Clearview to champion integrated data value at TTF Conference
Highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence will lead the discussion on integrating transport data to provide a more efficient network at the Transport Technology Forum annual conference next week. The company, which delivers sustainability solutions, connectivity, and smart and digital infrastructure technology to local authorities and national governments, is sponsoring the two-day conference which […]
JCT launches new Traffic Signal Design course
The traffic signals consultancy JCT is adding a new Traffic Signal Design course to its package of professional training. The Company is best known across the wider industry for its Traffic Signals Symposium each September, but does much more within signals, delivering the LinSig software package and providing training and specialist traffic signal related consultancy […]
Innovative new crossing technology installed in Southend
A new generation of pedestrian safety technology has been installed on one of the busiest routes leading to Southend’s seafront in Essex. Developed by Streetwise Technology, the smart beacon system is designed to improve pedestrian safety while giving the local highways team access to powerful real-time insights about how the road is used. The beacon […]
VESOS sponsored Mini achieves a First at Donington
The specialist eCall consultancy and software company VESOS Solutions is combining its passions for motorsport and road safety by supporting industry colleague Olly Samways from in his 1992 Mini Cooper and 1964 Mini Cooper S in historic racing. Olly started racing at the young age of 10 and has achieved many wins over his recent […]
Smart Moves: How Europe’s Transport Future Is Taking Shape at the ITS Congress in Seville
Are you ready to see how innovation and cutting-edge solutions are reshaping the future of transport across Europe? As transport networks evolve under pressure to decarbonise and modernise, decision-makers face the challenge of balancing ambitious sustainability goals with real-world infrastructure and social needs. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss […]
Building trust in AI: Brightly Software on how Intelligent Inspections are revolutionising highway maintenance
Today on Highways Voices we look at build trust in artificial intelligence for use in the Highways Sector. With shrinking budgets and rising demands from both the public and government, local authorities are under immense pressure to deliver smarter, faster, and more accurate highway maintenance. So today, we look at how AI-driven inspections and integrated […]
Happy fifth birthday to Highways News
Easter Sunday, 20 April, marked the fifth anniversary of the first ever Highways News daily email. Over the five years, an idea from early 2020 that came to fruition during the first Covid lockdown has become an important part of the highways and transport technology industry, informing professionals about new contracts, staff appointments, innovations and […]
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 […]