Ryan Hood re-elected as ITS (UK) Chair
The Chair of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems Industry Association, Ryan Hood, has been re-elected for a third year. The Society’s Annual General Meeting also approved Karla Jakeman of Innovate UK to continue as Vice Chair. The topical directors are: International Director: Niosha Kayhani of Cubic Transportation Systems, Membership Director: Graeme Scott of IBI, Early […]
Highways Voices looks ahead to the ITS European Congress in Toulouse
In a couple of weeks, Highways Voices will be back out and about bringing you chat from the ITS European Congress in the French city of Toulouse. The podcasts are thanks to the generous support of SWARCO and Nota. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! In this […]
Argo AI begins driverless operations in two American cities
The Ford and VW-backed autonomous vehicle technology company Argo AI has started driverless operations in the American cities of Miami, Florida and Austin, Texas. These are two of the eight global cities in which it is currently developing its technology. “Argo is first to go driverless in two major American cities, safely operating amongst heavy […]
Fixing London’s bridges and tunnels could cost £35 million
It’s being forecast that fixing London’s tunnels and bridges will cost Transport for London more than £35m by financial year 2024/2025. London’s financial newspaper City AM reports that documents prepared of the next TfL committee meeting showing the transport body has set aside £6.8m for interim and reactive safety measures during the coming financial year, […]
National Highways to upgrade A12 and A14 road surfaces
The A12 and the A14 in the East of England are set to receive upgrades thanks to a £200million investment from National Highways. The East Anglian Daily Times reports that over the next 12 months, parts of the A14 and the A12 will be resurfaced in an attempt to “create a smoother road surface, reduce noise for […]
SWARCO provides solution to help keep London’s road users informed
SWARCO Traffic Ltd has completed work on a series of Variable Message Sign upgrades for Transport for London, as well as integrating its leading management and monitoring technologies. SWARCO has upgraded communications to all 134 TfL VMS across London to UTMC, as well as deployed its intelligent and modular MyCity platform, enabling TfL operators to update, manage […]
HRS sponsoring this week’s TTF Conference
Digital traffic management specialist HRS has signed up as the main sponsor of this week’s Transport Technology Forum Conference 2022. Around 200 professionals from across the public and private sectors are expected at the annual event in Liverpool which runs from 17 to 19 May. The sell-out event, titled ‘We Can Work It Out’, concentrates […]
London buses turn purple to celebrate Platinum Jubilee
Eight buses with special commemorative wraps have gone into service across the capital as part of Transport for London’s celebrations to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The platinum buses will be in operation on selected routes passing by some of the iconic central London locations associated with the Royal family including Kensington Palace […]
TfL “shelving” bridge anti-terror barrier work
Transport for London is reported to be abandoning plans to install permanent anti-terror barriers on bridges in central London because of their cost. London’s Evening Standard has seen TfL committee papers released ahead of a meeting this week that “several planned projects” will no longer go ahead in 2022/23 due to “the reduced funding available” […]
TfGM receives £13 million to continue delivering UK’s largest cycling and walking network
Six new cycling and walking schemes are set to get the go-ahead in Greater Manchester following a £13.07 million funding boost from the government’s Active Travel fund (tranche three) from the Department for Transport. These schemes will be delivered in four districts – Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Tameside – aimed at making it easier, safer […]