Mercedes Benz and TfL join forces to develop digital tool that can identify high risk locations before an incident takes places
A division of Mercedes-Benz AG-Urban Mobility Solutions (UMS) has been working with Transport for London to develop a road safety ‘dashboard’-a digital tool that has the potential to identify higher risk locations prior to an incident taking place on the network. Currently, cities and authorities use information about historic collisions to understand road safety and […]
P Ducker Systems gets awarded contract by TfL for 50 new enforcement cameras
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded a contract to P Ducker Systems (PDS) for at least 50 new enforcement cameras, which will play a vital part in helping TfL to meet its Vision Zero goal of eliminating death and serious injury on the road network. Each year more than 4,000 people are killed or seriously […]
Lane rental scheme making a ‘real difference’, says TfL
Seventy-nine projects on London’s road network have been supported so far by Transport for London’s Lane Rental scheme, making a ‘real difference’ to disruption, according to the organisation. Repairs and maintenance on underground pipes can have a significant impact on the road network leading to road closures and congestion. Since Lane Rental was introduced in 2012, […]
Aberdeenshire Council awards additional contracts for maintenance work
Leiths Construction Ltd has been appointed by Aberdeenshire Council to undertake patching repairs works in Banff and Buchan, Buchan and Formartine from August. Works will begin in Peterhead along with other villages in Buchan, before moving onto to complete works in Ellon and rural roads of Formartine and thereafter works in Fraserburgh and rural roads in […]
Highways England to assess north-south connectivity between M4 and south coast
Highways England is to assess the current north-south connectivity in the south west between the M4 and the south coast. The study includes looking at the A338 from Salisbury to Ringwood before it turns into the Wessex Way, as well as the A350, which runs from Wiltshire, around Blandford to Beacon Hill and the A37 […]
Consortium to lead project to develop the UK’s first ever study on electrification of the motorway for HGVs
The Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to lead the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhead wires on motorways. The study is part of the £20m put aside for zero emission road freight trials under the recently-announced Transport Decarbonisation Plan […]
Oxfordshire County Council gets support for its school streets trials
Residents and parents in Oxfordshire have given positive feedback from the School Streets trials that have taken place across Oxfordshire since March 2021. The pilot scheme trialled closures of roads to traffic at drop-off and pick-up times during term-time to open the road to safe walking and cycling. School Streets aim to improve road safety to help […]
Legal challenge to RIS2 plans thrown out by judge
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps did not break the law when approving the government’s second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2), a high court judge has ruled. In the High Court, Mr Justice Holgate dismissed Transport Action Network’s (TAN’s) application for a judicial review on environmental grounds. In making his decision he concluded that approval of RIS2 was […]
Shropshire Council tackle nearly 7,000 potholes since May
More than 6,800 potholes and other defects have been repaired in the Shropshire Council area since the start of May 2021, according to latest figures by Shropshire Council. As part of efforts to improve the county’s roads, crews from Shropshire Council and its contractor Kier are out across the county every day tackling potholes in […]
Major Norwich road set for revamp to accommodate cycling and walking
A city centre road in Norwich is poised to get an £800,000 revamp to improve the area for walking and cycling. One-way roads, a new 20mph zone and a segregated cycle lane are just some of the proposals put forward in a shake-up of Norwich’s St Stephens Road and the surrounding areas. St Stephens Road was used […]