More than 50 schools in Shropshire receive free salt spreader for treating icy pavements
More than 50 Shropshire schools have taken up Shropshire Council’s offer of a free pedestrian salt spreader and salt, to treat icy pavements near their school during spells of wintry weather. The first to take up the offer was Castlefields Primary in Bridgnorth, who have been using their spreader (named Spready Mercury) since last year. […]
Devon to receive largest share of additional funds for roads
Devon is to receive an extra £9.4 million from the Chancellor’s budget, to help fund vital highways maintenance. The county’s share of the additional £200 million capital funding is the largest among County and County Council Network unitary authorities. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Cabinet Member responsible for highway maintenance, said that this winter’s weather has had […]
Greening London by making its public transport safer
University of Westminster research is promoting a greener London by making public transport safer and more appealing to commuters. Any effort to making London public transport a preferred travel solution contributes directly to the greening of our capital. Greater use of public transport is essential to bringing London and the UK to net zero. Innovations […]
TRL to support Bangladesh’s drive to make their road network safer
TRL has won a major project with Bangladesh Roads and Highways Department, funded by Asian Development Bank, to help Bangladesh solve its crash data collection and analysis challenge, as part of its commitment to improve road safety for its citizens. Through the project, TRL will identify the key challenges for RHD and other agencies in […]
Industry reacts to £200m highways maintenance spending in budget
The highways and transport technology industry has issued its reactions to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s measures in the budget which included £200 million for highways maintenance for the financial year 2023-2024. The Department for Transport says it is committed to allocating this funding to local highways authorities so they can most effectively spend this funding on […]
Ofcom confirms connectivity spectrum plans
The Quango managing the UK’s radio spectrum, Ofcom has announced plans for management of radio frequencies essential for all wireless communications, making more than 6 GHz of millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum available across the 26 GHz (24.25-27.5 GHz) and 40 GHz (40.5 GHz-43.5 GHz) bands for mobile technology, which is earmarked for connected vehicle services. […]
Highland Council updates on 20mph programme
The Highland Council has announced that the work to design its 20mph speed limit programme has progressed to a stage were the plans for the locations included in the programme can be viewed by the public. This work currently incorporates 116 villages and towns within Highland and is fully funded by Transport Scotland. Chair of the Council’s […]
£200 million for local road maintenance should be used to start the journey on preventing potholes forming in the first place, says RSTA
The £200 million of additional funding announced today for highway maintenance as part of the Budget 2023 should be used to protect and preserve the network as well as fill potholes, says the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). This is the only way to stop potholes forming in the first place, says the association, which […]
Parkopedia powers parking and charging solutions on in-car booking platform
UK-based connected car services provider, Parkopedia, is working with global enterprise booking platform, Simplenight to provide drivers with a range of in-car parking, charging and payment options. The initial phase will include global parking data covering both on- and off-street locations, and the ability to reserve and pay for parking spaces from within the vehicle, […]
