Hammond predicts a rise in car enthusiast numbers as restrictions on use increase
The TV presenter and motoring journalist Richard Hammond is predicting growing numbers of people will identify as car enthusiasts and fight to protect their right to drive as authorities place greater restrictions on driving. The Grand Tour host spoke with the Highways Voices podcast before the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund motoring debate on the role […]
Highway engineer praises Kiely’s surface dressing
The Senior Engineer in Highway Maintenance at Sandwell Council in the West Midlands has posted on LinkedIn praising the value of surface dressing in his borough. Mathew Burling FIHE says the 2023 Surface Dressing programme kicked off in Sandwell earlier this month and they’re already seeing “some fantastic results”. He writes “in just 4 days […]
New research and toolkit address persistent and damaging gender imbalance in transport sector around the globe
Women face persistent barriers when entering and working in the transport sector at all levels, according to new research and toolkit from World Bank’s Sustainable Urban Mobility for All (SUM4All) initiative and POLIS, funded by the FIA Foundation. The report ‘Gender imbalance in the transport sector: A toolkit for change’ was launched at the International […]
Core Highways and Clearway Group join forces to help improve safety and sustainability for roadworks
Clearway Group and Core Highways have agreed terms for a joint Memorandum of Understanding which will see the two companies work together on the development of new and existing traffic related products to keep operatives and road users safer – not just on their own works, but for the wider industry good. This follows a […]
Forests continue to grow around the UK thanks to National Highways invetments
Yorkshire’s forests continue to flourish with the creation of new green corridors, helping to build homes for wildlife as National Highways celebrates Nature Week. Yorkshire’s forests continue to flourish with the creation of new green corridors, helping to build homes for wildlife as National Highways celebrates Nature Week. Future generations will be able to watch […]
Work to start on more than doubling emergency areas on stretch of M1
National Highways is more than doubling the number of emergency areas on a stretch of the M1 in South Yorkshire with work to create the new places to stop in an emergency getting under way next month. Work to create new places to stop in an emergency on the M1 in South Yorkshire gets under […]
Major lighting upgrade at Queensway Tunnel will help save energy
The Queensway (Birkenhead) tunnel is set benefit from a comprehensive lighting upgrade to save on energy costs and reduce its carbon footprint. In just over a weeks’ time, an £11million investment by Mayor Rotheram and the Combined Authority in the form of a major electrical upgrade will begin at the tunnel, contributing to the region’s […]
Active journeys to Scottish schools remain higher than pre-pandemic levels
New data from the 2022 Hands Up Scotland Survey, which looks at how young people travel to school across Scotland, shows that walking, wheeling and cycling journeys are higher than pre-pandemic levels The Survey was first established in 2008, and since then the survey has been providing insight into journeys to school, and is the […]
WATCH – The ITS European Congress in three minutes
The organisers of the successful ITS European Congress 2023 in Lisbon have posted a highlights video showcasing the buzz around the event. It features quotes from organisers along with images of the exhibition, sessions and social events and includes the moment the Transport Technology Forum and ERTICO signed its new cooperation agreement. Watch it here: […]
New on demand bus travel launches in west Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire
Residents in west Rushcliffe are now able to travel across their local area without a fixed bus timetable, thanks to the launch of a new Nottsbus On Demand service. Nottsbus On Demand is currently being piloted in north and south Ollerton and Mansfield and gives passengers the flexibility to travel anywhere between bus stops and […]
