IAM RoadSmart: Young drivers are filming themselves driving for social media posts
Over 30 per cent of 18-26 year old drivers have taken photographs or recorded video footage while they are driving, a new IAM RoadSmart survey has revealed, with 57% admitting that they subsequently uploaded the content to a social media platform. The survey also indicated that 41% of young drivers have got behind the wheel […]
National Highways signs new fleet management deal with Holman
National Highways has signed a three-year fleet management contract with Holman. The Chippenham-based firm now manage almost 750 vehicles that look after and maintain the UK’s major roads. The fleet includes the Land Rover Discovery, BMW X5, Maxus T90 and eDeliver 9, as well as a variety of other vehicles from BMW, Volvo, Toyota, Kia […]
Private car remains transport mode of choice, says RAC
Reacting to the National Travel Statistics from the Department for Transport, RAC senior policy officer Rod Dennis said: “It’s abundantly clear that the private car remains the mode of choice for journeys over a mile in length, despite the fact that the proportion of households with access to a car has remained broadly flat for the last […]
RAC calls on retailers to cut the fuel price by 6p per litre
The RAC is today issuing an urgent appeal to the UK’s biggest fuel retailers to do the right thing and cut fuel prices at the pumps to reflect a steady drop in wholesale costs, which began at the start of July and accelerated sharply last week. With retailers having been found by the Competition and […]
Review of citywide 20mph speed limit benefits in Europe published
Greek transport research facility MDPI have published a paper assessing the effectiveness of citywide 20mph speed limits in Europe, as more cities systematically work to expand the proportion of their street network with the new lower limit. In an effort to condense research outputs, a quantitative approach along with qualitative assessments were implemented. This study […]
M4 in Wales set for major disruption
Motorists travelling towards the M4 from Pembrokeshire this week will be faced with multiple and significant areas of congestion and disruption. A number of junctions will be impacted by essential roadworks, both overnight and during the day, across the whole M4 network, according to Traffic Wales. Key areas of travel across Wales expected to be impacted. According to […]
Derbyshire: Court backs government’s A38 flyover scheme
A judge has dismissed a legal challenge brought by campaigners that had been preventing changes being made to three major road junctions in Derby. Upgrades to the Kingsway, Little Eaton and Markeaton roundabouts on the A38 have been in the works since 2014. Campaign group Stop the A38 Expansion argued that the scheme had been […]
Blackwall Tunnel reopens after van fire causes chaos
The Blackwall Tunnel has finally reopened after being closed for 12 hours due to a van fire. The incident caused huge queues of traffic to build up in south-east London, with drivers abandoning their cars. TfL were still working to repair the tunnel’s surface following the fire in the early hours of this morning (Thursday). Motorists were […]
Oxa and Beep announce Contra Costa deployment
Oxa has announced the third commercial deployment of its Oxa Driver service in the US, a little over a year since the autonomous vehicle (AV) software developer changed its name from Oxbotica and enlisted Google Cloud to accelerate the global take-up of its platform, The deployment is being carried out in collaboration with autonomous shared mobility firm Beep, […]
Staffordshire County Council announce new road weight limit information events
Communities near a road west of Burton can find out more about plans to introduce a weight limit on it at two public information events next month. The scheme will see the B5017 from the junction with the A515 up to the junction with Parkway (reclassified as the C5017) to allow for the introduction of […]
