RAC warns drivers to watch out for parking payment scams
Following a spate of fake QR codes being stuck on payment machines at car parks across the UK, the RAC is advising drivers to be ‘very vigilant’ and only pay with cash, card or official apps to avoid being scammed. Criminals are catching out unsuspecting drivers by placing fake QR codes over council-owned parking machines, […]
Surrey Highways wins prestigious national engineering award
Surrey County Council has been recognised at the Ground Engineering Awards for innovative highways works on the A323. Highways Officers and contractors Ringway worked with engineering company Geobear to develop a solution to stabilise the deep clay soil beneath a section of the road. This first-of-its-kind application of Geobear’s injected geopolymer treatment in the UK, […]
Liverpool’s six month warning period for moving traffic offences ends as fines start
First-time offenders breaking traffic rules in Liverpool will now be given a fine, instead of a written warning, at a number of locations after a six-month notice period ended. A series of ANPR cameras designed to curb moving traffic contraventions went live in Liverpool earlier this year, with motorists receiving a letter instead of a £70 […]
Heads-Up Technology Detects More than 30,000 Distracted Drivers in South Australia
The Acusensus Heads-Up fixed site systems in South Australia has detected 30,754 motorists illegally using their mobile phones while driving in the one month after the Mobile Phone Detection Programme there became operational in June. The programme is currently in a three-month educational period, during this time warning letters are sent out, with full enforcement […]
CV Sync project uses Kinetic Mobility ATMS to manage one of the most watched traffic technology upgrades in the US
Smart city infrastructure company Q-Free has announced that the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) is using the company’s Kinetic Mobility ATMS platform to manage its CV Sync project, one of the most watched smart traffic management upgrades in the country. The announcement comes as the massive project progresses from its first phase to the […]
Why, and how, did the sparrow cross the road? JCT Traffic Signals Symposium delegates will find out next month!
It’s not an impossible riddle, or a bad Christmas cracker joke – why and how did the sparrow cross the road is actually a key question from one of the 27 separate learned papers being presented at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham next month. The Sparrow crossing provides fully segregated crossings for […]
Reeves considering private finance to help fund Lower Thames Crossing
The Treasury is reported to be investigating how to attract private finance to bring down the cost of the UK government’s largest planned infrastructure project, the £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing. The Guardian reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s department is considering handing over the income from tolls to a private consortium in return for a cash […]
American study highlights the dangers of distracted driving
A new study in the American state of Georgia has found more than half of the crashes in the state in 2022 were down to the driver being distracted. As new schemes in the UK, such as Devon and Cornwall’s use of Acusensus AI cameras to spot people using a mobile phone whilst driving, get […]
Chief Scientific Adviser joins speaker list for ITS World Congress
The Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Prof Sarah Sharples, has been added to the list of high-level speakers for next month’s ITS World Congress in Dubai. She’ll be taking part in a plenary session discussing how to balance the development of new tools in a single transport mode with focusing on fully integrated cross-sectorial […]
Edinburgh Tram workers back strike action over lack of toilet breaks
The Unite union has announced its Edinburgh Trams membership have ]backed strike action in a dispute over late running times to Edinburgh airport which it says is preventing workers from taking comfort breaks. Over 90% of tram workers in the ballot supported strike action. The union says more than 160 members could now take strike […]