Project EDWARD video promotes average speed enforcement for road safety

A new video has been released highlighting the value of average speed cameras in making our roads safer. Timed to coincide with Project EDWARD week (Every Day Without a Road Death), the video explains how traffic has been calmed in Bedford by reducing speed limits and backing up those reductions by using average speed cameras […]

Dublin City Council launches new active travel plan

Dublin City Council has promised to increase joined-up cycling, walking and wheeling routes from a current total of 10 kilometres to 210 kilometres within nine years. There will be an additional 90 kilometres of Active Travel infrastructure when the Bus Connects project is complete, according to the new plan. The Council said the plan should […]

TTF to speak at Transport + Energy Forum

Paula Claytonsmith, policy support advisor to the DfT and Innovate UK funded Transport Technology Forum (TTF), will deliver an update at the Transport + Energy Forum – an event which will bring together key stakeholder groups to discuss the actions that need to be taken to reach net zero. Paula – who is also Director, […]

Junction improvements near Norwich get go-ahead

A National Highways project to improve the A47 – A11 Thickthorn Junction on the outskirts of Norwich has been granted development consent by the Transport Secretary.  The application involves the improvement of the interchange between the A47 and A11, improving access into Norwich. The project consists of two new uni-directional slip roads connecting the A11 […]

Glasgow taxi drivers given more time to prepare for LEZ

Taxi operators in Glasgow who do not have access to funded retrofit solutions to meet Low Emission Zone requirements will be given extra time to prepare. The City Council’s plan to grant a ‘time-limited exemption’ of one year to operators under these circumstances would see enforcement of the emission standards required by Glasgow’s LEZ deferred […]

Shropshire awarded almost £1m for new electric vehicle charging points

Shropshire Council has won funding of almost £1m to install more on-street electric vehicle charging points in its communities. A total of £902,940 has been awarded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, with support of the Energy Saving Trust, to enable the installation of on-street charge points for local residents wishing to charge their […]

Iomob to launch world’s first seamless mobility technology 

Iomob (short for Internet of Mobility), a UK and Spain-based technology start-up, is expected to launch the world’s first seamless mobility technology later this year, after more than three years of research and several pilots According to the company, the new platform will be integrated into existing transport and mobility websites and apps all over the world, allowing providers for the first time, to include third-party mobility connections— with a focus on sustainable options— enabling passengers to book and pay for a complete door-to-door journey involving multiple modes of transport on just one website or app.   “All over […]

Welsh local authorities start search for contractors for new Southwest Regional Civil Engineering Contractors Framework

A group of Welsh local authorities are searching for contractors for their new South West Wales Regional Civil Engineering Contractors Framework. Carmarthenshire County Council has joined forces with Ceredigion County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Swansea Council to appoint contractors for the delivery of civil engineering-related construction projects across […]

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