New ITS (UK) members share vision for their participation
Three of the newest members of the UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry association have summarised their organisations’ operations and outlined their plans for their involvement in the society. Representatives of Balfour Beatty, Amalo Consulting and Wood all joined ITS (UK) Executive Members at the latest Council meeting in London, which was also streamed to participants […]
Vaisala ranks in top 5 of Financial Times’ Climate Leaders 2022 list
Weather technology company Vaisala has been ranked fifth in the Financial Times list of European Climate Leaders 2022. The list includes European companies that achieved the greatest reduction in their greenhouse gas emissions between 2015 and 2020. Vaisala moves up from 14th place the previous year. “Sustainability really is at the core of Vaisala, and […]
GRAHAM awarded £16m construction phase of Chelmsford Bridge and Highway scheme
Civil engineering specialist firm GRAHAM has been appointed as the Principal Contractor to deliver a new bridge and link road as part of the Chelmsford East Beaulieu S278 Works (RDR Phase 3) project. The £16.77m project will connect the A130 Essex Regiment Way and the Beaulieu and Channels housing developments on the west side of […]
Thatcham Research to develop new centre of excellence for future mobility solutions
Thatcham Research, the UK’s only ‘not-for-profit’ insurer funded automotive research centre, has acquired Gamston Aviation Limited (GAL), owner of Retford (Gamston) Airport to create a centre of excellence for the research and testing of future mobility systems. It says the new facility will enable Thatcham Research to provide a suitable home for the crucial testing […]
£30m for ADEPT Live Labs 2
Cutting-edge, innovative ideas to decarbonise the country’s highways will be brought to life thanks to tens of millions of pounds in taxpayer funding. The £30 million Live Labs 2 competition, funded by the Department for Transport will support projects looking at ways to decarbonise local highways infrastructure in regions across the UK. There will be […]
Expressions of interest open for hosting future ITS Congresses
Countries and cities are being offered the chance to throw their hat in the ring to host a future ITS World or European Congress. ERTICO – ITS Europe is looking for potential hosts of the 2025 and 2026 European Congresses and the 2027 World Congress which will be based in a location within ERTICO’s juristiction. […]
Amey presents paintings to celebrate street lighting works
Amey’s Edinburgh Street Lighting team have presented the City of Edinburgh Council with three hand paintings of the city scape to celebrate the completion of recent street lighting upgrades. The paintings which feature locations of where the street lighting works took place, are the creation of artist Sophie Hoggan, who has two sisters that both […]
Traffic management, modelling and the next gen connectivity 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! In this Highways Voices we return to Amsterdam for more conversation from the exhibition floor of the huge Intertraffic event. We talk to the CEO of Yunex, Marcus Schlitt about the pace of change in the newly-branded company and then CEO […]
Rest and Be Thankful diversion owner gets £1m
It’s emerged nearly £1 million has been paid out to the owner of a diversion route used during the closure of the landslip prone A83 Rest and Be Thankful road in Scotland. The Press and Journal reports that total payments have been made over the last six years, with annual instalments being transferred to the […]
National Highways calls for professional drivers feedback
National Highways has launched an online professional driver community to gauge the views across the sector. The online community will be accessible via an app or web browser and has been created to allow professional drivers to share their views about England’s motorways and major A roads. Freda Rashdi Head of Customer Journeys at National […]