Only a Mather of time: Who is the fast-tracked new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the DfT?
Keir Mather’s appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport took many by surprise yesterday. Lilian Greenwood’s departure was surprise enough but the appointment of the Selby MP who was born during Tony Blair’s first stint as Prime Minister was, perhaps, unexpected. Mather is the youngest government minister since William Gladstone was […]
Valerann wins 2025 IBTTA Toll Excellence Award
Valerann has been awarded the 2025 Toll Excellence Award by the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association (IBTTA). The award recognizes Valerann’s pioneering work in collaboration with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) to enhance traffic management through improvements in incident detection and response across Ireland’s motorway network using its AI-powered data […]
Bookings open for TTF’s Autumn Update 2025
The Transport Technology Forum has opened bookings for its annual Autumn Update conference, taking place on Thursday 6 November in Birmingham. The one-day meeting returns to the IET at Austin Court for the third year running. It gives local authorities and the supply chain the chance to spend the day in the same room as […]
Towards Zero: Smart Data, Safer Roads – Last few places for TRL’s road safety event
TRL’s Smart Mobility Living Lab in London on Tuesday 16 September 2025 is on the verge of being full and the organisers are recommending booking now to avoid disappointment. Bringing together leading experts in road safety, data science, and healthcare the event will explore how smarter use of data can move us closer to Vision Zero, the […]
Glasgow: Nine months of M8 roadworks begin
A May completion date has notified drivers using Scotland’s busiest road to prepare for the best part of nine months of disruption due to roadworks. Work on Junction 26 on the M8 – spanning both the eastbound and westbound carriageways – began on Monday morning, reports the BBC. With the exception of a brief break for the […]
Hereford sinkhole roadworks leave traders ‘furious’
Traders in Hereford city centre say business has been devastated by long-running work to repair a sinkhole. The hole appeared in Commercial Road in July when a sewer collapsed, with the route having to be partially closed while the work is carried out by Welsh Water. The firm has apologised and said its team was […]
CIHT: Challenging misconceptions about professional membership
This week the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) will challenge preconceptions and aim to change people’s minds about professional membership. Many of us in our sector think being a member of a professional body is for someone else; you need to be a certain kind of person or hold specific qualifications. This simply […]
McCann wins £30m Liverpool lighting contract
A £30m investment will see a brighter future for Liverpool as 65,000 lighting assets are improved and maintained. Following a competitive tender process, McCann was awarded the contract comprising £21.5m in capital works and £8.5m in maintenance services over an initial three-year term with the potential to extend for a further two years based on […]
McGill’s Group announce plans for Glasgow £25m mega-depot
McGill’s Group, the UK’s largest independent bus company, has unveiled plans for a new £25 million depot on a prime site close to Glasgow city centre, in a move that could deliver up to 850 jobs. The planned investment follows the company’s acquisition this week of a 6.55-acre brownfield site on Kilbirnie Street in Tradeston, […]
Mobico Group announces financial results
Multinational public tranport company Mobico Group (formerly National Express) has published its results for the six months ended 30 June 2025. Full year adjusted operating profit guidance remains unchanged, while revenue growth was supported by continuing positive passenger demand. Phil White, Mobico Group Executive Chairman, said: “Mobico has delivered a solid performance in the first […]