Ten winners of a National Highways innovation competition launched to help improve people’s experiences of roadworks announced
The ten winners of a National Highways competition to help people’s experiences of roadworks have been announced. Each of the winners will now get £15,000 to develop their ideas which will help take the sting out of roadworks for drivers, local businesses and communities. The winning ideas will deliver a variety of benefits from improving […]
A new product from Strada Imaging modernises the practice of coarse visual inspection
By Strada Imaging Introduction Strada Imaging has recently released Pavo CVI, adding vehicle-based road inspection capability to their Pavo product line. An important aspect of road maintenance is coarse visual inspection (CVI), as known in the UK, or windshield surveys, as known in the US, that details road conditions at the network level. During such […]
More than 60 Shropshire roads to be surface dressed
More than 60 stretches of road across Shropshire are set to be treated this spring and summer as part of Shropshire Council’s annual surface dressing programme – work that will play a key role in improving the county’s roads. The 66 roads include 29 in north Shropshire, 24 in central Shropshire and 13 in south […]
Government spends £25 million to boost British-made green bus rollout
The Government says people in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampshire will enjoy greener, cleaner journeys as an extra 117 buses are rolled out thanks to a cash injection of £25.3 million. It says the latest spending will support British manufacturing around the country. The new buses will be manufactured in Northern Ireland by Wrightbus and […]
TTF Working Group commits to producing further EV guidance for councils
The Transport Technology Forum’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Working Group is committing to producing further guidance designed to help council officers’ rollout the required infrastructure to keep pace with the adoption of Electric Vehicles. The group of public and private sector experts who make up the Working Group attended a meeting in Newbury where they […]
JLR seeks £500m government support for EV battery development
Jaguar Land Rover’s owner Tata Motors is asking the government for more than £500 million of government aid for a new battery factory in Britain. The Financial Times reports this is a decision set to be “pivotal” for the future of the UK car industry, explaining that people briefed on discussions say the Indian group […]
New real-time information signs and technology to make bus travel easier in London
TfL has begun installing new bus Countdown boards across every borough in the capital, with more than 300 additional signs in place by the end of the year, boosting the overall number of boards by 12%. The signs are described as “a simple and reliable way” of helping Londoners get from A to B by […]
Driver caught steering car transporter with his elbow by police in unmarked National Highways HGV cab
Police officers overtaking a heavily-laden car transporter say they were shocked to discover the driver was using just one elbow to control the huge vehicle as he travelled along the M40. They say the driver was seemingly oblivious to the police officers as they drove alongside him in one of National Highways’ unmarked HGV cabs. But […]
ITS Nationals and ERTICO announce closer cooperation
The Network of National ITS Associations (ITS Nationals) is strengthening its ties with ERTICO-ITS Europe, as the two organisations continue to work together to make their partnership stronger. ITS Nationals, which has an objective to ensure that ITS knowledge and information is transmitted to all its members across the region, has accepted an invitation from […]
