TWM wins award for tackling accident blackspot with West Midlands scheme
TWM Traffic Control Systems Ltd, a division of the Manchester-based Pilot Group, has won an award for a project which has reduced traffic collisions in the Dudley borough of the West Midlands. TWM joined forces with Dudley Council for the Oakham Road project which achieved the Safety and Innovation Project of the Year award at […]
Sisk announces new COO for Ireland and other senior appointments
Irish builder and contractor John Sisk & Son has announced a series of senior management appointments which it says strengthens its leadership team and bring a sharper focus to some of the sectors the company operates in. Steven McGee is joining Sisk as Chief Operating Officer, Ireland, to lead the ongoing development of the construction […]
QEII Bridge illuminated to honour Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
The Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford, is being lit up in a sequence of red white and blue shifting colours and different intensities of light for a total of six nights over the Bank Holiday weekend. The lights were switched on at dusk on Tuesday 31st May and will remain so until sunrise on Monday […]
Police and enforcement operators get extra security reassurance thanks to Jenoptik UK’s ISO 27001 certification
ANPR, automated enforcement and data management specialists Jenoptik have proved their information security management credentials to customers by receiving new, high-level international standards certification. The company, which has delivered thousands of Average Speed, Spot Speed and Police ANPR cameras throughout the UK, has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2013, complementing their existing ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations. This […]
Hear transport talk from Toulouse and ride in a Level 4 autonomous vehicle on this week’s Highways Voices
This week’s Highways Voices comes from the south of France and the lovely city of Toulouse for the ITS European Congress 2022. This podcast is brought to you thanks to the support of sponsors SWARCO, Nota.ai and GEWI, who’ll also be supporting us heading to Los Angeles for the World Congress in September… Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple […]
High-Level European decision-makers meet at the ITS Congress Policy Summit in Toulouse
Around 80 Ministers, Mayors, Industry Leaders and Senior Representatives of national and Local Governments from 20 countries have met in Toulouse to review how intelligent and green mobility can contribute to sustainable growth and a better quality of life and environment for all citizens. The ITS Policy Summit was a key highlight of the 2022 […]
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister tours Traffic Information and Control Centre in Belfast
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has visited Traffic Information and Control Centre (TICC) Centre in Belfast, meeting with staff who work to carry out a variety of functions, including traffic control; dissemination of traffic and travel information; incident management; and out of hours call handling. The Minster said: “I was most impressed with the […]
Motor traffic offences up by a quarter
New figures show that convictions for motoring offences in Wales and England rose by more than a fifth last year. Analysis of Home Office data by the AA, shared with the PA news agency, found 565,440 drivers were successfully prosecuted in 2021, up 22% from 462,817 a year earlier. PA says that included a 30% […]
Fiat going all-electric from next month
Fiat has announced the removal of all non-electrified vehicles from sale in the UK. This will take effect from 1st July 2022 with the whole Fiat range now coming in electrified forms, from hybrids to fully-electric. The company says that in 2021, more than 60% of Fiat’s line-up was electrified offering at least one low […]
M3 in Hampshire set for safety barrier improvements
National Highways has announced it’s about to start work on an important safety upgrade of the central barrier on a busy section of the M3 in Hampshire. Work to upgrade the 10-mile long steel safety barrier to a concrete one between junction 9 (Winchester) and junction 14 (Southampton) will start with the installation of narrow […]