Capita sells real estate & infrastructure consultancy businesses to WSP
Capita plc has agreed to sell two real estate and infrastructure consultancy businesses to WSP for £60 million. Taking into account cash-like and debt-like items, Capita says it expects to receive proceeds of around £69 million at completion. The sale comprises two businesses: Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure (‘REI’) and GL Hearn (‘GLH’). REI provides […]
Red X fines not always being enforced on motorways
The Transport Minister Baroness Vere has revealed that the enforcement of fines for peopled driving underneath a Red X on a motorway is hit-and-miss, because it requires a Police Officer to sign off the penalty before it can be levied. Auto Express has spotted comments made during a Transport Committee meeting in Parliament where Baroness […]
Stagecoach sells megabus business
Scottish-based bus operator Stagecoach has confirmed it is selling its megabus intercity coach firm to joint venture partner Scottish Citylink, along with its Plymouth-to-Bristol Airport service Falcon. Scottish Citylink is Stagecoach’s joint venture with international transport group, ComfortDelGro. The joint venture is responsible for the Scottish Citylink express coach network and megabus.com branded services to, […]
Manchester-based Wejo wins another American contract
Smart Mobility connected, electric and autonomous vehicle data solutions company Wejo has announced that contextual vehicular emergency data company Roadside Telematics Corp has agreed to work towards deployment of Wejo Real-Time Traffic Intelligence. The RTTI product will provide first responders and emergency roadside assistance providers with access to real-time traffic data derived from millions of […]
UK “near bottom” of European countries acting to ease fuel price burden
The UK is one of the European countries that has done the least to support drivers with rocketing pump prices, according to new RAC Europe data analysis. It says this means UK drivers to pay as much as 20p more per litre of petrol than drivers in France. Out of 13 EU countries that have […]
London council wants to introduce road user charging
A borough council in East London has written to the capital’s mayor asking to be included in any pilot road user charging project. Hackney Council’s mayor Philip Glanville’s letter to Sadiq Khan welcoming proposal to extend London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover the whole of Greater London, but says the council believes the […]
Women manage driverless cars better – research
A new study suggests that women are better at taking back control of a driverless vehicle when required, have faster reaction times, hold more stable wheel control and engage in fewer reckless manoeuvres. Researchers at Newcastle University have concluded that driverless car software may need to have settings based on gender and age, so that […]
Nearly a quarter of vehicle fatalities were not wearing a seatbelt
New figures from the Department for Transport confirms that people who do not wear seatbelts are disproportionately more likely to die in road crashes. It says that, while seatbelt wearing rates remain high overall, the latest road casualty statistics for 2020 show that 23% of car occupant fatalities in reported road collisions were not wearing […]
HIGHWAYS NEWS EXCLUSIVE – Leading connected vehicle experts launch company to maximise eCall benefits
Four of the world’s most knowledgeable consultants in connected vehicles and traffic operations have launched a company to improve the use and benefits of the automated eCall safety systems built into almost every new car and van on our roads. eCall is a built-in safety feature which automatically activates in the event of a collision […]
National Highways using new research van to detect dangerous driving
New mobile technology capable of automatically detecting motorists who fail to wear a seatbelt or hold mobile phones at the wheel is being trialled in the UK for the first time under plans to boost road safety. A new van packed with detection equipment has hit England’s motorways and major A-roads as part of a […]