<strong>On the road to Net Zero as Marlborough Highways unveils cutting-edge electric vehicle</strong><strong></strong>
Marlborough Highways is delighted to announce that is has introduced the London EV Company (LEVC) VN5 Electric Van to its fleet, which is a 2.5 tonne low emissions hybrid model that can travel up to 370 miles on a single charge. The addition forms part of Marlborough’s bold environmental strategy to reach Net Zero by […]
New RSTA conference to examine current priorities for skid resistance and road surface friction, but how did it all begin?
A new RSTA conference delivered by LCRIG and in association with W.D.M and WJ Group will take place on September 14th in Reading. It will examine the current challenges and solutions relating to skid resistance and road surface friction. This one-day conference, which is also supported by Highways News, will discuss: • The role of […]
RSMA and Partners Aim to Dispel Microplastics Myth
The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has today announced it is working with the European Union Roads Federation (ERF) and other road marking associations across Europe to generate robust evidence to counter continued misrepresentation by academic bodies and commercial entities that road markings are a significant contributor to microplastic pollution. The vast majority of information […]
Innovative carbon negative asphalt wins national award
Rotherham Council and SteelPhalt have won the Innovation Award at the 2022 ALARM Risk Awards for its pioneering use of carbon negative asphalt in the borough. Earlier this year, the new asphalt was on a stretch of Broom Lane, just outside the town centre as part of the £24 Million to 2024 Roads Programme. The […]
£6 million from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to take A141 St Ives Improvements forward
The Board of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority votes to take the A141 St Ives Improvement scheme up to the next level by putting £6 million to fund the Outline Business Case. Unanimous approval from all members followed a wholehearted recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee. On July 13th, the committee […]
Liverpool City Council start public consultation on three new cycle routes
A major public consultation has being launched to get views on improvements to three cycle routes in Liverpool. Liverpool City Council is asking the public for their feedback on the proposed permanent lanes, which are located on the following routes: • East Lancashire Road to the city centre – from Norris Green to Breck Road and on […]
UK “near bottom” of European countries acting to ease fuel price burden
The UK is one of the European countries that has done the least to support drivers with rocketing pump prices, according to new RAC Europe data analysis. It says this means UK drivers to pay as much as 20p more per litre of petrol than drivers in France. Out of 13 EU countries that have […]
London council wants to introduce road user charging
A borough council in East London has written to the capital’s mayor asking to be included in any pilot road user charging project. Hackney Council’s mayor Philip Glanville’s letter to Sadiq Khan welcoming proposal to extend London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover the whole of Greater London, but says the council believes the […]
Women manage driverless cars better – research
A new study suggests that women are better at taking back control of a driverless vehicle when required, have faster reaction times, hold more stable wheel control and engage in fewer reckless manoeuvres. Researchers at Newcastle University have concluded that driverless car software may need to have settings based on gender and age, so that […]
Nearly a quarter of vehicle fatalities were not wearing a seatbelt
New figures from the Department for Transport confirms that people who do not wear seatbelts are disproportionately more likely to die in road crashes. It says that, while seatbelt wearing rates remain high overall, the latest road casualty statistics for 2020 show that 23% of car occupant fatalities in reported road collisions were not wearing […]
