Leading transport consultant Graham takes on Le Mans… on a scooter
Intelligent Transport Systems consultant Andy Graham has celebrating the 100th birthday of the Le Mans 24 hour race by racing around roads inside the famous French circuit on a push scooter. The White Willow Consulting owner, who was attending his 35th running of the race, took on a scooter challenge to raise money for the […]
Report finds radio remains essential in-car
New research suggests radio remains an essential part of the in-car experience, and is the most listened-to audio platform in the car. The “Dashboard Dialogue” study 2023 is a major survey of recent and prospective car buyers conducted by Edison Research for WorldDAB – the global industry forum for DAB digital radio. It provides an […]
Welsh Government marks Clean Air Day with £58m spend on active travel
Wales’s Deputy Climate Change Minister has announced spending of more than £58m on ways ways to help people choose to walk and cycle for local journeys. Speaking on Clean Air Day, the Deputy Minister with responsibility for transport outlined how the investment would fund new and improved active travel routes across Wales. Since 2018, the […]
ULEZ brings in nine-figure sum
New figures have revealed that London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone generated more than £224m last year. Data obtained by the BBC has found that roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices, with the rest from daily charge payments. It says Transport for London says the money is used to cover “set-up […]
SMLL adds co-operative infrastructure features to test bed
The TRL-led Smart Mobility Living Lab has added new co-operative, connected Intelligent Transport Systems trials to validate the performance of connected and autonomous vehicles. The SMLL was at the heart of the recent ServCity project, which saw a Nissan Leaf self-driving around the streets in Woolwich in Southeast London, demonstrated the potential for receiving live […]
Go-Ahead picked to operate Kent’s Fastrack network
The Go-Ahead Group has been awarded a 15-year contract worth £110 million by Kent County Council to operate Kent’s aFastrack bus rapid transit system. Under the contract, the group’s Go-Ahead London division will operate the service from November 2024. Existing buses will replaced with a zero emission, electric fleet on the network, which runs in […]
Civil engineers say they knew for years A9 dualling target would be missed
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association in Scotland is due to give evidence over the A9 dualling project, as part of a petition calling for details of the revised timetable for the project. The industry body has called the dualling work so far “glacial”, saying that and engineers had long known the project was progressing too slowly […]
TfL moves forward with Battersea Bridge safety plans
Transport for London has announced the next phase of plans to reduce road danger for people walking and cycling on and near Battersea Bridge. Following local engagement, last year TfL consulted on further proposals to make additional safety improvements to the rest of the junction. Key results from the consultation suggested that a majority of respondents , 70%, expected the proposals would mean more people […]
Scotland names new transport team as remit returns to cabinet
Scotland’s Transport portfolio is being restored as a Cabinet position as First Minister Humza Yousaf changed Màiri McAllan’s Cabinet Secretary remit to ‘Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition’. Alongside this change, former Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop re-joins government as the new Minister for Transport. Ms Hyslop has previously held multiple ministerial roles, including responsibility for […]
Newly-named A27 bridge opens for traffic
The multi-million-pound scheme, to tackle congestion, support local economic development and housing growth in Lewes, East Sussex is being commemorated with an open for traffic event this coming Friday. The A27 between Lewes and Polegate suffered below average journey times with accidents and incidents a regular cause of long delays has received a host of improvements along the stetch to […]