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 […]
Huge step forward on new walking and cycling bridge for Nottingham
Nottingham City Council have entered into a £12.6m delivery contract with Balfour Beatty to deliver the city’s new 85 metre long walking and cycling bridge over the River Trent. Balfour Beatty have a proven track record of delivering high-profile infrastructure projects, and it is expected that over 100 people will be employed during the project […]
Moray Council pushes for fully dualled A96 in response to Transport Scotland review
Moray Council has responded to the A96 Corridor Review with a reiteration of its support for full dualling of the route from Inverness to Aberdeen. Following discussion at a full council meeting on Wednesday 19 January 2025, elected members approved a response to be submitted to the Transport Scotland consultation that runs until 21 February. In its […]
American firm finds new way to analyse traffic danger spots
Florida-based Urban SDK has released a new “Collision Index” designed to give police, public works and road planners better data about where accidents happen and how to fix those problems. Described as the “latest data layer” for the company’s platform, the index helps local officials monitor roads and locate the “most dangerous locations,” according to a […]
Renault offers EV fire safety system to global car sector
Renault Group has decided to make its Fireman Access patents freely available to the entire automotive industry. Car manufacturers and parts suppliers can now obtain a free licence for this innovation through the open collaborative platform at www.renault.fr/universalpatent. In return, as part of this collaborative principle, licensees agree that any upgrades will be made available to other members […]
TRL recognised as a Rising Star in Global Road Safety
TRL is proud to announce its recognition as a Rising Star in the iRAP Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy, alongside the Himachal Pradesh Roads Infrastructure Development Corporation (HPRIDCL). This accolade was presented at the 2025 Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Marrakech, celebrating outstanding efforts to eliminate high-risk roads worldwide. The award acknowledges TRL’s collaboration […]
A52 improvements: Meet the team
Local residents and road users are being invited to meet the team behind a scheme to build a cycleway and make road improvements on the A52 Derby Road in Nottingham. National Highways is carrying out the work between Priory roundabout and the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) roundabout. The new cycleway and pedestrian footpath, which is […]
Seven nights of road closures on the A82
BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is set to carry out essential resurfacing works on the A82 near Inchree for seven nights in March. The surfacing improvements will make the road more durable and resilient against inclement weather, providing a safer and smoother road for users. These works are necessary to address deteriorating conditions […]
Landslip on Welsh border ‘celebrates’ fifth birthday
Work to repair a key road on the Welsh border may finally be carried out this summer – five years after it partially collapsed. The A490 between Chirbury and Churchstoke was damaged by heavy rainfall in February 2020, with temporary lights and concrete safety barriers being installed so the road could remain open in both […]
DAB+ Automatic Safety Alerts to premiere in Asia at ABU DBS 2025
A first look at the life-saving Automatic Safety Alert (ASA) system on DAB+ will be available to delegates atthis year’s Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Digital Broadcasting Symposium (DBS), held from 24-27February in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event is the premier technical symposium in the APAC regionfocussing on the broadcasting industry. During the conference, delegates from […]