At your service: Moto appoints new Chief Operating Officer
Motorway Services operator Moto has announced the appointment of Noel Collett as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting to Ken McMeikan, Chief Executive Officer. Collett joins the Moto Operating Board on 29 September with over 30 years of Retail and Hospitality experience, most recently as Chief Operating Officer (UK & Ireland) at SPP Group PLC. Moto’s […]
WorldDAB releases updated guidelines to enhance in-car digital radio user experience
WorldDAB, the global industry forum for DAB+ digital radio, has published updated guidelines for automotive manufacturers and broadcasters, aimed at ensuring the best possible in-car digital radio user experience (UX). The new version builds on extensive research and collaboration across the digital radio ecosystem. Produced by WorldDAB’s In-car User Experience Group, the guidelines provide essential […]
Worthing town centre heat pump roadworks only “16% complete”
The developer responsible for the controversial Worthing Heat Network in West Sussex has explained the next stage of its work. This comes after photographs taken on Worthing High Street over the bank holiday weekend showed heavy traffic in the area, whilst roadworks take place, says Sussex World, “Our current works near the High Street roundabout […]
Ewood residents say ‘shambolic’ roadworks have left them unable to get to work
Residents and small business owners in an area of Lancashire have branded a council’s decision to carry out several roadwork schemes at the same time “shambolic”. Earlier this month temporary traffic lights were installed at Ewood, where the pavements are being widened as part of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s ‘active travel’ scheme – causing tailbacks right […]
Glasgow: M8 repairs to last for another two years
The major roadworks on the M8 motorway in Glasgow city centre are set to last for another two years, it has been announced. Temporary repairs to the Woodside Viaduct, near Charing Cross, have already been taking place for more than four years, says the BBC. The works have led to the busy motorway – used […]
Godstone sinkhole: Residents facing six months of additional road works
Residents of a Surrey village that has been divided in two for the last seven months by a sinkhole have described the decision to carry out a further six months of roadworks as “devastating”. Two sections of the A25/High Street in Godstone caved in back in February, leading to property evacuations, business closures and significant […]
Cornwall to develop electric vehicle infrastructure contract
Cornwall Council is conducting a soft market test to inform the development of a 15-year initial term concession contract (with an option to extend by one further year) for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI), part-funded by the Government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund. The LEVI fund is a UK government initiative designed to support local […]
Georgia On My Mind: ITS World Congress 2025 wrapped up
Another ITS World Congress has come and gone. No sooner had the doors opened to the latest developments in the ITS world than the teamsters were running around the exhibit floor pulling up the carpet and men in cherry pickers were removing the plethora of signage. Highways News was in Atlanta, Georgia for the duration […]
Greater Manchester set for £6m tram and train expansion
Transport leaders in Greater Manchester have confirmed a pipeline of future ‘rapid transit’ schemes, with funding signed off by the Bee Network Committee and the plans discussed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Launched as part of the Greater Manchester Strategy in July, the Mayor and local council leaders pledged for 90% of people in […]
Coventry University to research self-driving shuttle safety
A team of researchers at Coventry University are to look into how self-driving shuttles can be safely operate in busy urban areas. The research follows the success of the Solihull and Coventry Automated Links Evolution (SCALE) project. This sees three vehicles transporting passengers across the National Exhibition Centre campus during major events, says the BBC. […]