Edinburgh councillor hails new pavement parking ban
The head of transport in Edinburgh has hailed the city’s new rules banning parking on pavements as “leading the way” on enforcing the Scotland-wide prohibition. Scottish regulations giving councils the power to enforce the new rules came into effect on 11 December, aimed at addressing “the inconvenience inconsiderate parking causes to all road users, in […]
American driverless test bed trials remotely operated vehicles
From more than 200 miles away, Purdue University researchers have been able to test their autonomous vehicle technology using the University of Michigan’s real-world test track in Ann Arbor, and challenge it using both real and virtual cars and pedestrians. This first remote use of the Mcity Test Facility came 14 months after U-M announced […]
Acusensus moves to next phase of its mission to improve UK road safety with new staff appointment
The Australian AI road safety company Acusensus has continued its expansion in the UK by recruiting Adam Dallimore as its new Operations and Support Manager. He joins UK traffic enforcement technology expert Geoff Collins, who set up the British operation in 2022. Adam Dallimore has more than 14 years’ experience in working with roadside monitoring […]
Nota AI hails “unique” collaboration with City Science
The South Korean traffic solutions company Nota AI says its research collaboration with UK-based decarbonisation-focussed consultancy City Science is going to allow the industry to more accurately understand the context of traffic flow and provide meaningful information. The two companies are working together to develop “Beyond Smart Junctions”, a next-generation ITS project funded by Innovate […]
Kiely Group take the surface preservation discussion to Parliament
The largest privately-owned road surface maintenance company in the UK, Kiely Group, has held a drop-in session in Parliament to give MPs and Peers the opportunity to informally discuss the critical issues surrounding potholes and the solutions available to prevent them. The session was hosted by Sir Christopher Chope MP, former Chair of the All […]
Edinburgh Council to consult on tram extension
A public consultation is expected to be carried out to inform the Strategic Business Case for a tram route from Granton to Edinburgh’s BioQuarter and beyond. On Thursday (1 February), the city’s Transport and Environment Committee will hear about a recommended north – south tram line, which would extend the existing network between the Airport […]
National Highways to hand old A14 to Cambridgeshire County Council
The old stretch of the A14 between Swavesey and Huntingdon will be officially handed over from National Highways to Cambridgeshire County Council next week. From Thursday, 8 February, the transfer process will be complete, and the county council will be officially responsible for maintaining this section of the highway. This will include any maintenance such […]
Harrow spending £241K on pothole repairs
Harrow Council’s cabinet has approved £241,000 funding for a new programme for pothole repairs. A new “pothole squad” will be assembled to ‘find and fix’ potholes quickly and it’s bought new machines to save money and fix more potholes in a day. More than 1,500 potholes were repaired in the London Borough in the last […]
Frequently-hit motorway bridge to be demolished
A bridge over the M42 which was hit twice in one week, and nearly 20 times in ten years, will be demolished. The structure between junctions 7 (M6 Junction 4) and 6 (Birmingham Airport) was struck by two lorries using the motorway below earlier this month. Since then the southbound carriageway has been reduced to […]
Safety checks on electric buses after third fire in a month
Bus operator Go-Ahead is checking around 380 electric buses after one was involved in a fire in south-west London. The BBC reports the bus caught fire at Putney bus garage on Wednesday morning. No-one was injured and the cause is being investigated. A letter to staff from Go-Ahead says a “precautionary” check of about 380 […]