ITS (UK) Awards go online as four members step up to sponsor them
The UK’s Intelligent Transport Society has decided to hold a virtual awards ceremony this year, which will be sponsored by Jenoptik, Videalert, SRL and Cubic Transportation Systems. The awards, which were first held in 2006, usually take place alongside the President’s Dinner but the current restrictions around Covid-19 made a physical event almost impossible so […]
“Alexa, pay for gas” now available in US
Drivers in America can now use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to pay for their fuel at thousands of filling stations across the country. Amazon has teamed up with Exxon-Mobil (branded Esso in the UK) so that consumers with Alexa-enabled vehicles, devices like Echo Auto, or the Alexa app on smartphones can simply say, pay and […]
Office workers beginning to return to Central London
New statistics suggest that there has been a significant rise in the number of commuters in the City of London, although the numbers are nowhere near back to pre-Covid-19 levels. Financial newspaper City AM reports that as of last Friday, 17,852 passengers entered and exited Bank tube station, ten times more than the 1,800 who […]
Oxbotica masters autonomous driving on the right
Oxford-based autonomous vehicle software company Oxbotica says it’s become the first British firm to manage driverless vehicles on the right hand side of the road. Official trials started in Germany last month on public roads near Friedrichshafen, with a fleet of vehicles successfully navigating a complex urban environment. It’s now been granted an automated vehicle […]
LCRIG changes legal status to “move to the next level”
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group has completed the legal process to a Community Interest Company, which means it can now operate along the lines of any other limited company. This means LCRIG is now in a position to procure goods and services, lease offices and apply for government funding. Chief Executive Martin Duffy (pictured) […]
Registration opens for JCT’s online Traffic Signals Symposium
With the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium’s physical event in Nottingham cancelled because of continuing restrictions around Covid-19, delegates can now sign up to take part online from the comfort of their home or office. The 25th staging of the popular knowledge sharing Symposium takes place via Zoom on 22 and 23 September. Sign up here. […]
DfT “minded to refuse” A303 dualling plans
A decision on plans to upgrade the A303 in Somerset has been put back to November while the Department for Transport considers safety issues around the scheme. Local newspaper the Chard and Illminster News reports that the DfT is “minded to refuse” the designs because they involve the digging of new ponds near RNAS Yeovilton, […]
M20 Operation Brock work getting underway
Work to install a moveable barrier on the M20 designed to cope with cross-channel disruption is getting underway in Kent. The Operation Brock work involves installing a Moveable Barrier System to be deployed when required as part of a contraflow to permit the motorway and junctions to remain open if there are problems at the […]
HE announces A12 preferred route
Highways England has given details of its plans to widen the A12 in Essex between just north of Chelmsford and south of Colchester to three lanes. It says the preferred route is based on its 2017 consultation routes and has been selected based on several factors including environmental impact, journey times, complexity of build, affordability, […]
Government considers pavement parking crackdown
Councils could get more powers to ban pavement parking under plans from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. He’s launching a consultation into making it easier for councils to prohibit pavement parking in their areas, giving councils powers to fine drivers who park on paths, and a London-style nationwide ban on pavement parking. However, he says, there […]