Three smart motorway safety improvements achieved, but one missed
National Highways has missed its 10-minute response time target for reaching stopped vehicles on a smart motorway by five per cent, as figures show it is taking 10 minutes 29 seconds to support stranded drivers. The Telegraph reports ten minute target was one of four safety requirements implemented by the Government-owned company to boost protection […]
Village residents petition for average speed cameras
Hundreds of people living in a village in Warwickshire have signed a petition calling for average speed cameras to be installed to make roads there safer. Warwickshire World reports people in Long Itchington, through former police officer Keith Turnecliff, have presented the document to Warwickshire County Council’s full council meeting and explained why 561 people […]
Environmentalists launch challenge to A428 road improvements
The environmental pressure group Transport Action Network has launched a legal challenge against National Highways’ plans to dual the A428 in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The work will involve dualling the road between A1/A421 Black Cat Junction and A428/A1198 Caxton Gibbet Junction to high quality dual carriageway. Construction will include 12 miles (19km) of new Dual […]
INRIX extends US federal contract
Travel information company INRIX has announced that the US Federal Highway Administration will continue to use its data to assess travel reliability, congestion and emissions. FHWA licenses the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) for use by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), state DOTs, and Metropolitan Planning Organisations (MPOs) to monitor and report […]
Rest and Be Thankful shut as safety precaution due to heavy rain
The A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful road in Scotland has been closed with all traffic diverted overnight to the nearby Old Military Road. BEAR Scotland says that given the current forecast for more heavy rain later in the week, further use of diversions on to the Old Military Road and convoy control on […]
New Jenoptik cameras to make roads safer in Lancashire
Work is getting underway to install five new SPECS average speed camera schemes in Lancashire on roads identified as the county’s most dangerous A-roads. Before the end of the year camera installation will have commenced on the A581 from Rufford to Euxton, the A588 from Lancaster to Skippool, and the A683 in Lancaster from junction 34 […]
Life saving road safety management software explained in webinar today
TRL Software’s cloud-based road safety management platform iMAAP, has to date saved over 25,000 lives across the globe, and it is being profiled in a webinar taking place this afternoon (3 October). As part of a progressive plan to make the Caribbean Island of Jamaica’s roads safer, at the beginning of 2022 the islands Ministry […]
RAC launches connected car solution aimed at lowering fleet costs
The RAC has announced it is offering businesses and fleet operators a flexible and easy means for reducing vehicle running costs with the launch of ConnectOne, its new connected vehicles product. It says that, rather than the expense and complexity of traditional telematics services that effectively involve ‘hard-wiring’ units into vehicles, users simply plug the […]
Gaist rebrands and launches new website
The roadscape technology company Gaist has launched a rebrand and new website, explaining that keeping things fresh, constantly improving them and finding better ways to provide value to customers are “hallmarks of Gaist’s approach to business”. The Company says it’s enjoying its best year yet for client acquisition, and the rebrand, as well as looking […]
National Highways puts key contracts in place to deliver A303 Stonehenge upgrade
National Highways has announced it has the key contracts in place to deliver the £1.7 billion A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge. The planning application for the transformational scheme is still pending redetermination by the Secretary of State for Transport, following the quashing of the decision to grant the Development Consent Order. In […]