TfL set for emergency funding meeting
Transport for London is planning an emergency meeting about its finances amid rumours the organisation is about to run out of money and that government bailout talks are not going well. City AM reports that multiple sources inside City Hall believe that there will not be an agreement before Saturday, which is the day Mayor […]
Welsh Government to give Councils powers to crack down on Pavement Parking
Ministers in Wales are backing the recommendations of an independent expert group to give councils additional civil enforcement powers to fine what they call problem parkers. The Welsh Pavement Parking Taskforce rejected the outright ban being pursued in Scotland, which is set to take five years to implement, calling it “overly slow and complex”. Instead it […]
UK’s largest ever EV infrastructure contract awarded to bp Chargemaster
bp Chargemaster has been awarded a contract by Police Scotland to supply electric vehicle charging infrastructure across its estates. The deal, worth up to £21 million, is the largest ever of its kind in the UK. The project will be delivered in partnership with WGM Engineering, one of Scotland’s leading engineering companies. More than 1,000 charging points […]
Daimler launches new mobility insurance business
Daimler has signed a strategic partnership with reinsurer Swiss Re to deliver automotive and mobility insurance from a new company they’ve called Movinx. Their business model is to develop fully digital automotive and mobility insurance products that, as they put it, “both fulfil changing customer needs and offer best-in-class service quality.” They say their new […]
HE courts graduates to “build network of the future”
Highways England is recruiting a new intake of graduates as it embarks on what it calls an exciting multi-billion investment programme for the country’s strategic road network. The government-owned company is offering a range of three-year graduate programmes across the country, designed to give graduates all the skills and experience they need to grow their careers. Recruitment for our broad range of apprenticeship […]
ARTSM publishes latest procurement guidance
The Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management, ARTSM, has published an updated guidance document for procurement and supply of Traffic Management Signage. The trade body regularly updates guidance in order for organisations to ensure all products on UK roads are fit for purpose and tested to specified standards. The law says all manufacturers, suppliers […]
Companies working on satellite/GPS connectivity thanks to €1.2m grant
The British-Israeli start-up Valerann has teamed up with established Cardiff-based SME Excelerate Technology to work on technology to allow roads to leverage space technologies to support autonomous vehicles The companies have received a €1.2M grant from the European Space Agency to work on technology to use satellite communications and GPS technologies to make a system […]
Paris’s Mayor cutting car options in city
The Mayor of Paris has used her first major interview since her re-election in the summer to warn people in the city to “forget crossing Paris by car”. Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that, “The city needs to evolve.” Forbes adds that she intends to create permanent curb-protected cycleways and expand the number of lockdown […]
WSP launches “snack and learn” Vision Zero webinar series
WSP is launching what it calls a Snack & Learn webinar series exploring how intelligent transport systems can be part of the Vision Zero road safety solution. The international consultancy’s series will explore how a data-led ITS whole-system approach enables the safe interaction of people, processes, infrastructure, vehicles and technology to support safe road systems, […]
TfL “will run out of money in days”
It’s reported Transport for London is only nine days away from running out of money as it negotiates a fresh bailout with the government. Financial newspaper City AM says TfL is in negotiations with the Department for Transport over the funding settlement, with mayor Sadiq Khan asking for £5.65bn over the next 18 months. It […]