Lights out! Clearview SolarLite road studs prove to be a safe carbon-cutting replacement to streetlighting
A new report into decarbonisation of street lighting has detailed how millions of pounds a year and hundreds of thousands of tons of CO2 could be saved by replacing them with solar road studs or reflective markings, without any negative effect on road safety. The East Riding of Yorkshire’s “Right Lighting, Right Place, Right Time” […]
Last chance to book places for JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
The organisers of the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium are giving industry experts one last chance to book their place to be involved in the event in Leeds next week. This Symposium takes place at the Royal Armouries Conference Centre from 23-25 September, and includes two days of academic presentations and speeches, including a keynote […]
M60 Simister Island improvements get the go-ahead
National Highways has been given the go-ahead to make changes to the M60 Junction 18 Simister Island Interchange after the Department for Transport approved the Development Consent Order (DCO) for the scheme. This approval grants planning permission to move forward with work that will deliver smoother, safer and more reliable journeys on the motorways in […]
M4 to shut for three days next month
National Highways has announced the closure of the M4 in both directions between junction 18 (Bath) and junction 19 (M32) from 7pm Friday 10 to 6am Monday 13 October. It’s to enable the lifting of eight steel beams into place for the new A432 Badminton Road Bridge. This key scheme milestone will be the last […]
From bad habits to safer roads: Acusensus AI delivers real behaviour change
“When you drive, you hope others on the road are as switched on and as law-abiding as you are – the latest statistics show we’re helping to make that hope a reality.” So says Geoff Collins, UK General Manager of road safety technology company Acusensus, after latest analysis of installations of its AI cameras across […]
Pothole Prevention Week: RSTA and RAC discuss prevention on this week’s Highways Voices
How much longer can our industry afford to keep filling potholes instead of preventing them in the first place? In our latest Highways Voices we discuss the situation that is drivers the most – the poor condition of our roads. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! During […]
New Leadership at ITS UK as Catherine Whitfield elected Chair
The industry association for transport technology, Intelligent Transport Systems UK. has announced the election of Catherine Whitfield of Mott MacDonald as its new Chair, and Caroline Hildreth of Netcompany, as its Vice Chair. Both have previously served on the Board for a number of years, as Vice Chair and Finance Lead respectively. The appointments follow […]
Bookings open for TTF’s Autumn Update 2025
The Transport Technology Forum has opened bookings for its annual Autumn Update conference, taking place on Thursday 6 November in Birmingham. The one-day meeting returns to the IET at Austin Court for the third year running. It gives local authorities and the supply chain the chance to spend the day in the same room as […]
Landmark study confirms bookable Virtual Loading Bays cut congestion, boost safety and clean up city air
The CEO of kerbside management technology company Grid Smarter Cities says a major study into the concept of bookable loading bays proves that they are a “proven tool” to deliver more efficient, greener and safer deliveries on the high street. Neil Herron was reacting to the Cross River Partnership’s report SGL Unpacked: Kerbside Management Trial […]
SWARCO to split global business in two
The Executive Board of the traffic technology group SWARCO has announced it’s begun the process to prepare to turn the company into two business units, RMS (Road Marking Systems) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), with the potential for the ITS part of the business to be sold off. In a statement issued from its HQ […]