Innovation Festival hears advice on introducing new ideas
The UK’s highways and transport innovators will need to look beyond their own industries and adapt them for our needs in order to maximise the use of technology in the future of traffic management. That’s the advice of Darren Capes, Intelligent Transport Systems Policy Lead at the Department for Transport, speaking during a panel debate […]
A tour around the LCRIG Innovation Festival on this week’s Highways Voices
“I can see this event can see this practically being the whole show ground at some point,,” comments new LCRIG CEO Paula Claytonsmith on today’s Highways Voices podcast, as she reflects on the success of the second Innovation Festival in Newark. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! […]
Radar-detected pedestrian warnings delivered in-car for first time
Connected vehicle experts have successfully linked real time radar pedestrian detection and in-car signage for the first time, delivering a significant improvement in road safety. In the TTF demonstration zone at the LCRIG Innovation Festival in Newark, the Navtech Radar monitoring hardware was linked to a car’s head unit via KL Systems software. Once a […]
Innovation Festival delegates receive in-car first en route to event
Delegates heading to the two-day LCRIG Innovation Festival in Nottinghamshire are getting the chance to take part in an industry first, and receive messages direct to their vehicles as they head to the event. Those with an Android device can download an app delivered through the Transport Technology Forum which will allow them to receive […]
EV charging prices rise sharply in Brighton
Electric vehicle drivers using public chargers in Brighton are facing price hikes of up to 80% from today, after the council called the previous, lower prices “unsustainable”. Users of Blink Charging rapid charger sites in Brighton and Hove will pay 79p per kwh from today, up from 44p – a rise of just under 80% […]
Kiely Bros showcases Multipatcher and Glassmark solutions at Innovation Festival
The family-owned surface treatment solutions business Kiely Bros will show off brand new solutions for repairing potholes and surfacing during the LCRIG Innovation Festival in Newark this week. The new Multipatcher machine enables a single driver to patch, seal, and repair damaged roads without the need for additional personnel. Featuring a remotely operated patching boom […]
Active travel plans in Hove on hold over traffic implication fears
A plan to build a dedicated cycleway by losing a lane of traffic on the A259 in Hove has been put on hold over concerns about the design of a cycleway and reduction in the number of lanes of traffic. Councillors in Brighton and Hove made the decision to review seafront pedestrian and cycle provision […]
PCC launches consultation into speed camera fines
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster has launched a s four-week public consultation into whether money collected from fixed penalty notices handed out to motorists should be spent on new enforcement projects in the area where the money is gathered. At present cash raised from fines goes to the Treasury, but the cost […]
Record-breaking year for LCRIG Innovation Festival
LCRIG’s Innovation Festival sees record-breaking year with more than 550 people set to attend the now fully booked two-day event at Newark Showground this week. More than 200 local authority delegates from 84 authorities are attending, meaning around two-thirds of all the English highway authorities outside London are represented. This is along with over 80 […]
ITS European Congress Post-Congress Report now available
The organisers of the successful ITS European Congress in Lisbon, ERTICO – ITS Europe, have published the Post Congress report. it is the last report written and overseen by Professor Eric Sampson who has retired as Chief Rapporteur. He gave an emotional farewell at the Congress. Five of the Rapporteurs were also British, they were […]