DfT asks for feedback on digital transport tools
The Department for Transport’s Traffic and Technology Division is working on a new project understand digital tools being used to deliver new technology solutions – and needs your opinions and experience. The data-driven systems and use cases which deliver digital traffic management used by local authorities and the ITS industry are providing to plan and […]
Extra £30m for Staffordshire Highways
An additional £30m is to be invested in maintaining and improving Staffordshire highways over the next two years. The boost, on top of the £50m annual spend, will fund: David Williams, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said: “Staffordshire’s huge road network is vital for keeping our county connected and our residents […]
Ford patents a solution to remotely repossess cars
Ford has come up with a solution that could remove certain car features, or even stop it driving at all, if buyers do not keep up with repayments. Innotechtoday.com has spotted a patent application which “pertains to systems and methods to repossess a vehicle” and lead to the system then “disable a functionality of a […]
London’s new ULEZ cameras could be used for wider road user charging
The new network of ANPR cameras being installed in London to monitor the expanded Ultra Low Emissions Zone could be used for pay-as-you-go driving charging in the future. The Telegraph says Mayor Sadiq Khan has asked TfL to look into developing a scheme which would use more “sophisticated technology” to charge road users. It says […]
SNP leadership hopeful promises action on A9 dualling
One of the MSPs in the running to become Scotland’s First Minister is promising to publish a revised timetable for the dualling of the A9 road by June this year if she’s elected to the job. The Press and Journal says Kate Forbes warns failure to do so could result in a completion date of […]
Waymo job cuts exceed 200 this year
Google’s driverless car division has cut a further 137 jobs, bringing the total for the year to 209. Reuters reports the engineering jobs have been eliminated so Waymo can “focus on commercial success”. The job losses total around eight per cent of the company’s workforce. A Waymo spokesperson told TechCrunch that the layoffs, mostly in […]
Drivers urged to give gritters “time and space”
National Highways is reminding motorists give gritting vehicles time and space while they are out on the network. The message comes with more cold weather and snow forecast this week by the Met Office, and where conditions determine gritting vehicles need to go out, they will spread salt where needed. It also follows the recent […]
Jenoptik delivers UK-first Police-enforced average speed scheme on private roads
Enforcement company Jenoptik has installed an average speed camera enforcement scheme to make roads safer at the huge DP World logistics park at the London Gateway port in south Essex. It is the first time an average speed scheme has been installed on private roads. Offences will be enforced by Essex Police as they would […]
Autonomous lorries in closed environments hailed as a “quick win”
The introduction of autonomous goods vehicles into closed environments such as ports and factory sites could have a “quick win” for the logistics industry facing rising costs and driver shortages. That’s the view of a group of experts from across the freight and intelligent transport systems industries who met at a round table led by […]
VolkerHighways delivers Bath public safety solution
Highways and streetlighting maintenance company VolkerHighways has begun works to install permanent hostile vehicle mitigation infrastructure in Bath city centre’s most crowded streets, on behalf of Bath & North East Somerset Council. The anti-terrorism security measures will restrict vehicles in some of the city’s streets, in order to help protect the public during high footfall […]