National Highways lifting roadworks for August Bank Holiday
National Highways is lifting almost a thousand miles of roadworks for the August Bank Holiday weekend. A total of 972 miles of roadworks will be lifted and completed in time for the late summer getaway with seaside resorts, airports and theme parks likely to be among popular destinations. The organisation is also reminding drivers to […]
Thousands petition for speed camera on notorious road
More than two thousand people have signed a petition calling for average speed cameras to be introduced on a B-road in Staffordshire. It’s been started by a woman called Laura Cooper, who says her father nearly died on the road leading towards Alton Towers, while in recent years, so many others have not been as […]
LCRIG led webinar will look at the importance of social value
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group has announced details of a new discussion-led webinar entitled ‘Rebooting social value’. The webinar will look at how far the highways sector has come in embedding social value and where the challenges still lie. Eleven years after the introduction of the Social Value Act in the UK, the Local […]
Blue badge database use expanded to reduce abuse
Local Authorities are being urged to reduce fraud and the unfair use of disabled parking spaces by taking advantage of a database which contains the details of all Blue Badge users in the UK. The Transport Technology Forum’s Parking Working Group has heard how the system is available to all authorities with an Application Programming […]
Grid Smarter Cities kerbside management contract extended in Southwark
Grid Smarter Cities has extended its Kerb Dock project by London’s Bankside Pier until the end of the year. The project showcases the potential of dynamically allocating kerb space by riverside locations for greener last mile deliveries in the city. Two bookable bays are now available for light freight couriers to load and unload directly […]
Cruise told to reduce the number of driverless vehicles on the road in San Francisco
The General Motors-owned driverless taxi provider Cruise has been told to reduce the number or vehicles on San Francisco’s roads. The California Department of Motor Vehicles wants a maximum of 50 on the road during the day, and 150 overnight. That’s a halving of previous numbers. Driverless vehicles have been controversial in the city with […]
Applications open for Forth Road Bridge tours
Applications are now being taken for free guided tours of the Forth Road Bridge, hosted by Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland. The tours will take place on Saturday 23 September as part of Doors Open Days, Scotland’s largest free festival “that celebrates places and stories, new and old”. Guided minibus tours will depart every […]
1,800 drivers caught in six hours on busy road in Devon
Police have issued a plea to motorists to slow down on a busy section of road in South Devon after more than 1,800 drivers were caught exceeding the speed limit on a 40mph stretch of the A380 Torbay Link Road in just over six hours of speed monitoring. That’s one every 12 seconds. During the […]
New taxi zone introduced at Edinburgh station
A new dedicated taxi zone at Edinburgh Waverley station is being introduced – the result of a collaboration between Network Rail and APCOA which is designed to enhance the overall journey experience for passengers using the station. With space to accommodate up to 40 taxis, the facility in the New Street car park is the […]
GRAHAM completes major beam lift for new Stockbury Flyover
Civil engineering specialist GRAHAM has reached a significant milestone in the M2 junction 5 Improvements Scheme with the successful completion of a beam lift for the new Stockbury Flyover. The lift was completed using a 450-tonne mega crane to lift into place the two edge beams weighing 56-tonnes each and 16 internal beams weighing 20 […]