An uphill battle: How AI-powered infrastructure inspections for local authorities can change the game
Oxford-based AI specialists Mind Foundry have written a thought piece aboutAI-powered infrastructure inspections for local authorities and how they can use the power of artificial intelligence to build a comprehensive view of a structure’s health. There are approximately 246,000 miles of road and 80,904 bridges in the UK, and each of these individual assets requires monitoring, maintenance, and management […]
Report names UK cities most ready for driverless taxis – and London isn’t in the top 30
Following the news that Waymo is set to launch its autonomous taxi service in London next year, making it the first European city to do so, new analysis just published doesn’t even place it in the top 10 cities for driverless readiness, with Hull, Southend-on-Sea and Leicester taking the top three places. London is a […]
Guernsey: Penalty points and speed cameras suggested in report
Measures to reduce speeding in the Channel Islands, including penalty points for offenders and speed cameras, have been suggested in a new report. The Guernsey Press has reported that although the report from Aecom was completed in October last year it has only just come to light following a Freedom of Information request to the […]
Staffordshire: Major improvements under way for A515 Lichfield Road
A £110,000 scheme to improve a major route in Lichfield is now under way. Highways crews from Staffordshire County Council are carrying out essential carriageway reconstruction works on the A515 Lichfield Road, Kings Bromley, from Cherry Lodge to the junction of the A513 Alrewas Road, including a section at the Crawley Lane junction. The works […]
MPs to examine how to strengthen skills in UK’s transport manufacturing sectors
The Transport Committee is holding the first session of its new inquiry into the capability of the workforce in Britain’s transport manufacturing sectors, and the skills needed to help them thrive. The evidence session takes place tomorrow morning from 09:15 and can be watched live on Parliament TV. The Committee has also published written evidence submissions it received […]
Staffordshire: Drivers demand action over A500 blackspot
Safety measures are set to be rolled out at a North Staffordshire accident blackspot as highways officials investigate an ‘unexpected’ increase in collisions. The junction between the A500 and Alsager Road, near Audley, has seen a spate of accidents in the last few weeks, most recently on 8 October when a car and a van […]
The justice system’s response to fatal road crashes is failing bereaved families, says Parliamentary report
A new joint report published today by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Transport Safety (APPGTS) warns that the justice system’s response to fatal road crashes is failing bereaved families and outlines some key recommendations aimed at improving outcomes and road safety. The report comes as […]
TRL’s Route to the NEC: a four-way transport challenge
The TRL team don’t just offer transport research, innovation, software, and highway products and services, they live and breathe them! In the run-up to Highways UK, the UK’s premier highways event at The NEC in Birmingham, four TRL team members, Shaun Helman, Jill Weekley, Ianto Guy, and George Beard, put the nation’s transport networks to […]
M5 flooding: £6m motorway roadworks set to begin
The Somerset section of the M5 is facing four months of roadworks in a near-£6m project to improve drainage and combat the motorway’s consistent flooding issues. For the majority of the works, three narrow lanes of the motorway will stay open in each direction near junction 26 for Wellington, says the BBC. Some overnight closures […]
Highways milestone for Essex approved by County Council Cabinet
A key milestone in the process of continuing to improve the county’s road network has been given the green light by Essex County Council’s Cabinet. The decision, which is subject to call-in, means a tender will be published later this autumn enabling interested suppliers to submit their bids to be responsible for the maintenance and repair […]