Havering Council launches active travel consultation
Havering Council has launched a comprehensive active travel consultation, aimed at transforming the way we move around our community over the next 15 years. This initiative seeks to gather valuable insights from residents to promote safer, more sustainable travel options and residents are encouraged to share their views on current travel habits as well as […]
West Sussex County Council improves safety of children’s school journeys with active travel initiatives
West Sussex County Council has recently completed over £1million worth of transport improvements outside primary schools as part of active travel to school schemes to encourage families to leave their cars at home and choose active, sustainable travel options for the school run. The School Streets initiative aims to reduce traffic and make the space […]
Preston City Council searching for partners for active travel projects
Preston City Council are seeking proposals from potential partners to deliver high-quality active travel programmes in Preston. These programmes are: Preston City Council has £30,000 of funding to invest in active travel from Lancashire County Council’s Activation of Active Travel Fund. This fund aims to put in place soft measures to support and encourage residents to […]
Designs for new £32m St Helens Transport Interchange revealed ahead of planning application
Designs for a new transport interchange and civic square in St Helens will go on display this week, before the latest planning application is submitted to advance the town centre’s regeneration. Being delivered with £32m funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the new St Helens Interchange will vastly improve the experience and safety […]
New report urges action to ensure disabled people benefit from automated transport
New research from TRL and RiDC raises concerns that disabled people could be left behind unless accessibility is prioritised in the design of automated transport systems. As the UK moves closer to a future where self-driving vehicles are part of everyday life, a unique report from the Transport Research Foundation (the parent company to TRL […]
A421 in Bedfordshire to close for two weekends as National Highways lifts bridge beams into place
National Highways will close the A421 in Bedfordshire over the first two weekends of November to install six massive steel beams for the new Roxton Road bridge, marking a major milestone on the £1 billion A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements. This scheme is designed to transform journeys between Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge, […]
Musk “would use White House gig to get streamlined driverless car rules”
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has said he’d use a hypothetical job working for Former President Donald Trump to push for a national approach to regulating driverless vehicles. The website Quartz says that the entrepreneur would look to bring in federal rules for autonomous driving which are currently set on a state-by-state level. “National approval is […]
Hundreds of vehicles seized in ULEZ crackdown
Transport for London has seized more than 1,400 vehicles over the course of a year, recouping £700,000 from sale of vehicles belonging to persistent non-payers of the Ultra Low Emission Zone charges. TfL says it is cracking down on drivers who persistently evade penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued for ULEZ contraventions. It explains that a cohort of people […]
Network operator fined £38,000 for neglecting street site safety
UK Power Networks has been successfully prosecuted by Kensington and Chelsea Council for carrying out street works in the borough deemed unsafe and putting members of public at risk of harm. UK Power Networks pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates Court to three charges brought by Kensington and Chelsea Council’s network management officers and […]
Yunex Traffic Modernises more than 200 traffic signal systems in Zurich
After five years, the project to modernize over 200 traffic signal systems in Zurich has been successfully completed. Yunex Traffic equipped the systems with Yutraffic sX controllers and 40V LED technology, providing increased reliability and ensuring the smooth operation of traffic lights across the city. With this upgrade, Zurich has set a critical foundation for […]
