Liverpool City Region Mayor unveils £1.6bn transport investment
Steve Rotheram, the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has unveiled plans for a record-breaking £1.6bn investment in Liverpool City Region’s public transport including new railway stations, rapid transit links and smart ticketing across the entire network. The city region’s biggest ever public transport investment is designed to better connect communities, including major new housing […]
National security: Parliamentary group uncovers widespread number plate illegality
A major new report is warning that the UK’s outdated and poorly regulated number plate system has created a vast and rapidly growing crisis that enables criminals and organised crime groups to operate undetected on our road network, lets dangerous drivers off the hook, poses serious safety concerns, and leads to a significant loss of […]
Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure to create digital twin of entire road network
Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is planning to create a digital twin of the country’s roads claimed to be the most detailed in the UK. It has awarded a contract to roadscape intelligence company Gaist to deliver a survey of the entire road network using AI, HD imaging and roadscape modelling technology and deliver […]
Work on £3.7m Taunton transport hub to begin after Christmas
Somerset Council has confirmed that work on Taunton’s new £3.7m transport hub will finally begin after Christmas. The council has received significant funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) to replace the redundant Tower Street facility (which closed in March 2020) with a new transport hub for buses and coaches, as part of its multi-year bus service improvement plan […]
West Sussex upgrade to LED traffic signals will save over £500,000
West Sussex County Council has upgraded the county’s traffic signals with the latest LED technology that will save over £500,000 in operating costs and nearly 600 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) emissions. Across the county, 94 traffic signal sites now have new signal heads, push-button units, vehicle and pedestrian detectors, advanced controller systems, traffic signal poles and cabling […]
Gloucestershire: £46.7m Coombe Hill hub to replace “rotting” highways depot
Gloucestershire’s new Coombe Hill hub will see a rotting highways depot and out-of-county fire training centre replaced with new state-of-the-art facilities on land between Cheltenham and Gloucester. Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet members unanimously agreed to reclaim 27-acres of farmland next to the A4019 for the £46.7m project. It is part of a wider 102-acre site […]
Waymo robotaxis involved in 80% fewer injury-causing crashes than human-driven cars, company says
Waymo, on the back of having to defend its safety protocols after one of its autonomous taxis ran over and killed a cat in November, has said that it’s planning a software recall to prevent its vehicles from failing to fully slow or stop for school buses, in response to the NHTSA launching a probe into the company. […]
Ayvens embraces Hitachi’s ZeroCarbon BatteryManager to boost EV fleet growth
Hitachi ZeroCarbon has today announced it has strengthened its partnership with Ayvens, the global mobility provider specialising in leasing and fleet management services, to pilot the ZeroCarbon BatteryManager solution within its company fleet and a number of clients. The project, undertaken over three months, will track the performance and health of large batches of electric […]
Midlands Connect: Transport upgrades ‘would help M54 corridor growth’
Improvements to the transport network between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury could drive growth and investment in the West Midlands and beyond, says Midland Connect. Enhancements to the rail line, the M54 and A5, bus networks, and active travel would “boost the regional economy and benefit productivity,” the organisation has said. According to the BBC, Midlands Connect, […]
Abandoned fairground ride among items retrieved by National Highways traffic officers
An abandoned fairground ride was among some of the obstructions that traffic officers in Yorkshire and the North East have retrieved from National Highways’ roads so far this year. Nationally, more than 49,000 objects were collected by National Highways teams from motorways and major A roads between 1 January and 30 September. Drivers are being […]