Watchdog calls for better information to help passengers social distance
Transport Focus is calling for all transport operators to give passengers the information they need to help them social distance. As people begin to return to travel the watchdog investigated information provided by rail and bus operators to help passengers avoid busier services. The organisation said that it has found that many but not all operators now […]
Solar Gates UK launches workforce management solution app for its INSTABOOM barrier
Solar Gates UK and SiteCircle have brought together two market leading technologies in one compelling package, saving highways worksites time, money and carbon. This new, innovative and COVID secure workforce management solution app combined with an award winning INSTABOOM® barrier that is powered by solar/hybrid energy. The unique and innovative workforce management solution app delivers […]
ITS (UK) hails a year of online content provision
The country’s trade body for the Intelligent Transport Systems industry is marking a year of providing online Forum meetings by promising to continue to stream content once the country gets back to face-to-face meetings. The Young Professionals Forum meeting, the first of its kind to be streamed by ITS (UK) on Zoom, was uploaded to YouTube […]
Dublin’s M50 to get overhead gantries and variable speed limits
Dublin’s M50 is to become a ‘dynamic motorway’ with variable speed limits and the ability to close individual lanes and junctions using “Red X” signals on almost 100 overhead gantries A major publicity campaign to inform drivers of how to interpret and respond to the new regime is to be launched in late June or […]
Isle of Wight reports huge savings since switch to LED streetlighting
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been saved by the Isle of Wight Council in the last five years after it installed LED streetlighting. Figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show in 2019/20 the council spent £926,000 on street lighting costs. In 2014/15, however, the year after the Isle of Wight […]
Self-driving cars to travel up to 37 mph on motorways
Self-driving cars will be allowed to go up to 37 mph on motorways before a driver has to take control, the Government has confirmed. It said the first driverless vehicles could be on the road network by the end of this year. Following a ‘landmark’ call for evidence, the government has set out how vehicles fitted […]
Kier Highways wins a six-month contract extension from Birmingham Highways
Kier Highways has been awarded a six-month extension from Birmingham Highways Ltd (BHL) on its Birmingham Interim Services Contract (ISC). The contract, which Kier was appointed to in April 2020, was initially due to run for 15 months (with the option to extend) and it includes the city’s traffic operations, planned and reactive maintenance, inspections […]
Swarco’s MyCity helps drive traffic management changes in Wolverhampton
Traffic management in the city of Wolverhampton is set to be improved thanks to a collaboration between Wolverhampton City Council and SWARCO Traffic, the traffic technology specialist. Swarco’s MyCity system, a modular platform that enables the council to monitor pollution levels, journey times and vehicle counts, has helped to streamline the city’s traffic management. The […]
JCB’s PotholePro fixes road defects on the M6 as part of nationwide demonstration programme
JCB’s brand new PotholePro highway maintenance machine has been meaning defects on one of the busiest stretches of the M6-between junctions 14 and 15 during two night-time closures. The nightshift on the 10 mile stretch was all part of a national demonstration programme to show how the innovative machine repairs potholes – permanently – […]
Coastal road in Somerset could be saved
A Somerset coastal road threatened by coastal erosion could be saved after plans were submitted to divert the road inland. The move comes after plans for 136 new homes were submitted. Originally, Somerset and West Taunton Council refused plans for homes last year, meaning funds for realignment of the road would have to be found […]