ITS UK webinar analyses changing trends in global transport technology implementation
ITS UK is holding the third in its Transport 2030 webinar series next Monday, 25 September at 2pm. It will look at how the global market for ITS technology is changing through various use cases from around the world. Speakers include Joost Vantomme (ERTICO), Niosha Kayhani (Cubic and ITS UK International Director) and Tim Wray […]
Reading consults on future of travel
Reading Borough Council is consulting on its new Transport Strategy, which it says sets out an ambitious vision for the future of travel in the borough up to 2040. The strategy outlines the Council’s vision of providing even better bus and rail services as well as improved walking and cycling facilities “to provide more attractive […]
Aurrigo wins European grant for Living Lab for Autonomous Public Transport Project
The Coventry-based autonomous vehicle technology solutions company Aurrigo has been awarded a €275,820 (approx £240,000) grant from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for its participation in the Living Lab for Autonomous Public Transport Project. The project sees Aurrigo’s Auto-Shuttle autonomous passenger transport vehicle running in Prague, Brno and Milton Keynes, initially with a […]
National Highways turns old WWII bunker into a “bat cave” beside Gloucestershire’s missing link
National Highways has converted a bunker from the second world war into a haven for bats near the new A417 in Gloucestershire. The converted structure beside the so-called missing link of road will be home to the lesser horseshoe, brown long eared and other species of bats. National Highways is also installing bat boxes in […]
Kiely’s praises road surfacing innovation as “fantastic addition” to the UK’s road network
Road surfacing and surface treatments company Kiely Bros has released a video showing off its latest innovation in road pothole repairs and road surface dressing. The company has invested in bringing the Multipatcher technology from Australia. The machine can simultaneously handle all road maintenance tasks, from cleaning and preparing potholes, to delivering high-quality finished road […]
PTV Group to develop integrated, multi-modal transport model for the Hamburg
Modelling and simulation software company PTV Group’s consulting division has been chosen to develop an integrated, multimodal transport model for Hamburg. Over the next two years, PTV Transport Consult GmbH will build a comprehensive demand model for both passenger and commercial transport, focusing on the analysis year 2023. This will provide the Authority for Transport […]
Rory Sutherland’s JCT address and Darren Capes’s industry challenge on this week’s Highways Voices
“I think allowing road pricing schemes to be designed by economists and only economists is really, really dangerous,” says Rory Sutherland on today’s Highways Voices Podcast, “Because there’s a huge amount of price being a perception, and one of the big strong, really, really strong evolved instincts in humans is a sense of fairness.” Subscribe […]
ICE sales ban set to be pushed back
The Government is looking at moving the ban on Internal Combustion Engines back to 2035 as the costs and difficulties of achieving Net Zero become clearer. Various sources report Rishi Sunak is preparing a speech “to set out an important long-term decision we need to make so our country becomes the place I know we […]
Edinburgh tram inquiry criticises litany of failures
The inquiry into the building of Edinburgh’s tram network has blamed a “litany of avoidable failures” for the cost overrun and delays in completion. The inquiry was tasked with finding out why the city’s tram project was £400m over budget and five years late. Chair Lord Hardie concluded failings by the City of Edinburgh Council […]
National Highways reports on Net Zero progress
National Highways has issued a report into the progress it says it has delivered on the journey to net zero highways. In its two-year report it says its achievements recorded in the last year include becoming the first roads organisation in the world to receive PAS2080 verification in December 2022, publishing a net zero roadmap […]