Government adviser salutes transport technology industry for COVID-19 response
The Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser has told the Transport Technology Forum conference that he has been extremely impressed by the way the industry stepped up to support government during the COVID-19 crisis. Opening the final session of the virtual conference, Professor Phil Blythe, who is a member of the SAGE Committee, told the […]
Restarting the engine: The future of transport in a post-pandemic Scotland
“It’s pretty clear a pandemic is the most significant disruption to existing patterns of transport that we’ve had in the modern era – by quite some margin,” Professor Iain Docherty, one of the country’s leading transport academics, tells Holyrood. It’s the first thing the Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling […]
Kent County Council starts further programme on potholes
Kent Councty Council has started further work on repiaring potholes this month. Over the last year, the council has patched 358,840 square metres of Kent’s roads. In addition, 600, one metre square individual potholes have been repaired, bringing the total number of individual pothole repairs across the county to 49,945. With temperatures beginning to rise, […]
Newcastle City Council says maintenance repair bill has risen by £70m in three years
Newscastle City Council has said its bill for fixing deteriorating roads and pavements has risen by almost £70 million over the last three years. The last estimate in 2018 put the figure at £116 million, but civic centre officials say that “ageing infrastructure and increased costs” mean that completing the backlog on crumbling footpaths alone would […]
Island Roads change approach to removing weeds from Isle of Wight highways
The new method ensures Island Roads maintains the required level of service in a way that looks after the environment Island Roads is to adopt a new approach to removing weeds from the highway network. The company will this year employ extra seasonal staff to remove weeds, wherever possible, by hand and traditional tools. Previously […]
‘Ground-breaking’ trial project launched to reduce private car use at the University of Warwick
E-scooters, buses on demand and Enterprise Car Club vehicles are just some of the innovative transport projects being looked at to reduce personal car use under a two-year trial at the University of Warwick. The Future Transport Showcase will involve a number of new projects aiming to reduce private vehicle usage, cut carbon emissions and […]
PCC calls for speed cameras in village
For years many in the mainstream media has made out they’re hated technology, but there’s continuing evidence the tide is turning on the public’s view of speed cameras. The latest place where there’s a call for fixed cameras to be introduced to clamp down on speeding drivers is in the village of Cowling in North […]
