening, Max Sugarman, Chief Executive of ITS UK said: “This Government has key goals around growth, sustainability and safety, and these are all areas which the transport technology sector can support. As the Showcase demonstrated, whether its smart ticketing, noise cameras, road pricing, digital journey planning or smart traffic management, the sector has all the ‘tools in the toolbox’ to support a vibrant, safe, seamless and green transport network.”

Wilke Reints, Managing Director of Yunex Traffic, UK said: “It was a pleasure to speak to Labour politicians about the benefits of a fully functioning and optimised traffic management infrastructure. Whilst British engineering already delivers world-class solutions, the UK must enable and empower our local authorities to realise their potential. Smart and sustained investment in UK developed traffic management technology will drive long-term social, economic, and environmental benefits.”

Tim Wray, Saled Director, UK & Ireland, Kapsch remarked: “I was genuinely taken aback by the positivity I received around the topic of Road User Pricing. This is an issue that perfectly aligns with the Government’s growth agenda, and the technology is ready to go to deliver a more equitable system to replace falling fuel duty revenues – with clear solutions to common objections around privacy, complexity, and fairness.”

Note to Editors

1. The Transport Tech Showcase will return at Conservative Party Conference on 3 October. Find out more about this event here

2. About ITS UK: Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK) is the voice of the transport technology industry. ITS UK provides a national platform to support the roll out of technology for a cleaner, safer and more effective transport network, both at home and abroad. We support nearly 200 members – from both the private and public sector, and covering all sizes and disciplines – through advocacy to policy makers, connecting people and organisations, promoting the industry overseas and supporting innovation across the intelligent transport ecosystem. www.its-uk.org

3. About the exhibitors:

• Kapsch TrafficCom: Kapsch TrafficCom: Leading technology provider in both the Tolling and Traffic Management System market, Kapsch are most commonly know in the UK for delivering the system used by National Highways to control the motorways, together with providing the back office systems for London’s ULEZ charge.

• Yunex Traffic: Yunex Traffic is a separately managed company of the Mundys Group. It is a UK and global leader in the field of intelligent traffic systems, offering the widest end-to-end portfolio of solutions for adaptive traffic control and management, highway and tunnel automation, as well as smart solutions for connected mobility, enforcement and tolling. Yunex Traffic has 1200 employees in the UK and 3500 employees worldwide and is active in over 40 countries. Its intelligent mobility solutions are currently being used in major cities across the world, including London, Liverpool, Manchester, Dubai, Berlin and Bogotá. Yunex Traffic has successfully concentrated its efforts on mastering technologies in the three segments of hardware, software, and service, and is subsequently the only supplier who is capable of meeting all major regional standards in Europe, UK, Asia and America. Yunex Traffic products are manufactured in the UK and distributed globally. Further information is available at: www.yunextraffic.com

• Trainline: Trainline is the leading independent rail and coach travel platform selling rail and coach tickets to millions of travellers worldwide. Via our highly rated website and mobile app, people can seamlessly search, book and manage their journeys all in one place. We bring together millions of routes, fares and journey times from 270 rail and coach carriers across more than 40 countries. We help our customers find the best value fares for their journey and smart, real time travel information on the go. Our aim is to make rail and coach travel easier and more accessible, encouraging people to make more environmentally sustainable travel choices.

• Smart Applications Management: Smart Applications Management (SAM) – www.talktosam.co.uk  is a membership-based, public-sector owned organisation specialising in intelligent transport and smart ticketing services. It created and runs the UK’s only specialist national Procurement Framework for Smart Transport Technology, for local authorities, public transport operators and government bodies. SAM offers end-to-end managed services across smart ticketing, contact centre, e-payments, operator support, settlement and web portal services, drawing on deep expertise. SAM manages over 3m elderly bus passes for the English local authorities. Its open supplier approach, public ownership ethos and pooled procurement model enables technology procurement excellence, cost efficiency and risk mitigation for its public sector members.
  
• Intelligent Instruments: Intelligent Instruments delivers smart environmental monitoring solutions, specialising in real-time measurement of noise, vibration, dust, weather, audio, and video. Its offerings include nuisance noise monitors and traffic noise cameras (SoundVue).