Streetlights, bus shelters and other street furniture to be used to help speed up the next generation of ultrafast 5G technology
Mobile network operators will get easier access to lampposts, bus shelters and other street furniture to speed up the roll out of next-generation, ultrafast 5G technology under a new government trial. A £4 million competition launched today will explore ways to make it simpler and quicker for mobile companies to use publicly-owned buildings and curbside […]
Highland Council makes further investment in road network with infra-red technology
Highland Council’s roads recovery programme has taken a step forward as councillors welcomed positive progress with multimillion-pound investment in infra-red technology. This follows the council agreeing a £20 million investment in the region’s road network. Now, members of its economy and infrastructure committee agreed a further £9 million of capital from a “health and prosperity […]
Southampton City Council launches a ‘Pothole Patrol’ as part of its commitment to road safety
Southampton City Council, along with its highways partner, Balfour Beatty Living Places, have announced that their new Pothole Patrol fleet has taken to the streets. In July the council announced in its mid-year budget there would be an investment of £830k allocated to a dedicated pothole repair crews and £10m to resurface local roads and […]
Essex residents supporting the future of active travel in the county
Essex have residents have backed the aims of the council’s Safer, Greener, Healthier Active Travel campaign with almost three quarters (74%) supporting prioritising and increasing space for walking whilst 66% support more space for cycling. In the report, on a county-wide level, traffic congestion, air pollution and road safety were top of concerns. The six-week […]
TRL appointed project management lead of Digital Road for Evolving Connected and Automated Driving programme
TRL has been appointed project management lead on the Digital Road for Evolving Connected and Automated Driving (DiREC) programme. DiREC, is a two-year program that forms part of Europe’s CEDR Transnational Research Programme (TRP), aims to establish a connected and automated vehicle (CAV)-ready framework to prepare the highways for safe and smart CAV driving. TRL will […]
West Sussex makes carbon savings in footway resurfacing
Impressive carbon-saving and cost-saving results have been achieved in a programme of 31 footway resurfacing schemes in West Sussex. More than 22,000 square metres of footpath were resurfaced by the council’sl contactor Rejuvo JPCS, including in Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Chichester. If traditional asphalt methods had been used, 554 tonnes of CO2 emissions would […]
Scottish Government gives further support to bus operators
The Scottish Government has approved funding of up to £42 million between 4 October 2021 and 31 March 2022 to enable bus operators to maintain services while patronage recovers from the effects of COVID-19. This is in addition to maintaining concessionary reimbursement and bus service operator grant payments at pre-COVID levels. Minister for Transport Graeme […]
Electric bike pilot scheme receives £1 million of Welsh Government funding
An electric bike pilot scheme that has received more than £1m of funding from the Welsh Government is already helping local residents to swap their car for a bike in communities across Wales. The electric bike loan scheme, run by Sustrans, offers a range of battery assisted electric bikes for free, on long-term loan, […]
New study links transport noise to increased of dementia
Exposure to noise from road traffic and railways is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to a new study. Research has consistently linked transport noise to health conditions including heart disease, diabetes and obesity, but studies on transport noise and dementia were scarce and small, and findings inconsistent, reports the Guardian. Now the […]
Lancashire County Council to invest £3 million in vehicle charging points
Almost £3m is being invested into new electric vehicles and charging points after Lancashire County Council aims for a ‘cleaner, greener future.’ The first service to go electric will be the county council’s parking enforcement team, who will be given 12 new vehicles to minimise the emissions produced during the many miles they cover each […]