New National Demand Management Strategy aims to reduce congestion in Ireland’s cities and towns
The Government of Ireland has launched a new National Demand Management Strategy aimed at reducing congestion in the country’s cities and towns. Strategy will take a year to complete and will develop future plans to free up road space in urban areas first to accommodate better public transport and active travel Minister for Transport Eamon […]
National Highways begins work on A14 in Suffolk
National Highways is to begin work on the surface of the A14 in Suffolk between Haughley and Tothill. The £37m scheme is to be completed in stages. The old concrete road surface and some of its foundations will be completely removed before the road is rebuilt with recycled material and a new asphalt top. As […]
Spending rise for roads and pavements projects in Edinburgh
A funding boost will double investment in Edinburgh’s paths, pavements and roads, as the Council plans its biggest spend on improvement projects in almost a decade. The Roads and Infrastructure Investment – Capital Delivery Priorities for 2023/24 report, to be considered by Transport and Environment Committee on Thursday (20 April), allocates an additional £11m approved in […]
The implications of the end of new smart motorways discussed on Highways Voices
Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to halt the building of new smart motorways, this week’s Highways Voices discusses the implications. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! Highways News co-owners Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum look into what went wrong with the concept, focussing on communication failures […]
Clearview outlines the process “From Policy to Pavement” at TTF Conference
Highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence will lead the discussion on how to deliver emerging technologies for the benefit of the travelling public as it delivers a key presentation at the Transport Technology Forum annual conference in Leeds next week. The company, which delivers sustainability solutions, connectivity, and smart and digital infrastructure technology to […]
Those in London’s most deprived areas twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured in road collisions
Transport for London has published a report on inequalities on the road network suggesting that deprivation, gender, age and mode of transport all have a significant impact on the risk of being killed or seriously injured in a collision. The report finds that in London the more deprived the area, the higher the risk that […]
TRL Launches New Active Travel Audits Service
TRL has launched a new Active Travel Audits service aimed at guiding local authorities in making their cities, towns, and villages safer, more accessible, and better equipped to deal with the diversity in users and micro mobility modes. The audits are designed to identify and address the key safety, accessibility, and comfort concerns of two […]
One.network delivers road management technology in Florida
British-based road management and roadworks data technology provider one.network has signed an agreement with the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority in Florida to provide traffic management, work zone notification and construction planning software solutions for the agency. THEA is widely respected as a progressive traffic management and road safety agency and is one of only 10 […]
RAC wants smart motorway ban to go further
Following the Prime Minister’s decision to halt all future smart motorway programmes over a lack of driver confidence in the schemes, the RAC is calling for the hard shoulder to be reinstated on all existing all-lane running carriageways. Over the weekend the Department for Transport announced Rishi Sunak’s decision that plans for new smart motorways […]
