M4 near Bristol facing weekend closure in October
National Highways has announced the M4 will be closed in both directions between junctions 18 and 19 from 7pm Friday 18 October to 6am Monday 21 October while a trench is dug under the motorway. This will allow utilities to be diverted that are currently within the bridge before the structure is demolished next year. With 3,000 […]
Transport Secretary pledges to fix pothole plague after trip to Blackpool
The Transport Secretary has reaffirmed the government’s manifesto commitment to fix up to one million more potholes a year as she visited Blackpool. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh met with road workers and councillors to see first-hand the extensive work being undertaken to tackle the pothole plague and learn how high-definition imagery is used to spot […]
Council approves lay-by for speed camera van
Leeds City Council has approved plans to create a lay-by for speed camera vans along a busy route in the city. The Yorkshire Evening Post says proposals would see the introduction of a police hard-standing area for the purposes of enforcing the speed limit along the A659 Harewood Road as it passes into and through […]
TfL hails stats showing drop in London’s road deaths
Transport for London has published its 2023 Casualties in Greater London report that shows when comparing 2023 data with the 2010-14 baseline, fatalities have reduced by 30% (from 136 to 95) in London compared to seven per cent for the rest of Great Britain (from 1,663 to 1,550), and serious injuries have decreased by 24% […]
Railway stations hit in cyber security attack
Ten of London’s biggest railway stations have had their Wi-Fi networks hacked in another “cyber security incident” hitting the transport network, only days after Transport for London was attacked. Police are investigating after the attack on internet services at 19 stations across the UK managed by the Network Rail. Network Rail confirmed that the wi-fi […]
Road safety activities support introduction of Jenoptik red light enforcement in Hull
Hull City Council, Humberside Police and Safer Roads Humber have been undertaking a programme of education and enforcement activity at an East Hull junction to help reduce crashes and improve safety. Earlier this summer, four Jenoptik red light enforcement cameras were installed on the approaches to the Holderness Road and Mount Pleasant junction, using £240,000 […]
ULEZ vandals avoid jail for camera attacks
Three men behind attacks on London’s ULEZ enforcement cameras have been sentenced for bouts of vandalism a year on from the scheme’s expansion. London’s Evening Standard reports two men from Chingford have been sentenced for causing £2712 of damage to a ULEZ camera in the Higham Hill area of Waltham Forest. It says a sentencing […]
National Highways announces near-net zero road resurfacing project
National Highways will carry out the lowest carbon road resurfacing scheme its ever attempted on its network next month, on the A64 in Yorkshire. It says by using innovative materials and working methods throughout the project, it thinks it can reduce the carbon footprint for this scheme’s construction by around 70%. In a post on […]
Paper analyses exposure to vehicle pollutants using new method
A new scientific paper has been published explaining now certain types of simulations can be used to identify local exposure to harmful pollutants from vehicles. The Royal Society points out how major health risks and chronic diseases are caused by exposure to unregulated particle pollutants from road, tyre and brake sources so explains a physics-informed […]
Highways Voices discusses UK-European collaboration at the ITS World Congress in Dubai
Our final Highways Voices featuring content gathered during the ITS World Congress in Dubai is a panel discussion looking at technical collaboration in transport between the UK and Europe. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode! Recorded in front of an audience on the UK Pavilion at the […]