Messagemaker Displays launches new adaptive speed limit reminder sign
LED traffic solutions company Messagemaker Displays has released an Adaptive Speed Limit Reminder Sign, which can be changed easily to highlight the current legal limit to drivers. The company says it has developed the sign to future proof warnings as and when limits are changed from, say, 30 mph to 20, helping make any transition simple […]
Dutch firm challenges £6.5m ULEZ fines
A Netherlands-based lorry firm is taking legal action against Transport for London over Ultra Low Emission Zone fines it claims were issued unlawfully. The Daily Telegraph reports Transport in Nood BV has applied for permission to launch a judicial review against TfL in the High Court, claiming it has been unlawfully issuing fines to companies […]
TomTom works with Microsoft to bring Generative AI into the vehicle
Location and navigation company TomTom has announced it’s working with Microsoft to “bring the benefits of generative artificial intelligence to the global automotive industry”. It says that by leveraging Microsoft’s advancements in AI, TomTom has developed a fully integrated, AI-powered conversational automotive assistant that enables more sophisticated voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle […]
Resiliance work on A83 Rest and Be Thankful restarting
Preparatory works to realign the southern end of the temporary diversion route at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful are restarting, after a break over Christmas. The works began in the week before Christmas and are now restarting, with completion expected in the spring. It involves the construction of a new connector road from the […]
Harper suggests driverless cars on UK roads by 2026
The Transport Secretary says driverless cars could be on our roads by 2026, as they are “gradually” introduced. Mark Harper was responding to questions from motoring journalist and Grand Tour host James May on the BBC’s Today Programme, when Mr May was guest editor. He said: “The legislation is going through Parliament at the moment […]
Somerset announces new road surface repair and improvement contracts
Somerset Council has awarded contracts to Kiely Bros, Heidelberg Materials and Octavius Infrastructure to deliver essential road maintenance services as well as improvements on its network across the County. The Council has awarded four-year contracts with Kiely’s and Heidelberg Materials to deliver surface treatment services and resurfacing services respectively, while a third four-year contract has […]
New signals identification number named after industry legend
A new national numbering scheme for traffic signal controllers will be called the “Simmonite Number”, in honour of one of the pioneers of traffic signal control in the UK, Brian Simmonite. The new numbering system is part of the Digital Controller Interface Specification (DCIS) and will be named in honour of founder of signals consultancy […]
Safer roads workers jailed for collective sentence of more than five years
Two staff working on Staffordshire’s safer roads partnership have been jailed for deleting records of speeding offences A man and woman have been jailed after admitting to conspiring to dispose of speeding offences in Staffordshire. They were involved in failing to process penalties, or deleting records so drivers would avoid penalties. Samantha Halden-Evans, 36, from […]
Hertfordshire offering 21 year highways contract
Hertfordshire County Council is tendering for a Highways Services Term Maintenance Contract to run until September 2046. The contract would start on 1 October next year, and will involve a single supplier. Would-be tenderers must complete and submit a Supplier Questionnaire by the deadline of 12 noon on the 26th February 2024. Details are here. […]
A9 dualling delayed by ten years as new plans revealed
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition, Mairi McAllan, has announced that dualling works for the remaining single carriageway sections of the A9 between Perth and Inverness should be completed by the end of 2035. The road was meant to be completed by 2025, but that was deemed “unachievable” last February. The […]