Highways England outlines South East road improvement
Highways England has announced a multi-million-pound package of improvements to roads in the southeast over the next 12 months. It said motorways and major A roads across the South East including the M25, M27, M3, M4, A27 and A2 will all benefit from these planned improvements, with road resurfacing, bridge joint replacements, the creation of […]
Businesses call for long-term TfL funding agreement
The government is being told it must agree a sustainable long-term funding deal for Transport for London in order to support the capital’s post-pandemic recovery. The financial newspaper City AM has seen a report by lobby group London First which says maintaining public transport services in the capital is “vital” in rebuilding confidence and supporting […]
Met confiscates more than 500 e-scooters
More than 500 e-scooters have been confiscated from people in London during a week of enforcement action by Metropolitan Police officers. Police say the week of action saw officers engage with members the public to explain guidance and enforce traffic legislation around the use of e-scooters. They say this work will continue as officers go […]
Amey Consulting wins place on Scottish Framework
Amey Consulting has won a place on the £72.5m Scotland Excel Civil Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework, open to 32 local Scottish authorities as well as several other Scottish public sector organisations. Having been on the previous generation of the framework, Amey Consulting has expanded its offering and secured two additional lots. In total, the […]
TRL to launch Connected and Automated Safety Assurance Tool to enable rapid scale-up of CAM trials
TRL has developed a new online software tool to simplify and streamline the approach to safety assurance of Connected and Automated Mobility trialling. It says this paves the way for rapid-scale up and repeat deployment of CAM trials in multiple locations. TRL says trials of CAM vehicle technologies are expensive and time-consuming to organise. Ensuring […]
Road deaths down a sixth in 2020
The number of people killed on Britain’s roads last year fell 16% compared to 2019, as lockdown restrictions and consequently fewer journeys meant all types of road crashes were down. However the number of cyclists killed rose from 100 in 2019 to 140 last year. Official figures show that overall there were 1,472 road fatalities […]
Highways projects fell 12% in 2020
There was a 12% in the amount of digging work taking place on the UK’s highways last year, according to the Digging up Britain 2021 report. The study by LSBUD, which provides a free to use online search facility for underground pipes and cables, reveals that there were 369,138 searches through its portal relating to […]
Women in ITS told “you’re first class”
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society’s Women in ITS Group has heard a rousing speech from one of the industry’s most experienced professionals explaining why they bring fresh thinking into the industry, and that women should be confident in their abilities. Professor Eric Sampson spoke at the Women in ITS meeting to mark International Women in […]
SMLL tests how CCTV cameras can be smart sensors
The TRL-led Smart Mobility Living Lab is running a pilot trial in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to use the existing roadside CCTV equipment as sensors, to detect and identify the movement of mobile vehicles such as scooters and wheelchairs in real time. The pilot is to assist Fyma (For your motion analytics) – a computer […]
London getting hydrogen double-deckers
England’s first ever hydrogen double decker buses are being launched in London, marking what the Mayor calls another major step towards making the bus fleet zero-emission and “cleaning up London’s toxic air”. The 20 new environmentally-friendly buses, the first of their kind to be launched in England, will produce no pollution from their exhausts and […]