New alliance calls on government to make roads safer and healthier

A new pressure group is urging the Government to show leadership, through robust and new Road Safety Strategy policies and investment to make our roads and urban spaces safe and healthy. The Safe Roads for All Alliance says a new strategy is urgently needed and would “prevent thousands of tragic deaths, catastrophic injuries, killer respiratory […]

HERE voted top location platform

Global location data and technology company HERE has been ranked as the number one location platform by industry analyst firm Omdia, whose analysts praise its “open and secure environment”. The 2021 Index assesses the seven leading global providers of location data and services including Google, Apple, Mapbox and TomTom. Omdia analysts conclude this year, “HERE […]

MPs unite to address road safety issues

Two of South Cumbria’s MPs have joined a meeting with National Highways to discuss how to make the A590 through the county safer. Cumbrian local newspaper The Mail reports how former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron and Conservative backbencher Simon Fell attended the Cumbria Better Connected meeting to discuss ideas such as introducing average speed […]

County Council hails Parish collaboration

A county council has explained how working with a parish council has been key in improvements on the A285 through the village of Halnaker. West Sussex County Councill worked with Boxgrove Parish Council and its Traffic Action Group to identify the improvements to the road following concerns raised by the community. Elements of the £150,000 […]