LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival: Enhancing Operations with Re-Flow
Every business wants to operate safely and efficiently. But managing these goals when using separate bits of software is difficult. Operatives and admin are often snowed under with time-consuming risk assessments and invoicing procedures. Work pressures mount up. Work quality goes down. Re-flow’s field management software addresses these issues. It’s an easy-to-use digital app and […]
Highway works to start in Oxford streets ready for traffic filters trial
Highway works will be taking place from 24 June on Oxford streets to prepare for six traffic filters as part of a trial to reduce congestion approved by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet in November 2022. Over the summer, the council’s contractors will prepare foundations for traffic signs near the filter points at Hollow Way, Hythe […]
Switch off when you drop off campaign returns to Staffordshire
Staffordshire schools are being encouraged to turn off their engines to help improve air quality across the county. As part of the county council’s Air Aware campaign, drivers are being encouraged to pledge not to idle outside schools, as part of Clean Air Day on June 20. Air pollution is about 30 per cent higher […]
Belfast Bikes hire scheme announces new sponsor
Belfast City Council has announced Frank and Honest Coffee as the new sponsor of Belfast Bikes. Frank and Honest Coffee, a Musgrave Group brand, is available in SuperValu, Centra and Mace stores across Belfast and beyond. Belfast Bikes was launched in 2015 and currently has over 400 bikes at over 55 docking stations right across […]
High Court rejects legal challenge over Government’s decision to cut active travel investment
A High Court judge has rejected a legal challenge over the Transport Secretary’s decision to cut funding for investment in active travel schemes across the UK. The Secretary of State’s decision was revealed in a written ministerial statement to Parliament on 9 March 2023. In Transport Action Network Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary […]
NOW Wireless produces guidance document to help local authorities with traffic signal efficiency
Highways and transport technology company NOW Wireless has produced a guidance document for local authorities looking to improve the efficiency of their traffic signals as part of the Intelligent Traffic Management Fund (ITMF). The guidance details how different solutions have been deployed with local authorities over the last few years to help make traffic signals […]
Roads service budget of more than £10million approved by Aberdeen City Council
A roads service budget of £10.684million was today agreed this week Aberdeen’s roads to cover road and pavement repairs, safe routes to schools, lighting improvements, repairs to bridges, and flooding and coastal protection. Aberdeen City Council’s Net Zero, Environment, and Transport Committee approved the capital budget for the service which also includes money for signage, […]
Green Party announce ‘greener, fairer’ transport policies as part of its manifesto
The Green Party has announced a raft of ‘fairer, greener’ transport policies as part of its 2024 Election Manifesto. It said: “Our transport choices account for around a quarter of carbon emissions, so it’s vital to make it easier to opt for greener choices. Yet public transport provision continues to decline, often leaving those on […]
Vaisala enhances intelligent winter road maintenance with innovative hybrid road network solution
Winter service specialist, Vaisala, has launched a modular winter road maintenance solution which is set to reduce cost, minimise environmental impact and increase safety. Vaisala’s hybrid road network solution harnesses the power of accurate observations fueled by Vaisala’s road weather stations, IoT, and mobile sensors. This approach combines local sensor data with unmatched forecasting intelligence models and […]
“Alarming” DfT figures underline scale of UK’s distracted driving danger
An analysis of the latest figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding distracted and non-restrained driving on Britain’s roads indicates that there may be more than 50,000 instances of people driving whilst using a hand-held phone every day, along with half a million motorists driving while not wearing a seatbelt. The headline figures collated […]
