Rygor Group invests in wildflower planting of local areas
Team members at multi-franchise automotive company, Rygor Group Ltd, donned appropriate footwear to plant the first of five hectares of wildflower meadows, in partnership with wildlife charity, GreenTheUK. Planting has taken place close to five of Rygor’s sites, and the first area supported by the Group was located at Long Lane Recreation Ground, Stanwell – […]
Just Stop Oil leader jailed after M25 protest
JUST Stop Oil ‘mastermind’ Roger Hallam and four others have received a total of 21 years behind bars after The Sun newspaper covertly exposed their plot to block motorways, with Hallam, 58, receiving a sentence of 5 years. Hallam, Daniel Shaw, 38, Louise Lancaster, 58, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, 35, and Cressida Gethin, 22, bought […]
No more M25 closures until 2025, says National Highways
National Highways have thanked drivers who changed their plans and took advice to avoid the Wisley to Chertsey stretch of the M25 last weekend while it was closed. As a result, a critical piece of bridge installation was completed and significant progress was made with junction 10 improvements. The organisation has also announced that there […]
JCB: New trailer-towing legislation explained
Towing is hugely beneficial for construction workers – you might need to move items around on-site, or transport different attachments or independently operated equipment like a generator. Up to now, it’s been illegal for plant machinery operators to tow on UK roads. But as of July 2024, a deviation to towing trailers for engineering plant […]
Q-Free releases new Kinetic Mobility Module: Kinetic Travel Time
Q-Free have released the latest module for the company’s comprehensive advanced traffic management system, Kinetic® Mobility. The new module, Kinetic Travel Time, provides traffic managers with highly accurate corridor travel times that can be used for a wide variety of applications, including congestion management and historical speed analysis. Equally vital, the module pairs with the […]
Flow Labs announces new data partnership with Geotab ITS
Flow Labs, a transportation software technology company specialising in AI that makes roads cleaner, clearer, and safer, has anounced a new partnership with Geotab Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), a Geotab business unit providing governments and organisations with actionable, real-world insights to improve their transportation networks. The collaboration will build upon Flow Labs’ already extensive data […]
August date set for ITS UK Enforcement Forum
ITS UK has announced that its next Enforcement Forum session will take place on Tuesday 6 August from 2-3pm. The online session will offer attendees the chance to hear an update from Home Office officials regarding the Government’s review of the Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process for enforcement technology. In January, following an advocacy campaign by industry to reform the […]
VolkerHighways completes Horsefair Tunnel lighting scheme
Working in partnership with the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, VolkerHighways hascompleted a major street lighting upgrade scheme along the 80-metre-long dualcarriageway Horsefair Tunnel. The project, which was completed two weeks ahead of schedule, has involved removing theexisting aged lighting and replacing with LED future-proofed lighting, with a 40-year lifeexpectancy. Following structural inspections carried […]
ITS UK and Crown Commercial Service announce collaboration to support transport technology procurement
ITS UK and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office and the UK’s biggest public procurement organisation, have agreed to collaborate to support the transport technology sector and help achieve the best commercial deals for the public sector. CCS is currently undertaking a review of the transport technology market sector, the aim […]
Energy giants launch Electrify Britain to drive down UK’s bills and emissions
EDF and Octopus Energy, two of the UK’s largest energy providers, have joined forces to launch Electrify Britain, a pioneering campaign organisation dedicated to significantly reducing energy bills, reducing climate emissions and driving economic growth through replacing gas, diesel and petrol with widespread electrification. Electrifying Britain’s home heating, transport and local communities presents a golden opportunity […]
