Carbon reduction is ‘changing the way local authorities specify roadside infrastructure’
As local authorities, consultants and contractors face increasing pressure to improve road safety while delivering against ambitious carbon reduction targets and PAS 2080 objectives, the way roadside infrastructure is beginning to change. Increasingly, procurement decisions are being influenced not only by performance and cost, but also by whole-life value, environmental impact and long-term asset resilience. […]
Report accuses National Higjhways of ‘penalising’ cyclists after closing bike lanes due to pollution
National Highways has been accused of “perversely penalising” cyclists and pedestrians after it was revealed that a number of shared-use paths have been closed due to heavy pollution on adjacent roads. A shared cycling and walking path beside the A3 in Guildford was closed earlier this summer, with new signs installed prohibiting people riding bikes […]
JCT Symposium to explore the balancing act behind one of Britain’s most complex tram junctions
How do you give priority to trams without causing unnecessary delays to buses, pedestrians and cyclists? That’s the challenge delegates at this year’s JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will hear has been tackled at one of the most operationally complex junctions on the West Midlands Metro network. Shane Collins, Smart Cities Sector Lead at 4way Consulting, […]