From garage prototype to global ambition: Westcotec celebrates turning 25
The Managing Director of intelligent transport systems specialist Westcotec has paid tribute to how it improves the lives of its employees and saves the lives of road users, as the company celebrates its 25th birthday. At a special lunch at Norwich City’s Carrow Road football ground in Westcotec’s home county of Norfolk, Chris Spinks also […]
More women, better performance: The communication shift in bus operations on today’s Highways Voices
Today on Highways Voices we find out how improving performance in an industry can come down to an overlooked skill – communication. For decision makers in highways and transport operations, maintaining reliable, customer-focused services while hitting performance targets is a constant challenge. Subscribe to Highways Voices on your favourite podcast platform and never miss an […]
National Highways launches free life-saving training for commercial vehicle drivers
National Highways is calling on companies who operate commercial vehicle fleets to integrate new training for their drivers to help save lives its roads. The online training, which is free and takes less than an hour to complete, has been developed with medical trauma specialists and aims to help commercial drivers act in the critical […]
Europe’s connected road future up for debate on busy UK Pavilion
A high-level panel discussion about the future of connected vehicle services across Europe will take centre stage on the UK Pavilion at next week’s ITS European Congress, alongside the showcasing of leading British SMEs and the promotion of next year’s ITS World Congress at Birmingham’s NEC. The Transport Technology Forum is delivering the Pavilion, as […]
RSTA Annual Conference 2026 – report
Helen Blood of Boundary Marketing and PR writes for Highways News: The RSTA Annual Conference 2026 returned to The Belfry in the new Masters Suite. While the golf and the spectacular venue drew excitement, the real draw was a revamped programme, extended into the afternoon, with a stronger focus on sector challenges. New Chair Sasho […]
Eastern English Councils’ pothole compensation tops £2m
New research from the BBC has found councils across the East of England have had to pay out more than £2 million settling claims for pothole damage on vehicles over the past five years. The research, published on the BBC website found Essex, which has nearly 5,000 miles of roads, had the highest number of […]
Skills shift rethink drives surge in women bus controllers
A bus company’s rethink of recruitment strategy has led to a fourfold increase in female controllers – rising from 5% to 20% – by targeting candidates with strong communication skills rather than traditional bus industry experience, reflecting wider industry efforts supported by the organisation Women in Bus and Coach. Arriva’s Purley Way control centre Route […]
A40 Westway reopens to traffic
Transport for London has announced repair work to the A40 Westway in both directions between the Westway roundabout and the Marylebone flyover will be completed today (21 April), allowing the structure to be reopened to all traffic overnight. The A40 Westway is one of the busiest strategic routes on TfL’s road network, used by up to […]
Catch up on TTF Live! – Full conference recordings now streaming
Recordings of all the papers, speeches and panel sessions from last month’s Department for Transport-led Transport Technology Forum Conference are now available on the organisation’s YouTube channel. Watch all the recordings here and a highlights video here. TTF Live! focussed on DfT’s forthcoming Connected Vehicle Services Framework and also featured the latest connected vehicle technology […]
“Tipping point” ahead: Collins sees Sussex trial driving UK AI camera expansion
The UK manager of road safety technology company Acusensus, Geoff Collins says he hopes a trial of AI-powered enforcement cameras in the “back yard” of the UK’s lead for Road Policing will result in a step-change to the take-up of anti-distracted driving technology. The Australian company’s ‘Heads-Up’ system is being used in the Sussex Police […]