TomTom and Aimsun partner to accelerate transport planning
TomTom and Aimsun have announced a strategic partnership to help cities and transport authorities deliver smarter, faster mobility solutions. This collaboration brings together TomTom’s trusted maps and traffic data with Aimsun’s advanced simulation tools, including the new Aimsun Start ready-to-calibrate model. With Aimsun Start, transport modellers can skip weeks of manual setup and begin their projects immediately. This is possible thanks to high-quality, simulation-ready models built from accurate network geometry and […]
Westminster Council to crack down on pedicabs
Westminster City Council are tackling the issue of noisy pedicabs, with a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) coming into effect on 18 November and cover the borough for the next three years, if approved after consultation with the police and other partners. According to Harrow Online, the order, which can be altered and extended for […]
HART of the community: New teams target areas most in need of Oxfordshire highway work
Meet the highways teams taking a more agile approach to maintenance and improvements in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire County Council and its principal highways contractor M Group has deployed highways asset response teams (HARTs) to carry out minor repairs, cleaning, and other work in towns and villages where they are most needed. Councillor Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County […]
Fifth phase of South Reading Bus Rapid Transit scheme opens
Work to further improve public transport links between south Reading and the town centre on the A33 relief road has been completed. The fifth phase of the South Reading Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme has extended bus lanes, added new bus stops and provided a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Kennet. Members […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund announces Transport MSc Bursary Scheme
Transport charity Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has announced it will once again be running the Transport MSc Bursary programme, for the academic year 2026-27. The Trustees of the Fund are hoping to encourage more people to study for a transport related MSc – both those who are new to the transport sector and people who […]
Future Drainage 2025 brings the sector together to ‘strengthen resilience in a changing climate’
KaarbonTech’s Future Drainage 2025 event brought together local authorities, the Environment Agency,government and industry specialists to explore how collaboration, data and shared expertise can help the sector adapt to the realities of climate change. Speakers and delegates discussed how drainage management must evolve in response to more extreme weather – from using data to guide […]
A83 emergency works and inspections following heavy rain
Hillside inspections and emergency roadside drainage works continue this morning at A83 Rest and Be Thankful. A83 traffic has been diverted onto the Old Military Road from around 8pm last night, after extremely heavy and persistent rainfall caused drainage systems to overflow. Euan Scott, BEAR Scotland’s North West Representative, said: “Our teams are working hard […]
How to address potholes: Asphalt Industry Alliance comment ahead of the Budget
David Giles, Chair of the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), has issued a statement on the thorny issue of how to address potholes ahead of Rachel Reeves’ 26 November Budget. “The Chancellor is right, in her comments made today, that the stop-go nature of public funding has left our roads full of potholes. It’s all too […]
M42 scheme recycling drive benefits local communities
A recycling drive by the team behind National Highways’ M42 junction 6 scheme is seeing local communities benefit in surprising ways from repurposed items from the construction site. Playtime is now a lot more fun for residents at the nearby Birmingham Dogs’ Home while a Solihull school can boast its own forest school thanks to […]
Spencer Bridge Engineering wins Queensferry Crossing contract
Spencer Bridge Engineering has added to it extensive service provision to BEAR Scotland following the recent award of a contract to maintain the permanent underdeck gantries on the Queensferry Crossing. The experts in the field of permanent under deck gantry design and maintenance have been appointed to undertake permanent gantry inspections on the 1.7-mile cable-stayed […]