Flow Labs partners with AirSage, Inc. to deliver vulnerable road user safety data to agencies
Flow Labs, a transport software technology leader specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that makes roads cleaner, clearer, and safer, today announced a new data partnership with AirSage, Inc., a leading provider of population movement data in the US. The new alliance will bolster Flow Labs’ vulnerable road user safety data, providing the platform with some […]
Keltbray CEO comments on acquisition by EMK Capital
Keltbray Infrastructure Services Limited (KISL) CEO Darren James has responded to the news that the safety-critical energy networks provider has been acquired by EMK Capital, as reported in Highways News on Monday. “KISL… play[s] a key role in the country’s green energy transition through comprehensive infrastructure solutions in power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways, and […]
ITS UK welcomes ‘Rail and Urban Transport Review’
ITS UK has responded to the publication of the Urban Transport Group’s ‘Rail and Urban Transport Review’. The Review was commissioned in 2023 by the Labour party in opposition, to provide an independent input to its transport strategy and policy. The independent Review was led by Juergen Maier CBE, former Siemens CEO and guided by […]
A358 Taunton to Southfields upgrade paused
The scheme to upgrade the A358 to dual carriageway between Southfields Roundabout on the A303 and the M5 at Taunton in Somerset has been paused in its current form, due to a number of what National Highways has referred to as ‘affordability challenges’. The Preferred Route Protection remains in place while the future of the […]
Biodiversity Plan on Wales’ strategic road network in full bloom
On hundreds of roadsides across Wales’ strategic road network, work is underway to better manage and increase the biodiversity of grass verges as part of the Welsh Government’s Llwybr Newydd i Natur – the Nature Recovery Action Plan. The A483 at Plasnewydd near Ammanford in Carmarthenshire is just one of many areas where you […]
‘In-situ’ road recycling technique used in Bath & North EastSomerset
VolkerHighways and Bath & North East Somerset Council have completed remedial work to Charlton Road, Keynsham, using innovative ‘in-situ’ recycling. This is a method of reconstruction which takes place entirely on-site, eliminating wastage and reducing carbon emissions. Working with specialist contractor, SPL, the team used their latest recycling plant to first pulverise the existing carriageway […]
Amey partners with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to boost employment prospects for young offenders
Amey has partnered with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) charity to launch a transformative programme aimed at enhancing employment prospects for young offenders post-release. Young people in prison, are one of society’s most marginalised groups often with limited means to improve their circumstances. There are currently over 44,000 young people involved in the UK […]
SRL introduces new SolarLight semi-permanent traffic lights
SRL have launched SolarLight, the semi-permanent traffic light that removes the requirement for battery exchanges. SolarLight, says the company, is revolutionary and provides the perfect ‘fit and forget’ solution for any traffic management projects. Dual-aspect solar panels offer an impressive run time of up to 365-days a year helping to deliver a vast reduction in carbon […]
Octavius awarded new £27m Link Road for Essex County Council
Octavius has been awarded the first phase of the new A1331 near Colchester to the east of the University of Essex. The project will provide a 1.8km dual carriageway road between a new roundabout on the A133 and the new ‘Allen’s Farm Roundabout’ to the north. The project provides the initial infrastructure for the planned […]
New Subaru models to feature what3words
Subaru has partnered with what3words so drivers can easily navigate to any precise 10ft x 10ft (or 3 metre) location in the world using just three words. For example, an adventurous Subaru driver in the US might enter ///costumes.plotted.notepad to navigate to the precise 10ft (3m) square in the Grand Canyon with the best view […]
