ITS UK Awards 2024: Deadline extended!
There’s some good news if you ran out of time to submit your entry for the leading celebration of the intelligent transport sector – the deadline has been extended by a further week. The ITS UK Awards showcase the innovation, expertise and dynamism of organisations, projects and individuals across the industry. There are 17 categories covering everything […]
Tees Valley Combined Authority select Yunex Traffic’s FUSION adaptive control solution
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) has become the latest UK authority to select FUSION, Yunex Traffic’s innovative multimodal adaptive traffic control solution. This network-wide roll out across the whole of TVCA will bring the very latest adaptive control technology to Middlesbrough, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland. Representing the next key stage in TVCA’s Digital […]
National Highways stalwart set to retire after 20 years of service
After 20 years at National Highways, Birmingham-based asset manager Frank Bird is heading into well-earned retirement. After playing a major role in keeping our roads safe, Frank was awarded an MBE in July’s King’s Birthday Honours List. The 65-year old has made significant contributions it the agency’s operations including the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the 2012 […]
National Highways urged to act over weekly A1 crashes
National Highways has been urged to “pull their finger out” by Lincolnshire County Council’s executive member for highways over an increasing number of serious accidents on the A1 between Grantham and Stamford. Richard Davies described the situation as an ‘absolute disgrace’ after the rising number of weekly accidents and delays, says Lincs Online. He expressed frustration, arguing […]
Key milestones achieved in Gothenburg Congestion Charging project
Kapsch TrafficCom has successfully implemented the first phase of the Gothenburg Multi-Lane Free-Flow (MLFF) system. In terms of tolling stations and charging points, it ranks among the biggest urban congestion charging projects in the world. In total, 50 tolling stations and 91 charging points, each with its own gantry including cameras and othertechnical equipment, are […]
Sat navs: Coroner issues stark warning after two die in wrong-way crash
A double fatal crash caused by incorrect audio directions from a sat-nav has prompted a coroner to warn tech companies of the risk of future deaths. Tracey Haybittle, 58, and Amal Mohamed Ahmed, 38, both died after a head-on collision when Ms Ahmed drove the wrong way down a slip road onto the A5 near […]
National Crime Agency investigating TfL cyber attack
TfL has engaged the National Crime Agency in order to deal with a suspected cyber attack and assess the level of damage the breach may have caused. Shashi Verma, TfL’s Chief Technology Officer, explained that early indications suggested that customer data had not been compromised. “We have introduced a number of measures to our internal systems to […]
Driver assistance systems doing more for safety than self-driving tech, say experts
A survey has rev that experts believe that the solution to improving road safety already exists in advanced driver assistance systems, such as automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assistance, and blind spot monitoring, and not necessarily in self-driving technology. Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) supports the assertion. Its recent study shows that crashes […]
US DoT issues V2X deployment roadmap
The US DoT has released a national deployment plan for the further implementation of V2X technology in the hopes of improving road safety. V2X (vehicle-to-everything) enables vehicles talk to each other, warning when there’s a risk of collision. “V2X can prioritize emergency vehicles,” says Sarah Kaufman, the director of NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation. “For example, a traffic […]
Commsignia and Bosch team up to improve safety for vulnerable road users
Commsignia and Bosch have joined forces to combine their technical expertise to offer new solutions for the safety of vulnerable road users. This collaboration integrates Bosch cameras with built-in AI-driven video analytics and Commsignia’s V2X communication hardware and data management software to create a digital twin for traffic, adding cutting-edge capabilities to intelligent transport systems. […]