Scotland: £5 million pledged for Low Emission Zone support funding
The Scottish Government is providing £5 million to re-open the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Support Fund for 2024-25. For the fifth year in a row, the popular fund continues to offer cash incentives and Travel Better credits, if non-compliant vehicles are removed from Scotland’s roads. Delivered through Energy Saving Trust, this programme is means-tested and offers help […]
Lower Thames Crossing: MP meets with Roads Minister to discuss Thurrock impact
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock met with the Roads Minister, Guy Opperman, in Orsett village in Essex to discuss the impact that the proposed Lower Thames Crossing will have on the area and other villages in Thurrock. The Minister listened carefully to Stephen’s concerns and agreed to consider the […]
Blockchain could offer a solution to the UK’s transport ticketing systems, says new research
A new approach to transport ticketing offers a step towards an integrated, transparent system for ticket providers and passengers across all modes of transport. Traditional ticketing systems are based on solutions that are vulnerable to issues including a lack of transferability across multi-modal transport networks, and an inability to adapt to policy changes and new […]
Police roads chief wants tougher sentences to deter bad driving
The head of roads policing in the UK is calling for greater punishments for motoring offences to cut the number of people driving dangerously. Sussex Police Chief Constable Jo Shiner made the comments during an interview for this week’s Highways Voices podcast, to be published on Wednesday. She wants increased sentences, which both magistrates and […]
UK Transport Secretary: Khan victory won’t stop fight against LTNs
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has told The Daily Telegraph that Sadiq Khan’s re-election as Mayor of London will not deter him from “continuing to stand up” for drivers. “Our opposition to Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion remains the same, his own impact assessment said it would have a ‘minor to negligible’ effect on air quality so […]
New research finds that expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to heating and road transport fuels could reduce by a quarter economy-wide emissions of greenhouse gases
New research conducted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Energy Systems Catapult has found that expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to heating and road transport fuels could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the UK economy and, at the same time, ensure that households below the […]
National Highways: Drivers ‘ignored’ official diversion route around M25 closure
An “increasing number” of drivers are “choosing to ignore” the official diversion route around the M25 closure, highways bosses have warned. As with March’s closure, National Highways announced that the motorway opened ahead of schedule after work to install a new gantry and a new gyratory bridge between junctions 9 and 10 of the motorway […]
“Let’s work together to get the right speeds on the right roads,” says Skates
Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, Ken Skates has visited the town of Buckley to listen to feedback from councillors about the local feeling around 20mph in and around the town. Joined by Flintshire’s Deputy Leader, Dave Hughes, and local councillors the Cabinet Secretary walked Liverpool Road, one of the main roads that has […]
A mountain to climb for Surrey signmakers
Stocksigns/Messagemaker Displays have announced the details of their latest (their 8th) charity challenge in aid of the Tadworth Children’s Trust. Every year the company, along with some of its customers and suppliers, take on a challenge in the aid of raising money for the Surrey-based charity. Last year the team scaled Poland’s highest mountain and […]
Ringway re-appointed as Highway Infrastructure term service delivery partner for Milton Keynes Council
Ringway has been reappointed as the Highway Infrastructure term service delivery partner for Milton Keynes City Council, for a second term. This appointment builds on the strong partnership built delivering the highway infrastructure service in Milton Keynes since 2014, and the innovative and sustainable way in which Ringway will continue to evolve the service for […]
