Major A1 surface upgrades getting underway
Major renewals work on the A1 between the Buckden Roundabout and the Brampton Hut Interchange near Huntingdon are getting underway. The work will be carried out over the next six weeks and are due to complete on Monday 1 August. It means disruption between 8pm and 6am and all the time across three weekends. Most […]
ITS (UK) offers cut-price seats for Early Careers Professionals at President’s Dinner and Awards
People in the first decade of their career in Intelligent Transport can take advantage of cheaper places at this year’s ITS (UK) President’s Dinner. The dinner in Milton Keynes on 13 October, hosted by ITS (UK) President Steve Norris, involves an expanded annual awards ceremony where 11 accolades will be handed out. The dinner price […]
Government unveils new plan to bolster freight supply chain
The Government has unveiled a multi-million-pound new plan to bolster the supply chain and create a more resilient and greener haulage sector. A major campaign is underway to recruit and retain a skilled workforce in the logistics sector. The Government says it builds on its “unprecedented action” during the pandemic which has led to sector […]
London faces possible bus strike
Public transport users in London face more disruption as bus personnel may join their tube and train counterparts in strike action. London’s financial paper City AM reports the union Unite has warned of potential strike action across the capital’s bus network after TfL proposed to cut or change 78 of the current 620 routes. Unite […]
Protestors plan to block major roads on 4 July over fuel prices
Plans are circulating on social media to recruit people to block roads on 4 July over the continuing rising cost of fuel. A number of motorways and A roads appear to be targetted, including the two Severn Bridges from England into South Wales. Reports say plans to blockade roads, which also include the M62, M54, […]
£88m plan for bus services across West Midlands
Plans to introduce more transport safety officers and a streamlined fare structure have been included in an £88 million package of measures designed to transform bus services in the West Midlands over the next three years. Further proposals outlined in the region’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) will see greater coordination between Transport for West […]
Technology at the heart of transport – Sarah Sharples on this week’s Highways Voices
“I think when it was first brought in as a role to government departments, the Chief Scientific Adviser was expected to be the wise expert who knew everything about science,” says the Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sarah Sharples on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. “I hope I don’t disappoint you, I don’t […]
Transport Minister says “we’re taking steps in the right direction”
The Transport Minister Baroness Vere says the Government is making improvements and carrying out essential maintenance so the road network continues to power our economy, while ensuring that the network embraces technology and meets the needs of the green economy. In a speech to highways and transport professionals at Traffex 2022, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of […]
M6 upgrade barrier nearing completion
National Highways says a major phase of the £200 million project to upgrade the M6 between Warrington and Wigan is about to be completed. Final work to install a concrete central reservation safety barrier between junction 21a and junction 23 will be marked with a change of traffic management – allowing work to convert the […]
Hyundai trialling driverless taxis in South Korea
Hyundai Motor Group is to pilot a “RoboRide” car-hailing service in the South Korean capital Seoul using its IONIQ 5 battery electric vehicles with in-house developed level 4 autonomous driving technology. The pilot RoboRide will be the first car-hailing service with autonomous driving vehicles to operate in Gangnam, one of the most congested areas in […]