JCB pothole fixer completes three years of repairs in four months in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to fix potholes quickly and permanently – after completing almost three years of repairs in just over four months with JCB’s PotholePro machine. The authority has repaired 10,000m² of road with the JCB PotholePro in just 130 days – an area equivalent to eight […]
Next stage of Hammersmith Bridge restoration to begin
It’s been announced work on the Hammersmith Bridge Restoration Project will start on-site later this month. Hammersmith and Fulham council says the decision follows extensive safety investigations carried out by world-leading specialist bridge engineers working for it. The council says its engineers have now developed an alternative £8.9m stabilisation programme for the bridge which will […]
Ford adds self parking to app
Ford has added the ability for a car to park itself to the latest version of its FordPass Connect app. The website electrek has spotted that if an update to its app comes to fruition, the F-150 Lightning will soon be able to park itself via remote control using phone apps. It’s reported that the […]
Intertraffic knowledge programme “packed with digital innovations and best practices”
The Intertraffic Summit Programme 2022 has been announced and the organisers stress it is fully focused on innovative solutions and best practices to speed up the mobility transition. They say the event in Amsterdam next month will hear about concrete solutions for the growing accessibility, safety and climate problems will be shared through various formats […]
DfT opens MaaS Code of Practice consultation
The Department for Transport is seeking the industry’s views on the content that could be included in a mobility as a service code of practice. It is looking to create MaaS code of practice could be used to provide guidelines for new entrants to the market and incumbent MaaS platform providers to aid navigation around the relevant legislation, […]
StarTraq helps Met Police dramatically increase speeding and red light offence processing
New figures from enforcement software solutions firm StarTraq have revealed that London’s Metropolitan Police service (MPS) have increased the number of speeding and red light offences processed by nearly two and a half times since using its latest software. The Met has been live with the StarTraq back-office software solution, DOME, since March 2020. The […]
TfL passenger numbers grow
New data from Transport for London shows that Tube ridership has increased by more than 25% since early January, with bus ridership up by nearly 10%. New analysis of ridership data by TfL has revealed that, since working from home restrictions were lifted on 19 January 2022, the number of people using the Tube during […]
TfL introducing lower speed limits
Transport for London is cutting the speed limit on more than eight miles (13.77km) of roads as part of its commitment to complete 20mph speed limits on 130 miles of the TfL road network by 2024. It says it’ll bring in new, lower speed limits on five roads across London as part of its Vision […]
Did the Past Predict the Future in the Car Market?
Fantasising about the future has consistently been a preoccupation of humankind. We’ve asked ourselves many futuristic questions over the centuries, and we’ve constantly tried to come up with answers to satiate our appetite for excitement, evolution, and innovation. What will we look like in 100 years’ time? Will we be taller? Will we have found […]
ERTICO CEO stresses the value of European Congress to cities’ transport development
The new CEO of ERTICO – ITS Europe, Joost Vantomme, has reiterated the importance of the ITS Congresses to European cities as a “catalyst for research and innovation”. At the Press Conference in the 2022 host city Toulouse, Mr Vantomme was joined by Dominique Faure, First Vice-President of Toulouse Métropole, Jean-Claude Dardelet, Vice-President of Toulouse […]