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 […]
Mobileye valued lower than planned in share sale
Intel’s Mobileye division has announced it is looking at a valuation of nearly $16 billion (£14.2 billion) in its initial public offering, less than a third of what it had previously expected. Reuters reports volatility in stock markets and rising interest rates “dampen the appetite” for new listings. The self-driving unit of Intel said in […]
Florida’s Fire Marshall calls for EV answers after flooding
Florida State Fire Marshall Jimmy Patronis has called for electric car companies to answer for electric vehicles that have burst into flames from the storm surge of Hurricane Ian. Orlando Weekly reports that the State Fire Marshall issued a letter to over 30 electric vehicle manufacturers, including Tesla, Rivian, Ford, GM and others, calling on […]
New Rugby service station voted Britain’s favourite
A new study of customer satisfaction at motorway service station across the country has found the new Moto-run facilities on the M6 at Rugby are travellers’ favourite. 100% of users told Transport Focus researchers they were satisfied with the services, just ahead of the satisfaction for Donnington Park on the M1. Hartshead Moor on the […]
Valerann gets framework approval for advanced traffic management platform
Traffic management software company Valerann has announced availability of its flagship platform, Lanternn by Valerann, on G-13 framework of the Crown Commercial Service for procurement by UK-based road traffic operators and government agencies. The UK Government G-Cloud is an initiative targeted at simplifying procurement of IT services by UK public-sector bodies and provides government agencies […]
Growing a business on both sides of the Atlantic, this week on Highways Voices
“One thing I think that has been key to our success is actually delivering tangible value to customers with the solution that we provide,” explains One Network founder James Harris on this week’s Highways Voices podcast as he discusses how his company has cornered the roadworks information and management market in the UK, and is […]