Council grants help Cardiff taxi drivers to cut emissions
A Cardiff Council scheme has provided more than £200,000 of grants to enable the city’s taxi drivers to upgrade to more fuel efficient or fully electric vehicles. Every year the average full-time taxi driver in the UK clocks up anything from 25,000 to 45,000 miles of driving- significantly more than the approximately 7,500 miles2the average […]
TfL trials mobile charging with electric construction vehicles
TfL is working with the construction industry on a pioneering new trial of zero emission construction vehicles, which involves a UK first method of mobile recharging. TfL and FM Conway (FMC) have partnered with Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and SMT to deliver the trial, with an electric excavator and wheel loader replacing equipment traditionally […]
Rachael Quinn to support ITS UK as Industry & Strategy Advisor
ITS UK, the industry association for transport technology, has announced today the appointment of Rachael Quinn as its independent Industry & Strategy Advisor. Having recently set up her consultancy Oppy AI, Rachael will join the ITS UK team in February, working to support the industry association’s membership, forum programme, events activity and policy development. Rachael […]
President Trump declares NYC congestion pricing dead
President Donald Trump’s administration revoked federal approval for congestion pricing on Wednesday, taking a first step toward fulfilling his campaign promise to kill the tolls that charge drivers a $9 daytime fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” […]
ERTICO and ITS Germany sign AI MoU
ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS Germany e.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange on AI policy developments, research and deployment, laying the foundations for the use of AI in mobility management systems. The partnership will aim to expand existing applications and support the development of new solutions aligned with European […]
Brighton & Hove City Council drops zero-emission bus service
Brighton & Hove City Council has ditched The Big Lemon’s electric buses for a diesel fleet on its supported bus services for the next four years. The Big Lemon, a community interest company which has operated zero-emissions electric buses powered by renewable energy on routes 16, 47 and 52 on behalf of Brighton & Hove […]
Burton’s £1.5 million resurfacing scheme is complete
A £1.5 million highways improvement scheme to reconstruct Horninglow Road North in Burton has been completed. Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews have spent the last two weeks resurfacing the A511 Horninglow Road North, from the junction of Farm Road to Tutbury Road. This scheme also included the full resurfacing of both the Field Lane and […]
Peterborough: A14 junctions 16 to 17 drainage work set to begin
Due to flooding issues, National Highways will be installing new drains on the A14 near Spaldwick and Bythorn near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. This will help better disperse surface water, and reduce future flooding. Road closures will be necessary in order to do the work safely and more details will be provided shortly. The A14 will […]
GRAHAM awarded A320 North of Woking infrastructure scheme
GRAHAM has been awarded the contract by Surrey County Council (SCC) to deliver critical improvements to the A320 north of Woking, a key infrastructure project funded through Homes England’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. The contract has been awarded under the GEN 5 Southern Highways and Civils Framework. The scheme aims to increase capacity and improve traffic […]
Women In ITS Forum celebrates International Women’s Day
ITS UK is hosting an online forum via Teams on 11 March at 09.00am (GMT) for the Women in ITS annual celebration of International Women’s Day 2025. This Women in ITS webinar will be exploring some key themes including diversity within the ITS sector, how the sector is growing to enhance female leadership and how […]