DFRS and Euro NCAP join forces for safer roads in Europe
Data for Road Safety (DFRS) and Euro NCAP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 16th ITS European Congress 2025 in Seville that formalises their collaboration to enhance vehicle safetyassessments through the integration of real-time road hazard data. Euro NCAP, the European vehicle safety performance assessment programme, has introduced Local Hazard warnings as […]
Footbridge of the future revealed as winner of innovative low-carbon design contest announced
The Lower Thames Crossing has revealed the winner of its innovative, low-carbon footbridge competition. The winning design from Arup and Seán Harrington Architects has set a new benchmark for sustainable design that could be used on the new road and replicated across roads country-wide. The winning design beat 32 entries who were judged on their […]
Greater Manchester: Three hundred new e-bikes added to Starling Bank hire scheme
New e-bikes are now available for people to use as part of Greater Manchester’s Starling Bank Bike hire scheme. The arrival of 300 new bikes this month means that half of the city-region’s bike hire fleet will be electric, providing scheme users with more choice on the type of bike they’d like to hire. The […]
Safer Streets for All: New report calls for ‘radical reforms’
A new report commissioned by The Bikeability Trust and Living Streets, ‘Safer Streets for All: The Upcoming Government Road Safety Strategy‘, recommends the most radical reforms to road safety since mandatory seat belts. Launching in London as the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) debates the Government’s upcoming road safety strategy, the report calls […]
Birmingham: HS2 prepares for first M6 viaduct slide
The construction of two parallel viaducts that will carry HS2 trains over the M6 near Birmingham Airport has taken a major step forward, with the first section of structural steelwork now complete. To reduce disruption for motorists, the twin 320-metre-long M6 South viaducts are being assembled to one side and will be slid over the […]
Connecting Battlefield transforms Glasgow’s public space for active travel
The first phase of Glasgow City Council’s Connecting Battlefield active travel project has significantly improved public space and created a new, segregated cycle way on Queen’s Drive which extends south onto Langside Road. The cycle way, which is seeing around 900 daily users, provides easy access to key destinations such as Queen’s Park and the […]
National Highways outlines £14.5bn ‘small improvement and renewal’ upgrade framework
National Highways has published a pipeline notice for a new procurement framework worth up to £14.5bn to deliver small improvement and renewal works across England’s major road network. The Scheme Delivery Framework 2 (SDF2) is intended to replace the current Scheme Delivery Framework and Pavement Delivery Framework, which expire in early 2027. The new arrangement […]
German highways safer thanks to construction site warnings
Kapsch TrafficCom and Autobahn GmbH des Bundes have completed the first phase of the project to increase safety on motorways using C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems). A total of 1000 ITS Roadside Stations (IRS) from Kapsch TrafficCom and other suppliers have been mounted on mobile barrier panels and put into operation over the past few […]
Reminder: M48 weight restrictions start next week
National Highways is reminding hauliers and other users that a weight limit for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) using the M48 Severn Crossing will be introduced next week. Following safety inspections and to minimise further damage to the bridge, only heavy goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes in weight will be able to use the Severn […]
Utah DOT awards Statewide Work Zone Safety and Planned Event Software contract to Causeway one.network
Causeway one.network, the digital work zone and road management platform provider, hasy announced the Utah Department of Transportation has awarded a major, statewide contract to the company to provide its Live Link and Traffic Management software. The company created both solutions to simplify the process of closing traffic lanes while contributing to increased safety and […]