Innovate UK and CCS offer Highways UK opportunity
Innovate UK and Crown Commercial Service are jointly hosting the Government Funding Pavilion at Highways UK at Birmingham’s NEC in 2-3 Nov. The stand will represent the story of innovations from concept, through development to market and we plan to host sampler organisations who have successfully circumnavigated this journey to showcase and give support to […]
KTN and Innovate UK delivering zero emission road freight demonstrations
The Knowledge Transfer Network and Innovate UK are teaming up on 18 August to host a webinar discussion the zero emission road freight demonstration programme. This programme will collect evidence to inform the rapid decarbonisation of the UK’s heavy freight sector and will enable the phase out of the sale of new non-zero emission HGVs […]
High Court threat to A47 dualling plan
The Department for Transport (DFT) is facing a potential High Court battle after it approved the redevelopment of the A47 between Blofield to North Burlingham. Lawyers acting on behalf of Dr Andrew Boswell, a former Green county and city councillor, launched a legal challenge to the scheme last week. Dr Boswell argues the government has failed to lawfully […]
Portsmouth signs the way
New signs on pavements will be popping up across Portsmouth from this week, showing people the easiest walking route to key destinations. The green signs will be in the same style as existing signs that show where a pavement is shared use, for walking and cycling. They will be placed on several public Rights of […]
Warrington sets out £47 million Levelling Up bid
Warrington has set out ambitious plans to deliver a number of transformational projects, aimed at improving health and wellbeing and boosting sustainable transport, across the borough. The council has submitted three bids, totalling almost £47million, for Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund, introduced by the government to support town centre and high street regeneration, local […]
Jenoptik Average Speed solution gets positive press coverage
It seems the days of mainstream journalists declaring speed cameras as “a war on motorists” are ending, with more positive coverage of the technology in newspapers. The latest example is the Shropshire Star which is backing a campaign for more road safety enforcement in the county by pointing to the success of a Jenoptik scheme […]
Cycle hires double during first week of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
West Midlands Cycle Hire’s (WMCH) free offer to encourage cycle hire during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has seen over double the amount of bike and ebikes being used during the first week of the scheme compared to an average week. Designed to help manage traffic congestion during the Games and offer more people a […]
Protection for all with new PPE detection solution from Clearway Technology
Clearway Technology, with partner Loci-Labs, has developed a new automated AI powered edge and cloud-based PPE detection service which can be deployed with its range of rapidly deployable Technology Towers or via clients’ existing IP CCTV systems. The new system provides real-time detection and notification to Clearway’s cloud-based analytics platform which can provide statistics, automated […]
WJ Group expands into Wales with acquisition of Nolan Roadmarking
Road marking and safety company WJ Group is expanding into the Welsh market by acquiring Nolan Roadmarking Ltd. Nolan, an established road marking business serving South Wales providing a range of services including anti-skid surfacing, road crack and joint repairs, road studs, car park marking and solutions for sports courts and playgrounds and is the […]
ITS America publishes full programme for next month’s World Congress
ITS America Events has announced the full programme schedule for the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles, including plenaries and diverse programmatic sessions, international forums, and product demos. Hosted in partnership with ITS America, ITS Asia-Pacific, and ERTICO-ITS Europe, and produced by RX, the conference and exhibition will take place at the LA Convention Center from September 18-22, 2022 (Conference: September […]
