National Highways lifts more than a thousand miles of roadworks for Easter
As normal for major holiday getaways, National Highways is lifting 1,127 miles of roadworks over the bank holiday. The government says around 97.5% of major roads across England will be completely free from roadworks, “speeding up millions of journeys and boosting connectivity across the country to drive growth – the key priority in the government’s […]
Vix Technology upgrades London’s real time bus information system
Vix Technology has been selected by Transport for London to deliver the largest real-time passenger information (RTPI) display upgrade in London in over a decade. This initiative aims to modernise the city’s digital display network, improving passenger satisfaction by giving millions of daily bus users even more accurate and timely updates. The project will see […]
Edinburgh trams introduce tap on tap off ticketing
Public transport passengers in Edinburgh are moving towards getting a London-style ticketing solution with the final tests underway on a new ‘Tap on, Tap off’ payment system on the city’s trams. Edinburgh Trams will announce the launch date shortly for the new system, which is developed in collaboration with payment provider Flowbird, and marks the […]
Bentley Systems introduces inspections using Google Images
Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems is introducing new asset analytics capabilities that leverage Imagery Insights from Google Maps Platform to rapidly detect and analyse road conditions Unveiled at Google Cloud Next 2025, the company says the new capabilities in Bentley’s Blyncsy product offering, which applies AI to crowdsourced imagery for automated roadway asset detection […]
NPED launches new campaign for safer and fairer roads
The founder of the National Persistent Evaders Database of drivers has launched a new Drive Legal campaign, described as a national movement dedicated to tackling the pressing issue of non-compliant vehicles on the UK’s roads. Alan Wood, the CEO of NPED says ten million vehicles across the nation are non-compliant, contributing to criminal activity, anti-social behaviour, […]
Aberdeen’s hydrogen buses off the road
It’s emerged a fleet of double-decker hydrogen-powered buses have been out of service since last July because of maintenance of the city’s refuelling infrastructure. The Press and Journal newspaper says the two city-operated hydrogen refuelling stations used by the fuel cell-powered buses were taken off line at the same time for maintenance work that would […]
Winners announced at RSTA Awards 2025
Two former Chairs of the Road Surface Treatment Association have been honoured with lifetime achievement awards at this year’s annual awards ceremony at Celtic Manor in South Wales. The event, which followed the RSTA Conference, recognised the contribution of Managing Director of Essex-based Foster Contracting, Tom Foster, and Dave Stannard, who is a retired Associate […]
“Exciting” technical visits confirmed for ITS European Congress in Seville
Delegates at the 16th ITS European Congress next month will get the opportunity to a wide range of transport technology solutions around traffic management, autonomous shuttles and logistics during a number of technical visits to cutting-edge sites around Seville. Technical visits are a key part of the event, which also includes three days of Plenary, […]
Senior Government transport officials see real world Connected Vehicle technology in action at TTF event
Senior members of the Department for Transport, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Centre for Connected and Automated Vehicles have spent the day at UTAC’s Proving Ground at Millbrook in Bedfordshire seeing the latest in connected vehicle technology. The event, organised by the Transport Technology Forum’s Connected Vehicle Working Group, showed a range of […]
Changing mobility options using a driverless minibus – Professor Phil Blythe explains
How are we getting on introducing driverless vehicles into our transport network? Well, we’re further forward thanks to some new research in Sunderland which we find out about today with Newcastle University’s Professor Phil Blythe who tells us about a trial service between a transport interchange and the city’s hospital. Subscribe to Highways Voices free […]