The Connected Places Catapult is an innovation agency for cities, transport and place leadership. It is one of several Catapult centres.

History

The organisation was formerly known as the Future Cities Catapult and also the Transport Systems Catapult, which were joined together on 1 April 2019. It works with

Innovate UK Innovate UK is the United Kingdom's innovation agency, which provides money and support to organisations to make new products and services. It is a non-departmental public body operating at arm's length from the Government as part of the UK Res ...

, in

Swindon Swindon () is a town in Wiltshire, England. At the time of the 2021 Census the population of the built-up area was 183,638, making it the largest settlement in the county. Located at the northeastern edge of the South West England region, Swi ...

(

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). A Deep Academic Alliance agreement was signed with UK universities in July 2018.

Future Cities Catapult

The Future Cities Catapult opened in London in 2013, to develop

smart cities A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and operate services. Data is collected from citizens, devices, buildings, or cameras. Applications include traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities ...

. Its first chairman was Sir David King, a professor of physical chemistry who was previously the government's Chief Scientific Adviser.

Transport Systems Catapult

The Transport Systems Catapult opened in June 2014 in

Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...

, Buckinghamshire, directly west of Witan Gate House. The TSC worked with

Wayra Wayra is a technological innovation hub, which was started in Latin America and Spain in 2011 as an initiative of Telefónica's chief executive in Europe, José María Álvarez-Pallete. Wayra operates through 11 hubs in 10 countries within Telefó ...

UK.

Projects

The organisation researches

intelligent transportation system An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is an advanced application that aims to provide services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 's ...

s and

automated driving system Vehicular automation is using technology to assist or replace the operator of a vehicle such as a car, truck, aircraft, rocket, military vehicle, or boat. Assisted vehicles are ''semi-autonomous'', whereas vehicles that can travel without a ...

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Future Cities Catapult

Transport Systems CatapultCentre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
– Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy {{Self-driving cars and enabling technologies 2019 establishments in the United Kingdom Automotive industry in the United Kingdom Catapult centres Clerkenwell College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom Government agencies established in 2019 Organisations based in Milton Keynes Organisations based in the London Borough of Islington Science and technology in Buckinghamshire Science and technology in Glasgow Science and technology in West Yorkshire Transport in the London Borough of Islington Transport organisations based in the United Kingdom Transport research organizations University of Leeds University of Strathclyde