National Highways launches mobile tyre-management station
One in five breakdowns on the strategic road network (SRN) is caused by tyre failure: that’s 50,000 tyre-related breakdowns every year, and 30% of those involve commercial vehicles. Therefore National Highways has invested in the Mobile Tyre Safety Station which it has been lending to operators of major fleets. National Highways has analysed tyre breakdowns […]
Griffiths Farrans Joint Venture appointed to deliver final stages of A52 improvements
The final part of a major upgrade to the important A52 route across the East Midlands has moved a step closer today with National Highways appointing Griffiths Farrans Joint Venture as the main contractor to deliver the work. GFJV will design and construct the remaining two junctions at Nottingham Knight and Wheatcroft with work expected […]
HERE unveils a range of new innovations at Consumer Electronics Show
As is traditional, the location data company HERE is using its pavilion at the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to showcase the latest innovations. Its new UniMap is a highly automated technology that enables rapid creation of digital maps and location products. HERE has been developing the technology over the last three years […]
Fuel price campaigner calls for 2030 EV deadline to be scrapped
The head of Fair Fuel UK is calling for the 2030 all-electric deadline for new vehicles to be scrapped in order to “avoid economic disaster”. Writing in The Sun, Howard Cox calls EVs the Betamax of transport, with events over Christmas showing that the events over Christmas show the “UK is far from ready to […]
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 […]