Intertraffic Amsterdam and SWARCO supporting start-ups
The huge Intertraffic event for highways and transport professionals in Amsterdam this April will be promoting industry start-ups, thanks to the support of one of the continent’s biggest multinational traffic firms, SWARCO. ITSUP is the exclusive platform for start-up exposure at Intertraffic Amsterdam, described by the organisers as tailor-made for startups to showcase their solutions […]
Bus Users UK launches its 2024 Manifesto
The body supporting bus passengers in the UK is calling for communities to be at the heart of transport planning with long-term, fully funded support for public, shared and active travel. It says, with the latest figures from the Department for Transport showing a mixed picture for UK bus services with bus mileage down and […]
JCT offers cut-price Symposium places to Early Careers Professionals
The organisers of the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium are offering people new to the industry heavily discounted tickets to the event in September. The Symposium shares best practice in the signals industry through a programme of learned papers covering a range of topics including road safety, traffic management research, asset management and on-street intelligence, […]
Clearview webinar explains active travel solutions
The highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence is helping local authorities and their advisers understand ways of supporting the drive to active travel commuting by hosting a webinar on the subject this Thursday (15 February). The event, hosted by Head of Technical Sales Peter Cattell, will discuss how Clearview Intelligence can provide active travel behaviour […]
Research suggests hazard training for mobility scooter users “virtually non-existent”
The largest ever study of more than 250 motorised mobility scooter users by Nottingham Trent University is highlighting and identifying a core set of real-world hazards encountered by users and the strategies that users of all experience levels utilise to make their experience safer. Of those questioned, around 62% had not received any form of […]
Campaigners use Super Bowl to target Tesla for second year in a row
Two TV adverts broadcast during the Super Bowl in the US on Sunday have targetted Tesla’s self-driving technology, urging viewers to boycott the company and claiming that its vehicles are unsafe. The website The Hill reports the Dawn Project’s ads follow a 2023 Super Bowl ad campaign that featured what it claimed was an Autopilot-driven […]
National Highways publicises effect litter has on wildlife
National Highways and partners have teamed up in a new campaign to urge road users: ‘Lend a paw – bin your litter’ as the RSPCA reveals it has received over 10,000 reports of animals found injured, trapped or dead from discarded litter in last three years – numbering nearly ten per day. The government-owned company […]
Aberdeen starts LEZ sign installation
Signs are about to go up warning of a new low emission zone in Aberdeen city centre. As part of a Scotland-wide programme, LEZs are being introduced in Scotland’s four biggest cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The councils say the objective of introducing these LEZs is to tackle air pollution in city centres, mainly […]
Bridge demolition completed ahead of schedule
The M42 near Birmingham has needed to be closed for less time than expected during the demolition of a damaged bridge. The structure between junctions 7 (M6 J4) and 6 (Birmingham NEC and Birmingham Airport) was removed by contractors in a 52 hour operation after being struck twice in one week by lorries using the […]
Transport becomes cabinet post in Scotland
Scotland’s First Minister has elevated transport minister Fiona Hyslop to a full cabinet member, as the previous cabinet minister for the sector, Mairi McAllan concentrates on Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy. The reshuffle took place after the resignations of Elena Whithamin and Michael Matheson from the cabinet last week. Ms Whithamin stepped down for […]