WDM webinar to showcase data-led skid resistance strategies for safer roads
W.D.M. Limited (WDM), together with Dr. Helen Viner, is hosting an expert-led seminar focused on advancing skid resistance strategy to improve road safety outcomes. The webinar will take place on Tuesday 21st April, 14:30–15:30 (UK) / 09:30–10:30 (EST), bringing together leading industry specialists to explore how skid resistance can move beyond compliance-led approaches and become […]
Surface dressing programme starts in Lincolnshire
A major surface dressing programme has now begun across Lincolnshire. The county-wide scheme, one of the biggest ever undertaken and costing £6 million, is running from now until around the middle of June and will see a staggering 271 sites treated to stop potholes forming. That is around 188 miles of road that will get the road equivalent of creosoting a fence to protect the surface […]
Council holds drop-in session to share details of transport strategy
Salisbury council in Wiltshire is updating its transport strategy reflecting new policies around walking and cycling and different travel patterns since Covid. The council says the refreshed strategy will set out an up-to-date, evidence-based plan for Salisbury’s transport network, looking at issues such as congestion, road safety, public transport, carbon emissions, and how people move […]
TRL publishes report into road condition monitoring technologies
The Department for Transport has released the TRL-authored road condition standard, introducing innovative data collection to improve monitoring, consistency and transparency across England’s local road networks. In 2023, the Department for Transport worked with TRL to develop and trial a demonstration process for approving new Road Condition Monitoring technologies, building on an earlier comparability study […]
Overnight clean-up removes nearly 14 tonnes of waste from the A12
The scale of the challenge of litter on the country’s roads has been highlighted by a clean-up on a six mile stretch of the A12, leading to the collection of 14 tonnes of rubbish. Colchester City Council carried out a large-scale four-night clean-up of the A12, with seven council officers working to remove litter and […]
Brighton Council says new enforcement powers will mean a safer school run
Three of Brighton and Hove’s School Streets schemes will be part of a new enforcement pilot from September. Following public consultation and residents’ support, the City Council have successfully been granted new moving traffic enforcement powers by the Department for Transport, and it will be installing cameras on roads near Queen’s Park, Hangleton and West […]
Herefordshire Council reveals plans to improve walking, cycling and wheeling
Herefordshire Council has updated Local Cycling, Walking and Wheeling Infrastructure Plan with the stated intention to “provide more travel choices and make short journeys safer and more accessible for everyone.” The plan sets out how the Council will improve active travel across the county, helping residents access local services, travel more sustainably, and enjoy better […]
Wiltshire Council announces specialist highway works framework
Wiltshire Council is renewing its highways works framework, allowing access to multiple suppliers capable of carrying out specialist highway works who can be called upon to provide these works on an ‘as instructed’ basis to support the Council. The framework centres on the the maintenance of highway assets and the delivery of the council’s highway […]
Silvertown Tunnel is ‘tackling chronic congestion’, says TfL
Transport for London has said that the Silvertown Tunnel, which opened a year ago, hasd reduced “chronic congestion” and improved journey times. New data suggested that drivers who used the neighbouring Victorian-era Blackwall Tunnel saw journey times reduced by more than 10% during weekday peak periods, TfL told the BBC. Before the new £2.2bn link […]
Google announced as ITS European Congress 2026 Innovation Partner
ERTICO – ITS Europe has announced that Google has signed up as an official Innovation Partner of this month’s ITS European Congress. In the Plenary, Google will join the “One Journey” session to discuss the gaps and opportunities in diverse transport modes and a truly seamless, interoperable network. For a deployment deep dive, ERTICO recommends […]