Transport Skills Academy tackles gender disparity in the West Midlands transport industry
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) own skills academy has been marking International Women’s Day (8th March) and National Careers Week (4th-9th March) by encouraging women in the region to consider a career in transport. The sector has historically been male-dominated and faces the challenge of attracting and retaining diverse talent. In 2023, women made up just 21% of […]
Extra funding for road maintenance in Dorset
As its annual programme gears up for spring, with extra funding Dorset Council is set to bolster its proactive measures to look after its roads. This includes more pothole repairs, resurfacing and preventative treatments to manage road condition and maintain highway safety. £2.068 million each for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 from the Department for […]
Oxfordshire Council and contractor Milestone supports Respect our Workforce Week which helps highlights issue of growing abuse of roadworkers
Violence and verbal abuse against people working on our roads is being highlighted in a new campaign starting today [Monday 11 March]. The first Respect our Workforce Week runs from 11 – 15 March. It is organised by campaign group Stamp it Out and is supported by Oxfordshire County Council, its highways contractor Milestone and has the […]
New era begins for electric bus travel in Warrington
The bus has been unveiled at a special Zero Emissions Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) event in Warrington, providing the first opportunity for people to see the new, yellow vehicle which will soon be brightening up the streets of Warrington – providing greener, cleaner transport for everyone. The eBus launch marks the final countdown for the arrival […]
Another 18 junctions set to have traffic signal bus priority in North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council and its delivery partner, Equans, are delivering 18 new traffic signal bus priority junctions across the borough in the upcoming months. The borough currently has 14 traffic signal bus priority junctions, and this will rise to 32 by the end of this year. Traffic signal bus priority junctions have technology to […]
Go-Ahead plans to recruit 1,500 women bus drivers, aiming for 50% gender equality by 2035
The Go-Ahead Group has announced the launch of an exciting new initiative to attract and recruit 1,500 new women drivers across its bus operations. With the ‘Go-Ahead Women’ initiative, the company is embarking on a mission to achieve 50% gender equality by 2035, marking a significant step in the traditionally male dominated transport sector. Recognising […]
Liverpool City Council starts search for highways contractors
Liverpool City Council has started its search for highway maintenance providers for a contract that will start in April 2025 and run to 2028. The highways maintenance works will encompass various aspects of maintenance, repair and installation, including but not limited to: • 24/7/365 Emergency response to incidents on the highway• Reactive highway maintenance, including […]
World’s first pothole preventing robot passes first test with flying colours
An autonomous robot, developed by tech company Robotiz3d and academics at the University of Liverpool in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council Highways Engineers, has passed its first test outside of a lab environment, on the roads of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire yesterday (6 March). Using state of the art imaging technology the team working on the […]
Road Safety Team launches campaign following ‘disturbing’ rise in road deaths
Dangerous driving behaviours are the focus of a new Somerset Council campaign aimed at reducing fatal collisions on the county’s roads. The Fatal Five campaign, backed by Avon and Somerset Police and led by Somerset Council’s Road Safety Team, highlights the key behaviours which can contribute to serious or fatal collisions. Tragically, 30 people died […]
Local students in Coventry display road safety messages in the Council House
A competition was arranged by the Twinkle Toes Road Safety group for local school pupils from Coundon Primary School in Coventry to get their personal road safety messages out during National Road Safety Week. Paper plates were used as the base for the messages highlighting concerns from the children around speeding, inconsiderate driving and making […]
