The Road Safety Strategy: Dr Suzy Charman asks – are we ready for the tough choices?
The Government’s Road Safety Strategy sets a target of delivering a 65% reduction in deaths and serious injuries on UK roads by 2035, but and are we prepared to make the tough, and sometimes unpopular, decisions required to get there? In today’s Highways Voices we talk about how to turn an ambitious national road safety strategy into practical, funded, and deliverable action. Our guest is Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director at the Road Safety Foundation, to explore where policy, infrastructure, speed management, and data-led decision making must change if safety outcomes are genuinely to improve, rather than simply be promise. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! You’ll get a clear understanding of why a proactive, safe-system approach to road infrastructure and speed management is essential to meeting long-term casualty reduction targets. There’s also an insight into where investment in technology, data integration, and standards reform can deliver the greatest safety and economic returns, and you’ll hear her practical perspectives on how national strategy, local authority delivery, and industry expertise can align to move beyond consultation into measurable impact. Highways Voices is brought to you with our partners the Transport Technology Forum, LCRIG, ADEPT and ITS UK. (Picture – DfT)
Jenoptik UK named as a supplier on the new Crown Commercial Service’s Transport Technology framework
Jenoptik has successfully secured a place on 11 out of 14 lots of the new Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Transport Technology agreement, enabling local authorities and police forces to procure the latest speed enforcement and monitoring technologies through a simplified and flexible procurement framework. The new Transport Technology agreement builds on the success of the […]
VESOS registers patent application for its TeCall Alerts platform
VESOS, the specialist eCall data company, has successfully registered a patent application for its TeCall Alerts platform, reaching what it calls another important milestone in the development of the company. Alan Gentle, Solutions Director and co-founder, said: “There are many steps on the road from concept to a successful product, and we are pleased to […]
Department for Infrastructure and Yunex Traffic continue partnership with UTC and UTMC contract
Yunex Traffic has been awarded a new five-year contract by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in Northern Ireland. The agreement covers the maintenance and ongoing development of the region’s Urban Traffic Control (UTC) and management and control (UTMC) systems, the majority of which are located in Belfast. Under the contract, Yunex Traffic will maintain the DfI’s hosted UTC-UX and Stratos platforms. Seamlessly integrated, and connecting 328 […]
Next phase of Glasgow’s East End active travel route revealed
Glasgow City Council has unveiled the latest designs for the next phase of its East City Way active travel route. According to ProjectScot.com the proposed design prioritises people who walk, wheel, cycle, and use public transport through the delivery of infrastructure that makes everyday active travel easier and more attractive. Relating to the stretch between […]
Help DfT shape better SME support
The Department for Transport (DfT) is keen to understand the challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face when applying for government innovation funding or bidding for public sector contracts. To help DfT improve the support it offers, SMEs are being invited to complete a short survey via the link below: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Q7MGXR/ The feedback will help […]
National Highways to spend £6m on ‘safer and better’ A46
National Highways is spending £6m on a package of improvements on the A46 north of Bath. Along with a new road surface, better signage will be installed and drainage upgraded to prevent flooding, new, upgraded chevron signs will also be installed over the next few months at Hartley Bends aiming to improve road safety on the […]
TfL partners with Arcadis on AI-driven Decision Support System
Arcadis has announced its partnership with Transport for London (TfL) to implement a Decision Support System (DSS) powered by Arcadis’ Enterprise Decision Analytics (EDA) platform. This initiative will help TfL streamline its asset investment planning process, improve usability, and increase agility in responding tochanging requirements. This work builds on Arcadis’ long-standing relationship with TfL, including […]
West Lothian to spend £1.6m on active travel schemes
West Lothian is set to see over £1.6m invested towards active travel in the local area. An upcoming meeting of West Lothian Council Executive will be asked to approve proposals for funding to be allocated against specificprojects and activities designed to improve and encourage active travel in the area. This funding is ring fenced specifically […]
£55m infrastructure improvement programme for East Lancashire
Work is ramping up on a £55 million programme of investment across East Lancashire, with residents set to see the first visible changes in the weeks ahead. The programme is one of the largest infrastructure investments ever made in East Lancashire, delivering improvements in Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale. Following confirmation of £50 million in […]