SRL launches first adaptive detection haul route crossing
SRL Traffic Systems has become the first company to supply the construction sector with a mobile haul route crossing product with integrated adaptive detection technology, designed to keep road and construction traffic flowing smoothly and safely. The Haul Route PLUS (patent pending) system by the UK and RoI’s largest manufacturer and supplier of mobile intelligent […]
Musk not expecting Tesla driverless approval this year
Tesla’s advanced driver assistant software will not gain regulatory approval in 2022, Chief Executive Elon Musk has said, suggesting that the company is not yet able to satisfy authorities that its cars can be driven without someone behind the wheel. The website Automotive News reports that in a call to discuss quarterly results, Mr Musk […]
Just Stop Oil protestors accused of having “blood on their hands”
Two activists who climbed the Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford last week are being accused of having “blood on their hands” after two women died in a crash on the nearby M20. The Sun reports that emergency services took longer to arrive than normal because of traffic jams caused by the closure of the […]
Key Welsh bridge shut for essential maintenance
The Menai Bridge between mainland Wales and Anglesey has been closed to all traffic to allow essential maintenance work to take place. The announcement was made following recent testing of the bridge’s existing hangers. As part of UK Highways A55 ongoing maintenance of the Menai Bridge, it was identified that further testing would need to […]
ITS (UK) announces new Chief Executive
Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS (UK)) has announced today the appointment of Max Sugarman as its new Chief Executive, following the news that current Secretary General Jennie Martin will retire in 2023. Sugarman has around a decade of experience working in transport and communications. He joins from the Catapult Network, the UK’s cluster of innovation […]
LCRIG President Britain wins Lifetime Achievement award
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group President Will Britain has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Highways Awards. Mr Britain said: “I am extremely honoured and proud to have received this award, but I wouldn’t have received this without the assistance of many people in the highways sector who have collaborated with […]
Expansion of London’s ULEZ boosts TfL’s income by almost £100m
The RAC says the expansion of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone to cover a much larger area has generated an estimated £93.6 million of additional revenue from drivers of non-compliant vehicles having to pay £12.50 a day. As the first anniversary approaches, it has analysed official Transport for London data which shows that since the beginning […]
UltraCrete repairs troublesome chamber on busy London road
Drivers on a road in West London have had their commute improved thanks to repairs to a long-standing failed access cover using UltraCrete’s market-leading access cover reinstatement materials. Client Openreach, and contractors Centercomms Ltd, were having to regularly repair a failed ironwork chamber – the longest standing failed unit on their work stack. The troublesome […]
Smart Transport National Conference – Your chance to collaborate with Government and Local Authorities
Are you keen to collaborate and meet face-to-face with the key decision makers within central government, local and combined authorities? The Smart Transport National Conference on 22 November, London, brings together senior representatives from across national Government and local authorities, actively looking to work together on our shared vision to achieve net-zero. Book here.
Plymouth’s road safety enhanced by new Jenoptik speed camera installations
There’s a major change in the thinking behind getting people to stick to 20 mile per hour speed limits as a city turns from engineering solutions to technology. Traditionally the thinking among traffic engineers and the police is that 20 mph-limit roads should be managed using interventions such as speed humps and traffic islands, but […]