First Bus partners on suicide prevention
New research has found people at risk of suicide are increasingly using buses to travel to the place they plan to take their lives to avoid being detected by emergency services. This study coincides with Bristol-based Suicide Prevention UK teaming up with bus company with First West of England in what is thought to be […]
TTF EV Charging Infrastructure Working Group details solutions to kerbside implementation
The Transport Technology Forum’s Working Group concentrating on Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) delivered by local authorities is holding a face-to-face meeting next month to hear about practical solutions for implementing chargers on the kerbside. The event in Bolton on 21 February is designed to share best practice among stakeholders who are interested in the […]
Lower Thames Crossing planning application becomes the UK’s longest ever
The planning application for the £10 billion Lower Thames Crossing has become Britain’s biggest ever, with documents totalling more than 359,000 pages. It’s been revealed the paperwork for the project to relieve traffic on the M25 at Dartford, if laid end to end, would run nearly five times as long as the road itself. The […]
National Highways asks drivers to give gritters space and time
Motorists are being urged to give gritters time and space to treat roads through the winter, as National Highways reveals five of its vehicles were struck by other vehicles while they were out and about spreading salt last winter. It says that compares to just one incident the year before and left each of the […]
New partnership launched to promote safety and efficiency of plant crossings
Mobile Intelligent Transport Systems supplier SRL Traffic Systems has established an exclusive hire partnership with the UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of security gates, CLD Physical Security Systems, in a deal it says gives traffic managers of longer-term projects access to a pioneering haul route solution that promotes the safe and efficient plant crossing of […]
Groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of £22.68m Aurs Road transformation
Construction work to transform a road in East Renfrewshire is underway, with the road now closed for 12 months until December 2024. The groundbreaking ceremony at Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns took place on 12January 2024, with East Renfrewshire Council Leader Owen O’Donnell meeting with civil engineering experts GRAHAM who have been appointed […]
TfL appoints Mercedes-Benz and Sopra Steria to co-develop transport solutions
Transport for London has announced that Mercedes-Benz AG and Sopra Steria have been successfully appointed as partners on its new Innovation Collaboration Framework. The four-year framework will look to directly address key transport challenges such as achieving sustainability, making public transport safer and helping services become more efficient and reliable. Mercedes-Benz AG is one of […]
ITS UK welcomes Call for Evidence on HOTA approval process for enforcement technology
The Government has launched a Call for Evidence on Home Office Type Approval (HOTA), the process by which enforcement technology is approved to ensure that evidence from devices can be admissible in UK courts without eye-witness corroboration. Industry body ITS UK says the Call for Evidence is a “significant win” for its “Let’s Get HOTA […]
Government plans digital Traffic Regulation Orders
The Roads Minister Guy Opperman has announced plans to make all Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) digital. The measures such as temporary speed limits or road closures have, until now, not automatically updated on digital systems, meaning they are sometimes missing from satnav systems. The Government will now mandate that valuable data, such as the location […]
TRL explains SRN asset management
TRL Software is hosting the latest in its series of informative webinars on 7 February, as it explains insights into the management of the road assets on England’s Strategic Road Network. England’s Strategic Road Network is 4,500 miles (7,250) kilometres in length and worth more than £80 billion. Early in 2023 TRL Software successfully rolled […]