Moto predicts Saturday to be Britain’s heaviest ever EV charging day
The UK’s largest motorway services operator Moto Hospitality is predicting nearly 400,000 electric vehicle drivers will be on the road over the weekend, with “Surge Saturday” being the busiest day for EV charging on UK roads ever. It says significant increases in EV ownership in recent years, combined with one of the busiest holiday getaway […]
Jenoptik upgrades Greater Manchester’s spot speed cameras
Smart mobility solutions manufacturer Jenoptik has signed a contract with Transport for Greater Manchester to upgrade 90 spot speed cameras and a five-year maintenance agreement. By using the latest technology, TfGM aims to create a sophisticated network of modern safety cameras to encourage better driver behaviour. The rollout will start this summer. TfGM is upgrading […]
Road safety improved at notorious junctions thanks to Nota AI’s Safe Crossing solution
An artificial intelligence pedestrian detection and warning solution has been proved to reduce collisions and near misses at a notoriously dangerous junction in South Korea. The Nota AI Safe Crossing technology was introduced into a non-disclosed area of the country to improve safety where visibility for drivers was seen as particularly challenging. This spot was […]
Q-Free expands UK nationwide traffic monitoring
Smart city infrastructure company Q-Free has announced the initial deployment of its Kinetic® Counts software in the United Kingdom, with Worcestershire leading deployments among five local authorities with 62 sites. Counts will provide actionable insights on volume, road use, and safety data to detect traffic trends, influence funding and policies, and identify the need for […]
RECHARGE UK report sets out electrification roadmap
A new report from electric vehicle trade group RECHARGE UK provides a roadmap of how the industry can accelerate chargepoint deployment to keep up with the growth of EV sales in the UK. RECHARGE UK is the EV arm of the REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) and was previously known as the […]
Service station boss complains “red tape” is delaying fuel price cut
The CEO of the UK’s biggest motorway service station operator is complaining National Highways “red tape and bureaucracy over signage” is blocking his plans to cut fuel at his sites by 10-12p per litre. Moto Hospitality runs nearly 70 service stations across the motorway network, but Auto Express magazine reports it has been embroiled in […]
National Highways publishes video of wrong-way driver in A12 roadworks
National Highways has tweeted footage of a vehicle which drove through a stretch of roadworks on the A12 in Essex, only to turn around and drive against the traffic. In the clip, a black SUV enters the work site near Brentwood, before turning around and driving in the wrong direction. This follows footage of a […]
National Highways issues Net Zero update
National Highways has put out an update focusing on carbon to mark the second anniversary of the publication of its Net Zero Plan. This plan included targets to decarbonise the strategic road network. It says in the past 12 months, its seen a reduction in carbon across all three emission sectors. It’ll be giving details […]
Scottish Transport Secretary promises review of contract terms
Scotland’s transport secretary Màiri McAllan is promising to ‘urgently work on Transport Scotland’s contract terms’ to make them more favourable for future procurements on the dualling of the A9. She made the commitment at The Inverness Courier newspaper’s A9 Crisis Summit eent, after it was claimed that the terms and conditions of Transport Scotland’s contracts […]
Londoners need “carrot and stick” approach to give up their cars – report
A new report looking at how to convince people living in London to give up using their private cars suggests transport planners need to combine positive and negative incentives, and to make sure they’re well communicated, so it’s easy for people to compare costs and make choices. The Centre for London’s report says schemes like […]