Solar Signals go ten months without battery change
It’s been announced a pair of portable traffic signals has gone ten months without a battery charge. Mervyn Lambert Plant supplied the solar-powered Nissen LZA 550 signals to Intelligent Traffic Systems Ltd who hired them to TMO Highways. The company says the signals have been on continuous hire and use in Norfolk since 13 February […]
Unprecedented response to Plan for Drivers traffic signals funding challenge process
The Transport Technology Forum has revealed that more than 97% of authorities who could apply for a share of £40 million of new money to make traffic signals more efficient put in a bid for funding. As part of the Department for Transport’s Plan for Drivers, announced by Secretary of State Mark Harper last October, […]
Engineers “considering all possible solutions” to deal with frequently-damaged bridge
Drivers are being advised to leave extra time for their journeys on the M42 near Birmingham after a bridge straddling the motorway was damaged in two separate collisions. The bridge between junctions 7 and 6 has been hit nearly 20 times in the last ten years. Only two lanes are running underneath it, with the […]
Amey reappointed National Highways Digital Lab partner
Amey has been reappointed as a delivery partner to National Highway’s Digital Lab following the delivery of around £30 million savings over three years. Since 2020, Amey has been supporting National Highways on its digital transformation by accelerating data-driven approaches across all directorates. It explains that, central to the partnership is the development of internal […]
Essential roadworks announced for A55 in North Wales
Traffic Wales has announced major road works and lane closures will begin on the A55 between junction 36 at the Warren Interchange and the Wales/England border at the end of January and continue until the end March. The works to repair the underlying concrete bays and resurfacing of the road will begin on the eastbound […]
Car hire company SIXT buying 250,000 connected cars
Mobility service provider SIXT and carmaker Stellantis have come to a multi-billion euro agreement under which SIXT could buy up to 250,000 vehicles for its rental fleet in its corporate countries across Europe and North America over the next three years. They say first significant delivery volumes will take place as early as the first […]
Connected car sales continue to grow around the world
Global connected car sales grew 28% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Global Connected Car Sales Tracker. It says every two out of three cars sold in during the quarter had embedded connectivity in them. China led with around 33% share in global connected car sales, followed by the […]
Novuna tasked with delivering hydrogen hub for HGVs
One of the UK’s largest fleet leasing providers and advocate for zero-emission vehicles, Novuna Vehicle Solutions, has been awarded funding of more than £2.1 million as part of the Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem (HYVE) Consortium, which will showcase the first large-scale deployment of fuel cell electric HGVs in the UK. The £7 million project, […]
Essex Police target middle lane hoggers
Essex Police’s roads unit has pulled over people driving in the middle lane of motorways when there is nothing in the inside lane, sending them on educational courses. The force has tweeted that for those who reacted to a headlight flash reminder and moved over it was left at that, “however some then moved straight […]
Truvelo awarded UK SafeContractor accreditation
Road safety systems company Truvelo UK has received re-accreditation of its SafeContractor status. This follows an external audit of all aspects of the company’s operations. “SafeContractor has become a must-have for organisations that operate in the environments that we do,” says Paul Barnett, Installations Manager. “Being a part of it means several things. It means […]