Micromobility on the Edge: Are We Racing Toward Innovation—or Impact?
What happens when a growing fleet of e-scooters and micro mobility devices hits the streets before the rules are written? Are we paving the way for innovation—or accidents? With micro mobility booming in urban centres and no unified regulatory framework in place, professionals in highways and transportation are faced with a critical challenge: how do […]
M Group acquires Telent
Infrastructure organisation M Group aquired operational technology and digital solutions company Telent. On completion of the transaction, M Group says it will be “even better placed to tackle the evolving challenges of the ageing infrastructure across the UK and Ireland, combining M Group’s market leading infrastructure service offering with Telent’s leading technology and digital solution […]
How Cornwall’s Cormac is Redefining Highway Maintenance – The Power of the Teckal Model on Highways Voices
This week on Highways Voices, we examine the way councils can deliver their highway maintenance by using an arms-length wholly owned company. Our guest is Dominic Bostock, the Managing Director of Cornwall-based Cormac, a company operated under the Teckal approach, which is a procurement exemption that allows public authorities to contract directly with a legally […]
“32 years on and it still feels like Day One” – smartmicro’s Peter Eccleson reflects another year in ITS
The Managing Director of smartmicro UK, Peter Eccleson, has talked about his long career in the transport industry, describing it as his “passion, hobby and home.” The industry veteran talks about being on the ground floor of countless exciting projects and helping to build businesses from the ground up. “Every milestone has been a stepping […]
Monmouthshire councillors complain of lack of warning about M48 lorry ban
Monmouthshire Council’s Chief Executive is complaining that the authority was not given any prior notice about a new weight limit which has been introduced on the M48 original Severn Bridge. National Highways is introducing restrictions for heavy-goods vehicles will apply on the crossing from next month, in a bid to future-proof the 60-year-old suspension bridge. […]
National Highways lifts more than a thousand miles of roadworks for Easter
As normal for major holiday getaways, National Highways is lifting 1,127 miles of roadworks over the bank holiday. The government says around 97.5% of major roads across England will be completely free from roadworks, “speeding up millions of journeys and boosting connectivity across the country to drive growth – the key priority in the government’s […]
Vix Technology upgrades London’s real time bus information system
Vix Technology has been selected by Transport for London to deliver the largest real-time passenger information (RTPI) display upgrade in London in over a decade. This initiative aims to modernise the city’s digital display network, improving passenger satisfaction by giving millions of daily bus users even more accurate and timely updates. The project will see […]
Edinburgh trams introduce tap on tap off ticketing
Public transport passengers in Edinburgh are moving towards getting a London-style ticketing solution with the final tests underway on a new ‘Tap on, Tap off’ payment system on the city’s trams. Edinburgh Trams will announce the launch date shortly for the new system, which is developed in collaboration with payment provider Flowbird, and marks the […]
Bentley Systems introduces inspections using Google Images
Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems is introducing new asset analytics capabilities that leverage Imagery Insights from Google Maps Platform to rapidly detect and analyse road conditions Unveiled at Google Cloud Next 2025, the company says the new capabilities in Bentley’s Blyncsy product offering, which applies AI to crowdsourced imagery for automated roadway asset detection […]
NPED launches new campaign for safer and fairer roads
The founder of the National Persistent Evaders Database of drivers has launched a new Drive Legal campaign, described as a national movement dedicated to tackling the pressing issue of non-compliant vehicles on the UK’s roads. Alan Wood, the CEO of NPED says ten million vehicles across the nation are non-compliant, contributing to criminal activity, anti-social behaviour, […]