New documentary goes behind the scenes at National Highways
A behind the scenes look at how England’s motorways are managed features in Channel 5’s latest documentary looking at the work of National Highways. The Motorway, which airs from 8pm on Monday, 9 May for the next eight weeks, is the second series of the popular programme which takes a fly on the wall approach […]
Yunex Traffic awarded Sheffield Clean Air Zone contract
Yunex Traffic has been awarded a contract to design, supply and install a Clean Air Zone ANPR camera monitoring and enforcement solution across Sheffield City Centre. The company says the introduction of the Class C Clean Air Zone follows research undertaken by the city council, which showed that air pollution contributes to around 500 deaths […]
TTF Conference expecting a full house in Liverpool
Around 200 professionals from across the public and private sector have signed up to attend the Transport Technology Forum annual conference in Liverpool later this month. The sell-out event, titled ‘We Can Work It Out’, concentrates on boosting collaboration between Government, Local Authorities and the private sector to use technology to tackle the transport challenges […]
SWARCO’s CEO discusses meeting global mobility challenges on this week’s Highways Voices
Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! “When we started designing our new modern mobility management system… we started by interviewing more than 400 cities globally,” explains the new SWARCO CEO Michael Schuch on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. “And what we learned was actually the most critical […]
Authorities sign up to LCRIG Innovation Festival
This summer’s Innovation Festival will be a first of its kind for the highways sector and is being put on by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG). Several local authorities have already committed to making their road networks available for trials along with funding for qualifying innovators who participate in the event. The event […]
Driverless vehicle trial copes with extreme Finnish winter
Finnish self-driving technology company Sensible 4 has announced it’s carried out a successful autonomous driving pilot in Tampere, Finland, despite the worst and most challenging winter conditions in years. The pilot, which started in January and lasted for two and a half months, aimed to see how autonomous vehicles work with public transportation networks and […]
Police and Crime Commissioner caught speeding five times
Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has been caught speeding five times, despite standing on a manifesto that included cracking down on speeding. Conservative Caroline Henry was clocked breaking 30 mile per hour limits during campaigning in the local elections last year. The Telegraph reports Mrs Henry, 52, admitted the offences, including two committed on consecutive […]
Kent County Council consults on traffic offence enforcement
Kent County Council is currently consulting people in the county on plans to use new powers to enforce moving traffic offences. It’s looking for feedback on enforcement of driving through a No Entry sign, making banned turns, entering yellow box junctions when the exit isn’t clear, driving where and when motor vehicles are prohibited and […]
Teenager jailed for driving wrong way through Blackwall Tunnel
A teenage driver’s been jailed for driving a stolen car the wrong way through the Blackwall Tunnel and then causing a head-on collision. 18 year old Johal Rathour of Bridge Road, Grays, was identified by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Road and Transport Policing Command after he caused the crash in the early hours of […]
ITS (UK) promising Bigger and Better awards
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry association is significantly expanding its annual awards to better recognise the huge contribution technology is making to a greener, safer and more efficient transport network. The ITS (UK) Awards, which were first held in 2006, are adding an extra six awards to the list this year, meaning more than […]