System outage causes mass robotaxi malfunction in Wuhan
A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic, sparking renewed debate around the safety of driverless vehicles, says the BBC. Local police said initial findings suggested a “system malfunction” caused multiple vehicles to stop in the middle of the road on Tuesday. Videos, external on […]
Ireland’s Transport Minister publishes Alternative Fuels for Transport Working Group 2025 Report
Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, has published the 2025 Report of the inter-departmental Alternative Fuels for Transport Working Group. Transport decarbonisation requires improving alternative and zero emission technology to further reduce reliance on fossil fuels. This 2025 report sets out recommendations for further coordinated action on alternative fuels, which have potential to contribute to […]
Somerset: Surface dressing programme helps protect county’s roads
Somerset Council’s Highways team and contractor Kiely Bros are preparing to surface dress some roads as part of the spring/summer maintenance programme. Surface dressing is a nationally recognised maintenance technique for sealing a road, improving skid resistance, and preventing water getting under the surface. This is crucial to help stop potholes forming. It works by […]
Feras Alshaker named Office of Rail and Road’s Interim Chief Executive
After the announcement of the departure of its current Chief Executive, John Larkinson, later this month, Feras Alshaker, currently Director of Planning and Performance, has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive of the Office of Rail and Road with effect from Monday 27 April. In his current role, Feras has senior responsibility for Britain’s rail […]
York dedicates £16.5m for highways maintenance
York’s annual maintenance plan for our roads and streets has earmarked a 50% increase in investment in highways, pathways, lighting, drainage and more. This will see significantly more invested in York’s roads than in previous years and the wide-ranging plan commits to highway repair schemes in villages and suburbs as well as the city centre, […]
Green hydrogen production confirmed at Port of Tilbury
GeoPura and Forth Ports have signed a landmark agreement to produce green hydrogen on site at the Port of Tilbury starting this year. This plant will support the decarbonisation of one of the UK’s most important logistics hubs and position Tilbury among the first major British ports to host commercial-scale hydrogen production for heavy industrial […]
Staffordshire: £400,000 road maintenance scheme to begin next week
Work on the B4151 Walsall Road in Norton Canes will being on 7 April, and will take around four weeks to complete. Highways crews from Staffordshire County Council will be replacing ironwork and damaged kerbs where necessary, before moving on to completely resurfacing the road between 50m south of Betty’s Lane to 50m north of […]
Southampton: Traffic signal decision ‘disappointing’; City set to implement 20mph streets
Southampton City Council has defended a ‘disappointing’ decision to not amend traffic signals on a major junction. The signal timing at the Tebourba Way and Romsey Road junction was changed in January to improve right turns at the junction, with the council saying this was due to reports of accidents, says the Daily Echo. However, […]
Wiltshire launches consultation on draft Local Transport Plan 4 Delivery Plan
Wiltshire Council has launched a public consultation on its draft Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) Delivery Plan, inviting residents, businesses and organisations across the county to help shape the future of Wiltshire’s transport network. The Delivery Plan sets out how the council will put the policies in LTP4 into action between 2025 and 2038. The original LTP4 document was […]
More than 100 jobs at risk at Alexander Dennis
Bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis is proposing to shut its Falkirk site and convert its Larbert manufacturing facility, with up to 115 jobs at risk of redundancy. However, the company said the proposal would safeguard about 200 skilled manufacturing and support jobs, which were previously under threat, says the Scottish Sun. The firm said the proposals would […]