TTF webinar puts local authority EV charging challenges centre stage
The Transport Technology Forum is bringing local authorities together for an interactive webinar designed to help councils share practical experience of delivering electric vehicle charging infrastructure and discuss the challenges they are still working to overcome. The TTF EV Charging Infrastructure Working Group webinar, “EV Charging Infrastructure: Local Authority Challenges, Solutions and Lessons Learned”, takes […]
Longer papers put technical debate at heart of JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
Some of the traffic signals industry’s leading experts will be given more time to share their knowledge at this year’s popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium, with organisers responding to delegate requests for longer presentations and more detailed discussion. The 31st Symposium returns to its original home of Lincoln on 16 and 17 September, with this […]
New ‘Stud for Thought’ series puts road stud specification under the spotlight
Clearview Intelligence’s Head of SolarLite, Alastair King, has launched a new series of articles sharing lessons from almost a decade working with road studs, beginning by asking whether the right questions are being asked when they are specified. Writing in the first of a new series, Stud for Thought, Mr King says that while road […]
JCT Symposium combines technical learning and networking opportunities
The popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium is promising delegates plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas away from the formal presentations when leading traffic signals experts gather in Lincoln next month. “Networking has always been an important part of the event, allowing local authority practitioners, consultants, suppliers, academics and Government experts to share knowledge, discuss new […]
Hitchens: Britain must recognise that dependence on the motor car was a mistake
Veteran newspaper columnist Peter Hitchens has told Highways News Britain needs to recognise that allowing the motor car to dominate its transport system was a historic mistake, before it can begin planning a different future. In an extended Highways Voices debate with behavioural science expert Rory Sutherland, Mr Hitchens launches a wide-ranging attack on car […]
UK ITS suppliers invited to showcase technology live at 2027 World Congress
UK-based suppliers of roadside and in-vehicle transport technology are being invited to showcase their systems live in front of thousands of international visitors at the 2027 ITS World Congress at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre. The organisers are looking for companies to become part of a Connected Vehicle Ecosystem, which will bring together roadside infrastructure and […]
The highways carbon revolution? Turning lower emissions into new revenue on this week’s Highways Voices
What if choosing a lower-carbon way of maintaining a road didn’t simply reduce emissions, but actually created a financial asset which could help pay for the next job? That’s the potentially transformative idea explored in this week’s Highways Voices, as Adrian Tatum talks to Gary Cook, founder of Asphalt IQ and Carbon Vault IQ, about […]
SWARCO UK & Ireland delivers bespoke VAS to help reduce motorcycle speeding in Swansea
Intelligent traffic solutions and technology business SWARCO UK & Ireland has developed and installed bespoke Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) for Swansea Council which use AI-powered technology to identify motorcycles and warn riders when they are exceeding the speed limit. The technology has been developed following a successful trial and is designed to activate only when […]
Definitive guide to JCT Traffic Signals Symposium now available
Delegates heading to Lincoln for this month’s popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium can now download the official event magazine, providing a definitive guide to three days of traffic signals learning, discussion and networking. The 31st Symposium returns to its original home of Lincoln this year with a refreshed format designed to take the event back […]
Sutherland: Give people better transport choices rather than telling them not to drive
Behavioural science expert Rory Sutherland has told Highways News that transport policy should concentrate on making alternatives to the car easier and more attractive rather than assuming motorists can simply be persuaded to stop driving. Speaking in a forthcoming special Highways Voices podcast series with Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens, the Ogilvy UK vice-chairman […]