Innovative new crossing technology installed in Southend
A new generation of pedestrian safety technology has been installed on one of the busiest routes leading to Southend’s seafront in Essex. Developed by Streetwise Technology, the smart beacon system is designed to improve pedestrian safety while giving the local highways team access to powerful real-time insights about how the road is used. The beacon […]
VESOS sponsored Mini achieves a First at Donington
The specialist eCall consultancy and software company VESOS Solutions is combining its passions for motorsport and road safety by supporting industry colleague Olly Samways from in his 1992 Mini Cooper and 1964 Mini Cooper S in historic racing. Olly started racing at the young age of 10 and has achieved many wins over his recent […]
Smart Moves: How Europe’s Transport Future Is Taking Shape at the ITS Congress in Seville
Are you ready to see how innovation and cutting-edge solutions are reshaping the future of transport across Europe? As transport networks evolve under pressure to decarbonise and modernise, decision-makers face the challenge of balancing ambitious sustainability goals with real-world infrastructure and social needs. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss […]
Building trust in AI: Brightly Software on how Intelligent Inspections are revolutionising highway maintenance
Today on Highways Voices we look at build trust in artificial intelligence for use in the Highways Sector. With shrinking budgets and rising demands from both the public and government, local authorities are under immense pressure to deliver smarter, faster, and more accurate highway maintenance. So today, we look at how AI-driven inspections and integrated […]
Happy fifth birthday to Highways News
Easter Sunday, 20 April, marked the fifth anniversary of the first ever Highways News daily email. Over the five years, an idea from early 2020 that came to fruition during the first Covid lockdown has become an important part of the highways and transport technology industry, informing professionals about new contracts, staff appointments, innovations and […]
Micromobility on the Edge: Are We Racing Toward Innovation—or Impact?
What happens when a growing fleet of e-scooters and micro mobility devices hits the streets before the rules are written? Are we paving the way for innovation—or accidents? With micro mobility booming in urban centres and no unified regulatory framework in place, professionals in highways and transportation are faced with a critical challenge: how do […]
M Group acquires Telent
Infrastructure organisation M Group aquired operational technology and digital solutions company Telent. On completion of the transaction, M Group says it will be “even better placed to tackle the evolving challenges of the ageing infrastructure across the UK and Ireland, combining M Group’s market leading infrastructure service offering with Telent’s leading technology and digital solution […]
How Cornwall’s Cormac is Redefining Highway Maintenance – The Power of the Teckal Model on Highways Voices
This week on Highways Voices, we examine the way councils can deliver their highway maintenance by using an arms-length wholly owned company. Our guest is Dominic Bostock, the Managing Director of Cornwall-based Cormac, a company operated under the Teckal approach, which is a procurement exemption that allows public authorities to contract directly with a legally […]
“32 years on and it still feels like Day One” – smartmicro’s Peter Eccleson reflects another year in ITS
The Managing Director of smartmicro UK, Peter Eccleson, has talked about his long career in the transport industry, describing it as his “passion, hobby and home.” The industry veteran talks about being on the ground floor of countless exciting projects and helping to build businesses from the ground up. “Every milestone has been a stepping […]
Monmouthshire councillors complain of lack of warning about M48 lorry ban
Monmouthshire Council’s Chief Executive is complaining that the authority was not given any prior notice about a new weight limit which has been introduced on the M48 original Severn Bridge. National Highways is introducing restrictions for heavy-goods vehicles will apply on the crossing from next month, in a bid to future-proof the 60-year-old suspension bridge. […]