About us
The Hertfordshire Living Lab represents a bold strategic initiative that we're leading, to facilitate innovation in addressing the county’s most pressing challenges.
Originally focused on smart mobility, HLL has evolved into a cross-sector testbed integrating:
- Transport
- Public health
- Environmental resilience
- Digital infrastructure
We create both physical and virtual environments for safe, scalable trials of emerging technologies, enabling real-world impact through collaborative experimentation.
Use Cases:
Explore how HLL is applying innovation across sectors:
- Cross Pavement Channels: Managing kerbside infrastructure and mobility access.
- AI driven robots: Trialling autonomous delivery and service robots.
- Journey Time Analysis: Using data to improve travel efficiency across the network.
- Improving Rural Connectivity: Testing solutions that bridge digital and transport gaps in underserved areas.
- Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM): Developing a bid to Innovate UK to pilot autonomous vehicle trials in Hertfordshire.
Why work with us
Partnering with HLL means joining a future-focused network with practical delivery at its core.
- Digital Twin Capability: Simulate and model infrastructure, behaviours, and interventions.
- Cross-Sector Collaboration: Transport, health, environment, and digital teams working together.
- Scalable Innovation: Pilots designed to evolve into county-wide solutions.
- Strong Partner Network: We work with leading institutions and national programmes.
What the HLL can offer you
- Access to our road network and assets for trials and innovation projects.
- Partnership and collaboration opportunities with leading names in transport, consultancy, innovation, and AI.
- A state-of-the-art Digital Twin (developed by Ocado), available under licence.
- Comprehensive data resources, including traffic, accident, asset information, and predictive models.
- Support from expert officers—data scientists, GIS analysts, engineers, modellers, designers, and technicians—who can help you navigate local government processes.
- Access and experience in funding opportunities and a readiness to work with partners to fund projects
- A local authority with a strong appetite to work with the private sector
Our Partners
Automated Mobility Network - Zenzic
Contact us
Want to work with us and our partners?HertsLivingLab@hertfordshire.gov.uk