Toyota accused of collecting extensive customer data
The Australian consumer group CHOICE has issued a report saying smart technologies built into new Toyota cars pose “significant risks to customers’ privacy, collecting highly personal data and potentially sharing it with third-parties, from insurance companies to debt collection agencies”. Toyota’s Connected Services technology collects information such as vehicle location, driving data, fuel levels, and […]
Drink driver disqualified for falling asleep on dual carriageway
A drink driver has been banned for three and a half years for falling asleep on a dual carriageway in Huntingdonshire Police were on patrol at about 4.15am on 28 January when they came across Emmanuel Osei asleep in his Mercedes C220 on the A1307 at Godmanchester. The officers initially thought the vehicle had broken […]
A world of traffic explained at SWARCO Traffic World on this week’s Highways Voices
Highways Voices returns for a new series today, and we start with a special interview with friend of the programme and regular contributor Richard Neumann of SWARCO. Usually we chat to him in an exhibition hall somewhere in the world, but here we talk at the SWARCO headquarters in Wattens, near Innsbruck in Austria, and […]
Jacobs to Provide Strategic Planning and Advisory Services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority
Consultant Jacobs has announced it has won a contract to provide strategic planning and advisory services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority. The authority is currently developing and implementing what it calls high quality, sustainable, accessible transport infrastructure and services across the nation. The NTA has re-appointed Jacobs to provide strategic support with the development of […]
UK Road Tunnel Operators Forum meets in London
More than 200 delegates and 20 exhibitors are meeting in London at this year’s Road Tunnel operators forum annual conference. The event, sponsored by VVB and LBA at the Institution of Civil Engineers today (7 Feb) and tomorrow (8 Feb) hears from speakers from National Highways, TfL, maintainers, operators, designers, technology suppliers and contractors. They will […]
Research suggests gap in AI adoption and sustainability goals across transport and logistics industries
Location data and technology platform HERE has unveiled insights from its latest global ‘On the Move’ survey developed in part with Amazon Web Services. The survey has found what researchers call a significant gap in the adoption of basic data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), along with a lack of sustainability goals and progress toward […]
Council to put in barriers at top of steps after sat nav errors
Edinburgh Council is to install temporary barriers at the top of a set of steps after sat-nav errors have sent a spate of drivers down them. Sky News reports motorists have followed navigation devices down Greenside Lane, northeast of Edinburgh Waverley station, despite the slope (pictured) being replaced by steps last year. City of Edinburgh […]
Residents support Hampshire’s Cart and Horses junction improvements
Hampshire County Council has revealed residents have reacted positively to designs for potential improvements for the Cart and Horses junction on the A33 and B3047 near Winchester. However the council making clear that progressing an improvement scheme in the village of Kings Worthy is reliant on a decision by central Government. In response to concerns […]
AtkinsRéalis reawarded National Highways technology programmes contract
Professional services and project management company AtkinsRéalis has been appointed by National Highways to support delivery of its major technology programmes including the UK’s Digital Roads Strategy. AtkinsRéalis will work with National Highways to implement, manage and drive change of digital and technology programmes across England’s strategic road network. The Technology Programmes Strategic Resources Contract […]
Local Authorities updated on signals funding process
The Transport Technology Forum has updated local authorities waiting to hear if their applications for a share of £40 million of new money to make traffic signals more efficient have been successful. As part of the Department for Transport’s Plan for Drivers, announced by Secretary of State Mark Harper last October, the money is being […]