Neil Herron wins lifetime achievement honour at British Parking Awards
Grid Smarter Cities founder Neil Herron has been recognised for more than two decades of work transforming parking enforcement and pioneering digital kerbside management by receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Parking Awards. The award recognises a parking professional who has made an outstanding contribution to the sector across their career and represents […]
Capes sets out technology, skills and advocacy priorities for IHE presidency
The Institute of Highway Engineers must continue to prepare its members for emerging technologies, develop new routes into the profession and continue as a strong advocate for the highways sector, its President Darren Capes has told the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium. Mr Capes, who is also Head of Road Infrastructure Technology at the Department for […]
ITS UK calls for industry backing to turn ‘Stuck on Red’ campaign into political action
The industry association for the transport technology sector in the United Kingdom, ITS UK, is urging traffic technology companies and local authorities to support its campaign for a rolling programme of government investment to replace ageing traffic signals, warning that political pressure will be essential if funding is to be secured. Speaking at the JCT […]
Capes: Roads, vehicles and technology can no longer be considered separately
The Department for Transport’s Head of Road Infrastructure Technology has stated his view that the growing interaction between roads, vehicles and digital technology will fundamentally change how the UK manages its transport networks, Speaking at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Lincoln, Darren Capes suggested authorities and suppliers would need to understand how infrastructure and […]
TOPAS develops detector standards based on real-world performance
Standards for road network detectors should be based on the information needed to operate the network, rather than an assumption that every device must achieve 100% accuracy, delegates at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Lincoln have heard. Mark Pleydell, one of the traffic signals sector’s leading experts and a prominent thinker on standards, used […]
Birmingham signal strategy balances tram and pedestrian priority with traffic flow
A bespoke traffic signal strategy in Birmingham is allowing trams, pedestrians and buses to receive greater priority without causing significant disruption to general traffic, the JCT Traffic Signal Symposium has heard. The approach has been developed for the Bull Street and Corporation Street junction, one of the most operationally complex signal-controlled tram junctions on the […]
Barnsley targets specific traffic problems with AI-based detection
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has used AI-based detection to address two distinct traffic management problems while retaining its existing signal infrastructure and avoiding extensive civil engineering work. The applications were presented by Barnsley Council Traffic Signals Engineer Daniel Ellis and Yunex Traffic Principal Engineer Nick Rule at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Lincoln. Both […]
TfL bus route review techniques cut prison transport journey times
Councils could apply techniques developed to improve bus services to other transport operations, including freight routes, cycling corridors and pedestrian networks, according to a paper presented at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium. Transport for London Network Manager Joe Carr described how TfL adapted its Route Analysis Recommendation Report methodology to improve the reliability of prisoner […]
Taking Live Labs 2’s £30 million of innovation off the shelf and onto the road
The £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2 programme has tested new ways to cut carbon, save money and improve the management of local roads—but how does the highways sector ensure that its findings do not simply end up gathering dust? As the Live Labs 2 regional roadshow prepares to begin the day after this podcast […]
VESOS co-founder Andy Rooke moves into strategic role
One of the co-founders of Connected vehicle safety specialist consultancy VESOS, Andy Rooke, is stepping back from his day-to-day role with the company to take on a more strategic position, while continuing to support its work to improve road safety. Mr Rooke co-founded VESOS after a career spanning operational roads policing, public-safety communications and the […]