SRL and SWARCO launch scalable traffic management software to mobile hire market
SRL has announced it is becoming the only mobile ITS hire supplier to provide local authorities with a scalable traffic management software platform. The platform enables the growing number of customers already using it to manage their permanent systems, not only to efficiently integrate compatible mobile equipment within their networks, but also in future, to […]
RAC warns of “national fuel crisis”
The RAC is calling on the Chancellor to further intervene in the cost of motoring after another sizeable rise in petrol and diesel prices in May. It’s pointing to figures that show fuel rose 11p per litre in the month, meaning it is now at £8 per gallon, and how VAT revenue is rising thanks […]
Free planning tool launched to help authorities with active travel
A new planning tool, developed by the Road Safety Foundation, is being launched to help Local Authorities to model the variables that make active travel safer, more pleasant and less stressful. “Increasing levels of active travel has environmental and health benefits, but to achieve truly healthy mobility, it must also be safe and feel safe,” says Kate […]
£30m more for Net Zero transition work in Scotland
The Scottish Government is committing more than £30 million this financial year to accelerate the shift to zero emission transport. This includes support for zero emission community transport and car clubs in addition to funding interest free loans for electric vehicles. It says this approach is designed to support more people and households on lower […]
National Highways CEO personally welcomes cost-saving intern to full-time role
An intern who saved National Highways thousands of pounds in just three months with his computer know-how has now been given a permanent position – and was given a personal welcome to the business by the Chief Executive Nick Harris. During just a three-month internship, data science student Vadims Seimanovs developed a computer chatbot that […]
GRAHAM keeps drivers moving during M11 works with 60mph safe speed limit initiative
An initiative to increase temporary speed limits during work on the new M11 Junction 7A has been implemented by contractor GRAHAM to improve driver experience and reduce delays during the works. The Highest Safe Speed directive, set out by National Highways, was introduced to safely maximise the number of roadworks standard schemes designed to the […]
Volvo works with gaming company on in-car graphics
Volvo Cars has announced a partnership to bring “photorealistic visualisation technology” into its next generation of electric cars. It’s teaming up with Fortnite creator Epic Games to bring Epic’s “Unreal Engine” game engine into future Volvo cars, providing what it calls unparalleled high-quality graphics inside the cabin. Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment and […]
Freight telematics provider supplies maritime industry
Telematics technology innovator Teletrac Navman has secured a contract to supply the Maritime and Coastguard Agency with fleet management technology for its fleet of vehicles across the UK. The Southampton Based MCA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport. It provides a 24-hour maritime and coastal search and rescue emergency coordination and response […]
TomTom mapmaking automation leads to 500 job losses
Geolocation technology company TomTom has announced changes to its mapmaking technology with the use of more automation technology. The company says engineering investments have resulted in an advanced automated mapmaking platform, which leads to a “material change in mapmaking activities”. This amounts to a cut of around 500 employees, or 10% of its global headcount, […]
TfL consulting on bus route cuts
Transport for London has responded to government demands for cost savings by outlining a “reshaping” of bus services in Inner London. TfL says that before the Coronavirus pandemic, it had made “huge strides” to improve its financial resilience, but that due to TfL’s reliance on passenger fares for the majority of its income, the effect […]