Orkney surveys opinions on 20mph limits
Orkney Islands Council is asking residents for their thoughts on reducing 30mph speed limits inbuilt-up areas to 20mph. The Council has published an online survey and will also run a series of drop in events to gather people’s views. Feedback will be presented to Councillors who are keen to hear from the public their appetite […]
Dorset Police reinforces road safety message after driver blames speed on being low on fuel
Dorset Police have listed some of the reasons people have given for being caught speeding, including needing to get to a petrol station quickly because they were low of fuel, and worries over their KFC getting cold. Officers from the No Excuse Team are targeting motorists who may have committed one of the fatal five […]
Columnist slams expected legalisation of e-scooters
The newspaper columnist Peter Hitchens has repeated his opposition to e-scooters, describing the use of e-bikes and e-scooters as the biggest and most damaging transport revolution since Dr Richard Beeching destroyed the railways 60 years ago. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Mr Hitchens argued “The liberation of unlicensed, unregistered, fast, heavy motor vehicles on […]
Kingston’s refurbished Cromwell Road bus station reopens
Transport for London has opened the redeveloped Cromwell Road bus station in the London Borough of Kingston. Working in partnership with the project contractor VolkerFitzpatrick and the Royal Borough of Kingston, this redevelopment is a first of its kind for the station since it opened in the 1990s. TfL says the build combines contemporary style […]
Norfolk celebrates topping national highways survey for second year in a row
Norfolk has come first for the second year in a row in the National Highways and Transport survey on roads and transport. The annual survey showed again that the highest satisfaction among 29 UK counties and authorities was to be found in Norfolk which achieved an overall score of 49 the average overall score amongst […]
West Yorkshire bus fares staying at £2 until at least March
The £2 cap on bus fares will be extended in West Yorkshire following the announcement Cengtral Government spending on buses. The Department for Transport has confirmed West Yorkshire Combined Authority would receive £36.1 million to go towards its Bus Service Improvement Plan for the coming year. This will allow the CA to continue to cap single bus fares […]
Grid Smarter Cities’ bookable loading bays in Westminster widened to all delivery vehicles
New bookable loading bays created in Westminster earlier in the year are being made available to all types of delivery vans. The Kerb® online booking platform, delivered by kerbside management technology company Grid Smarter Cities, had originally operated exclusively for Electric Vehicles. Kerb® allows delivery drivers to remotely reserve 30-to-90-minute unloading slots at bays near […]
Norwegian industry stalwart plus Austria, Netherlands, UK and Türkiye win inaugural ITS Nationals Awards
The network of national Intelligent Transport Systems associations has hosted its first annual awards ceremony in the Swiss capital Bern, and honoured ITS veteran Trond Hovland with the title “Network Person of the Year”. The five winners were: Mr Hovland won the award, sponsored by SWARCO, in honour not only of his work in the […]
Connecting the Dots between the UK and Europe with ERTICO’s Joost Vantomme
The CEO of the European Intelligent Transport Systems organisation ERTICO, Joost Vantomme is our guest on Highways Voices this week, sharing his vast knowledge with you about standardisation, interoperability and living outside silos. He chats with host Paul Hutton about how ERTICO’s ITS European and World Congresses promote thought leadership and innovation around things like […]
ITS UK calls ITMF cancellation a “hugely missed opportunity”
The Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK has criticised the Government’s decision to cancel the £20 million Intelligent Traffic Management Fund, calling it “a hugely missed opportunity for the Government,” and strongly urging them to reconsider this move. The Department for Transport has written to English Local Authority Chief Executives this week to inform them […]