West Midlands 5G wins smart city award
The body established to accelerate the benefits of 5G connectivity in the West Midlands, WM5G has won the Smart City Initiative Award at the Connected Britain Awards 2021, in recognition of its development and roll-out of a range 5G-enabled projects to discover innovative transport solutions across the Midlands region. WM5G supports 14 revolutionary 5G-enabled road […]
Gaist helps shape transport’s future with SMLL tie-up
The roadscape technology company Gaist says it’s set to play a central role in the next wave of intelligent mobility developments, following a collaboration with the world-leading testbed, the Smart Mobility Living Lab. The SMLL is to integrate Gaist’s Roads as a Service (“RaaS”) providing a number rich datasets and insight into its lab testbed: […]
Insulate Britain activists face jail if they continue to block roads
National Highways has been granted a court injunction against Insulate Britain activists who’ve been regularly blocking the M25 over the last two weeks, meaning they could face imprisonment if they carry on. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has tweeted “Invading a motorway is reckless & puts lives at risk. I asked National Highways to seek an […]
National Highways planning £1bn technology framework
National Highways is about to launch a new four-year traffic technology framework worth around a billion pounds. It’s looking for tech suppliers to support its strategy of building, maintaining and improving roads, operating the road network and providing services, such as journey information, to road users. It’s issued a contract notice to inform the market […]
Major resurfacing work planned for road in North Wales
Full resurfacing work will be carried out on the A483 near Wrexham from next month, together with concrete slab repairs and drainage works. Traffic Wales has announced essential resurfacing work is to take place on the road between Junction 6 Gresford and Junction 7 Rossett from 11 October until 14 November.. The main works will […]
Musk admits Tesla’s self driving mode can lull people into thinking cars are driverless
The owner of Tesla has admitted in a tweet that his car’s Full Self Driving mode, FSD, can seem so good that “vigilance isn’t necessary”. Elon Musk tweeted about the latest Beta upgrade of the software that will be made available to 2,000 drivers. The tweet said that owners would be able to request access […]
M56 smart motorway opening delayed for SVD
National Highways says there’ll be a delay in opening the £85 million upgrade of the M56 between junction 6 for Hale and 8 for Bowden because of the need to introduce Stopped Vehicle Detection technology. The four-mile section is one of the busiest in the North West, carrying 100,000 vehicles a day and is having […]
Protestors ask for M25 speed reduction so they can disrupt the road
The climate group Insulate Britain have announced they have written to National Highways asking for the speed limit on the M25 to be reduced when they protest. In a statement they say they have written to what they are calling the “Highways Agency” and relevant police forces asking that the speed limit be reduced, but […]
Researchers highlight the value of ADAS to new drivers
It’s one of the ironies of the improvement in safety features in cars – the more expensive the car, the more features there are, which means the drivers who probably need them most, don’t have them. This is because younger drivers who by definition have the least experience, tend to own older vehicles. Therefore features […]
TfN talks of a “New North” at annual conference
Transport for the North’s Chief Executive is calling for more devolution and new approach to funding for his region, that recognises “that local leaders are best placed to shape the future of connectivity in a way that creates opportunities for people and businesses”. Opening the TfN’s Annual Conference in Leeds, Martin Tugwell is highlighting what […]