M20 Operation Brock contraflow to be removed as Christmas getaway ends
Kent Resilience Forum has confirmed that Operation Brock will be removed from the M20 this weekend. The traffic scheme, which was in place to manage the flow of freight heading across the Channel via Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover over a busy Christmas and New Year, has been in place since 13 December. National […]
MPs call for motorway limit cut to help Net Zero
The Government is being urged to consider cutting motorway speed limits to 64mph to reduce transport emissions and dependence on oil imports. The Telegraph reports that this idea is among many that the Commons environmental audit select committee has come up with to reduce the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels. It says MPs on the […]
CILT appoints former TfL exec as President
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK has announced Leon Daniels OBE FCILT as its President for 2023. Mr Daniels is an experienced transport professional with an exceptional record in delivery and performance at the highest level of private and public sector organisations. He has been a Vice-President of CILT(UK) for three […]
Project to speed up adoption of Level 4 autonomy launched in Germany
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) has awarded a consortium of experts in the field of autonomous driving €8.9 million (£7.8 million) for the SAFESTREAM project. The consortium partners are investing an additional €6.9 million euros in the project, which aims to advance the operation of driverless public transportation in the […]
Drivers warned they’ll get points and a fine for ignoring Red X
The Central Motorway Police Group has issued a tweet warning drivers they face punishment for driving under Red X signs on the M6. Officers were dealing with a crash on the motorway near Stafford on Monday 2 January and the signs were closing lanes to allow for recovery. However CMPG Tweeted that more than a […]
SYSTRA appoints new Managing Director of UK and Ireland Consultancy
Mobility and mass transit engineering and consultancy firm SYSTRA Ltd has appointed Sébastien Dupont to be Managing Director for Consultancy in the UK and Ireland. He joined SYSTRA in 2017 as Chief Financial Officer for Latin America based in Såo Paulo, Brazil before moving to London in 2019 as International Chief Financial Officer, responsible for […]
Jennie Martin awarded MBE
The retiring Secretary General of ITS (UK) has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year’s honours list. Jennie Martin is recognised for services to transport technology. She is stepping down from the Intelligent Transport Systems industry association after nearly 25 years. She joined in 1998, before taking over as Secretary General in 2004. […]
Hundreds of seat belt and mobile phone offences spotted in M6 study
National Highways says it identified more than 750 seat belt and mobile phone offences along a short section of the M6 in Merseyside earlier this month – the highest number at a single site in a study which has visited numerous sites across the Midlands and South West. At one point, a high-visibility camera placed […]
Go-Ahead wins franchises to operate Manchester’s Bee Network buses in Bolton and Wigan
The Go-Ahead Group has won the first two contracts to be awarded by Transport for Greater Manchester as part of its plan to re-regulate bus services in the city region under its new Bee Network. Go-Ahead’s Go North West operating company beat off competition from eight other operators bidding to run bus routes in both […]
£32.9 million to create a national network of walking and cycling experts
Local authorities are being given a fund to help skills training to help enable them to develop thousands of well thought-through local walking and cycling schemes, co-created by the communities who will use them. The Department for Transport says the investment will help local authorities in England design, develop and consult on high-quality active travel […]