Smart roads to the Olympics: Australia’s data-driven mobility makeover
How will Australia’s most innovative transport leaders use intelligent transport systems, real-time data, automation and cooperative corridors to transform mobility ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games? That’s just one of the topics you’ll hear about on today’s Highways Voices from the ITS Australia Summit on the Gold Coast. These podcasts are brought to you thanks […]
Queensland launches Gold Coast cooperative corridor at ITS Australia Summit
A new cooperative corridor has been launched at the 2025 ITS Australia Summit, and hailed as a landmark collaboration between Lexus Australia, the City of Gold Coast, and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, marking a “significant milestone” in advancing connected and automated vehicle technologies in Australia. The Gold Coast Cooperative Corridor (GC3) […]
TomTom outline AI innovations
A senior executive from navigation and mapping company TomTom has told the Highways Voices podcast how the company is harnessing AI to help it build products for automated vehicles. Ralf-Peter Schäfer, who is Vice President, Traffic and Travel Information was speaking on the podcast from the ITS Australia Summit in the Gold Coast, where TomTom […]
2032 Olympics planners stress the importance of technology in managing event transport
The Director-General of Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads in Australia has stressed how a successful delivery of the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane can only happen by embracing the latest in transport technology. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the ITS Australia Summit 2025 on the state’s Gold Coast, Sally Stannard emphasised the importance […]
Road Safety Week: Emergency response to Northern Ireland RTCs captured on film
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is urging everyone to take care on the roads ahead of the release of a series of social media videos, which portrays what happens at the scene of a serious crash. Each film looks at the crash scene from the perspective of firefighters, paramedics and police officers as they […]
Birmingham sets wheels in motion for eight-year, £1bn highways deal
Birmingham City Council has opened the bid race for multiple places on a framework deal, as reported by Highways News in May, to deliver new highways and infrastructure work worth around £1bn over eight years. Construction Enquirer reports that the Highways and Infrastructure Works Framework will be used to deliver road, public realm and utilities […]
DfT developing National Transport Analysis Platform
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it is developing a National Transport Analysis Platform (NTAP) for modelling transport scenarios. DfT have awarded Arup a three-year contract worth up to £5 million for a project that is aimed at streamlining modelling processes to support policy making. According to the contract award notice: “The primary […]
UK bus drivers’ demand for dignity on November World Toilet Day
Research by Unite the union has found over half of UK bus routes have no toilets available for drivers. Unite undertook the research to mark World Toilet Day by looking at 420 routes operated by FirstBus, Stagecoach, Arriva, Lothian Buses, National Express, Plymouth Buses, Translink, Coastliner and Go-Ahead. It found that 222 out of the […]
Waymo to launch robotaxi service in five more US cities
Waymo has announced that its driverless robotaxis are coming to five new cities: Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and San Antonio. The company currently operates autonomous robotaxis in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. The Robot Report says that Waymo is in the process of removing human safety drivers in Miami from this week and […]
Monmouthshire advertises for new Head of Flooding
Monmouthshire County Council has advertised on its website for a new Head of Highways and Flooding – a £62,647.00-£67,918.00 job which aims to put “residents’ needs at the forefront of highways and flooding decisions,” according to the Abergavenny Chronicle.The advert says: “This is a new senior leadership role at the heart of our organisation. You’ll […]