Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement scheme approved
National Highways’ plans to improve the A428 between the Black Cat Roundabout and Caxton Gibbet Road in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport. The application involves the dualling of the A428 between A1/A421 Black Cat Junction and A428/A1198 Caxton Gibbet Junction to high quality dual carriageway. […]
SRL Traffic Systems receives RoSPA awards for health and safety achievements
SRL Traffic Systems is celebrating after landing two internationally recognised awards for demonstrating high health and safety standards. The UK and Republic of Ireland’s leading manufacturer and supplier of portable and temporary ITS equipment and integrated systems has received a RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Gold Fleet Safety Award and a Silver […]
TfL asks passengers to only travel if essential as strike action disrupts tube and bus networks
Transport for London is strongly encouraging customers to avoid travelling on the Tube and only travel if essential on the rest of the network until 8am tomorrow (Saturday 20 August). This is due to industrial action by the RMT on London Underground and London Overground station staff on 19 August, as well as by Unite […]
British SMEs get a helping hand to showcase their expertise at Los Angeles ITS Congress
Small and medium enterprises will get a high-profile platform at the huge Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Los Angeles next month thanks to a unique partnership of leading supporters of UK transport technology. The British Pavilion, hosted by Innovate UK and the Department of International Trade in the US is being supported by the […]
JCT Symposium to hear ground-breaking AI signal control case study
Next month’s JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will hear how an Artificial Intelligence-based traffic control support system has provided a previously-unavailable level of insight into traffic movements on the road network. The Traffic Signal Maintenance AI Project is a partnership between Kirklees Council, the University of Huddersfield and AI experts Simplifai Systems. The pilot project was […]
School bus routes cut the night before children return to school
A number of school bus routes in North Lanarkshire have been cancelled the night before local children returned to school. The BBC reports Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), who organise contracts for North Lanarkshire Council, failed to find drivers for more than 40 routes. The cuts affected 26 primary and secondary schools in the area. […]
Road in Bedfordshire to receive flood defence work
Milestone Infrastructure, a part of M Group Services, has secured its first contract under Eastern Highways Framework Three, to remodel and improve Blackburn Road in Dunstable on behalf of Central Bedfordshire Council. The Company says it will be using its expertise in highway maintenance to reconstruct the carriageway, install a new drainage system and resurface […]
ITS European Congress dates announced for 2023 event
ERTICO – ITS Europe has confirmed that the next ITS European Congress will go ahead from the 22-24 May 2023 in Lisbon. The city should have hosted the 2020 event but it was cancelled due to Covid. The theme of the congress will be ITS: The Game Changer. The event will take place at the […]
CNG Fuels opens its tenth biomethane refuelling station as demand for low-carbon fuel skyrockets by 100% across the UK
Biomethane supplier for transport has opened of its tenth low-carbon HGV refuelling station in Castleford, as demand for the fuel takes off, with the number of bio-CNG powered trucks on the road doubling in the last year alone. The new station means that CNG Fuels can now refuel 5,000 HGVs across the UK daily, saving […]
London Assembly urges TfL to reconsider bus cuts
Transport for London has been urged to reconsider proposals to cut bus services in London with a warning they would be “counterproductive”. London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports a public consultation on TfL’s proposals – which includes plans to axe bus 16 routes entirely – came to an end last week having received an “exceptionally high” […]