LCRIG’s Transport Technology Forum contract renewed
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) has had its contract to support the Transport Technology Forum (TTF) renewed for a further three years. LCRIG has delivered the TTF for the Department for Transport since the summer of 2021. The contract renewal will see the not-for-profit Community Interest Company continue to deliver the Forum until […]
ITS Nationals network awards take place in Warsaw tonight
The gala dinner and awards ceremony for the network of national Intelligent Transport Systems associations – ITS Nationals – will take place tonight (Tuesday 7 October) in Warsaw. They are sponsored by The Traffic Group, Daktronics, IDASO, SWARCO, Intertraffic and the 2027 Birmingham ITS World Congress, and follow last year’s inaugural event in Switzerland. It […]
Winners of the 2025 DfT Special Recognition Awards announced at Strictly Highways
The winners of the 2025 DfT Special Recognition Awards were announced last night (1 October) at Strictly Highways, where more than 500 professionals from the highways and road infrastructure technology sector came together to celebrate innovation and achievement. Now in their sixth year, the awards were established by the late Steve Berry OBE, former Head […]
DfT starts conversation on connected data services to shape UK’s digital roads future
The Department for Transport’s Head of Road Infrastructure Technology has used his address at the LCRIG Strictly Highways event in Blackpool to start a conversation about the future connected data services that will bring together vehicles, road users and road operators. Darren Capes says starting the development of a Digital Vehicle Services Framework gives the […]
Smarter tech, safer roads: Inside Westcotec’s collision-prevention mission on this week’s Highways Voices
We make another one of our trips to a leader in our industry to find out more about becoming a successful business on today’s Highways Voices, and give you some ideas in your day-to-day job. We’re at Westcotec in Norfolk talking road safety, too, discussing how the key to reducing road collisions isn’t just tougher […]
Shaping the future of emergency response: VESOS and DfT lead next-gen eCall workshop with EENA
The specialist eCall consultancy and software company VESOS Solutions, in collaboration with the Department for Transport in the UK, is leading a workshop later this month to support the X_HeERO project focussing on the development of the Next Generation emergency call (eCall) system. This workshop, with the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) who are X_HeERO […]
Cohda On-Board Unit approved for EU public transport and as OEM Aftermarket accessory
V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) technology company Cohda Wireless, has announced that its On-Board Unit (OBU) has successfully achieved E1 certification, paving the way for its V2X technology to be incorporated into public transport systems and as an approved OEM Aftermarket Accessory across Europe. As part of the E1 certification process, Cohda’s OBU has undergone and passed crucial […]
Birmingham shows off ITS World Congress 2027 opportunities with Highways UK NEC Open Day
With the major Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress 2027 in Birmingham now just two years away, the organisers are ramping up their engagement with industry by holding an open day to share more details about the event and give an opportunity for businesses to provide their input on how to make it a success. Organisers […]
Former DfT Director General predicts that the death of driving is “overstated”
Industry sage Steve Gooding has used his keynote address this year’s popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium to tell the audience that our transport networks will rely on people driving cars for the foreseeable future, while gantries might never disappear from our roadsides. Mr Gooding, the Director of the RAC Foundation and former Director General at […]
Compliance, Collaboration, and Control Rooms: The latest industry thinking from the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
Traffic signals remain the most effective way to manage transport networks in most urban centres, and they take centre stage this week in Leeds at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium. Today’s Highways Voices looks into the latest thinking in the industry, as we learn about SCOOT 8 AI from TRL Software, and how it, and […]