TfL to double wildflower verges on road network
TfL are realising their pledge to increase biodiversity, mitigate climate change and become more sustainable in its operations by increasing the amount of wildflower verges on its network’s roadsides and has doubled the area managed in this way to more than 260,000m2 in 2024. The sites are managed to promote biodiversity by reducing mowing frequency to allow […]
Uber and Aurora announce driverless truck deal
Uber’s freight hauling business will use Aurora’s driverless trucks on routes between Dallas and Houston as part of a new “long-term” deal that builds on a three-year-old commercial pilot. Uber Freight will be one of Aurora’s first customers on the Texas route launching later this year. Launched in 2017, Uber Freight connects truck drivers with shippers, much in […]
San Francisco: No more waiting list for Waymo’s self-driving taxis available
Waymo’s self-driving taxis are now available for everyone in San Francisco. The company, owned by Google parent Alphabet, hailed the breakthrough as a “key milestone” in its effort to scale its operations. Until now, says IoT World Today, anyone wishing to ride in Waymo’s autonomous Jaguar I-Pace SUVs in the city had to sign up […]
Stagecoach orders record 244 next-generation e-buses from Alexander Dennis
Alexander Dennis has taken a firm order from transport group Stagecoach for 244 of its next-generation zero-emission buses, the company’s largest zero-emission order to date. Stagecoach supported numerous local authorities across England in successful bids to the second round of the UK Government’s Zero-Emission Regional Bus Areas scheme (ZEBRA 2). Following the funding award, the group […]
Holman wins £16m National Highways fleet management contract
Holman UK has been awarded a £16 million fleet management and maintenance contract by National Highways. The new three-year deal, which goes live today, comes after National Highways’ previous fleet management provider, Rivus Fleet Solutions, called in the administrators on Friday (June 21). The tender decision for the 1,300 strong fleet was published on Wednesday, June 19, says Fleet News. […]
Q-Free announces release of Kinetic Weather Module
Q-Free have released Kinetic Weather, the latest module created as part of the company’s Kinetic® Mobility platform. The module enables weather-responsive traffic management by gathering and tracking data from weather stations on potentially unsafe roadway conditions including pavement conditions (ice, water temperature, etc.) rain, windspeed and direction, visibility, and more. The module alerts traffic managers in […]
Air pollution levels in Oxford drop by 14% in 2023
Air pollution levels in Oxford have decreased by 14% on average, compared with a 9% average reduction across the UK. Data from Oxford City Council has found that during 2023, overall NO2 levels in Oxford decreased by 14% on average on 2022 levels, and 33% on pre-pandemic (2019) levels. The data also indicates that, for the […]
Waste heat efficiency roll-out helping to reduce carbon emissions
Aggregate Industries is continuing to lead the way in sustainability by implementing waste heat recovery systems at three of its UK asphalt plants. The installation commences Aggregate Industries’ goal of 10 implementations by the end of 2024, saving a total estimated 1,000 tonnes CO₂ per year. Based on a thorough feasibility study of the recovery […]
TerrAffix and Kier identify solution to microplastics road runoff challenge
Laboratory testing undertaken by RSK Group company TerrAffix and Kier has demonstrated that a plant-based material used to create a biochar can successfully remove microplastics found in the runoff from our roads. These are believed to be the first laboratory trials in the world to look at the possibility of removing microplastics from road runoff […]
Staffordshire transport gateway improvement scheme progresses with new traffic arrangements
A scheme bringing major improvements to a key Staffordshire gateway junction is progressing well, with latest traffic management changes set to take place. The project will ease congestion and increase capacity around the A38 Branston interchange junction near Burton. It includes creating additional lanes around the junction, on the slip roads and on Branston Road […]
