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 […]
IBI buys parking and mobility technology company
Global design and technology firm, IBI Group has acquired mobility solutions provider, HotSpot, a nine year old company founded to address parking issues through technology, which and has since developed into a suite of integrated mobility solutions. Currently, the HotSpot platform is in use across Canada and parts of the US, with more than 80 […]
National Highways announces multi-million pound works across South West
National Highways has announced a £167 million programme of improvements to roads, pavements and bridges across the southwest of England. Motorways and major A-roads including the M5, M4, A40, A36, A303, A30 and A38 are all included in the planned package. The Government-owned company says motorists, pedestrians and cyclists are all set to benefit from […]
M20 Operation Brock contraflow deactivated
The 13-mile Operation Brock contraflow on the M20 between junctions 8 (for Maidstone) and 9 (at Ashford) has been removed. The road restrictions were put in in March to deal with any traffic disruption after problems with cross-channel ferry capacity. Now the Kent Resilience Forum has judged this period of potential disruption has now eased, […]
DfT announces £160m road and bridge upgrades
The Government has announced four schemes in Newcastle, Cornwall, Greater Manchester and Southampton, which it estimates will generate £659.3 million in economic benefits for the regions through improved investment, new housing and employment opportunities. In a statement, the Department for Transport says the road and bridge schemes will level up infrastructure across the country, helping […]