Highways Voices 14 September – the latest thinking in traffic signals
This week’s Highways Voices looks at the key way you can manage traffic in a town or a city – by discussing the latest in signals technology. Presenter Paul Hutton is at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham, as he talks to Mark Crabtree of TRL, who’s been in the industry for 47 years […]
Highways Voices ITS World Congress preview
With fewer than two weeks to the start of the 2022 ITS World Congress, Highways Voices looks ahead to the World Congress by finding out about the key themes of the event, hears from exhibitors and gives you an idea of some things to do when you’re in Los Angeles. Highways Voices will be reporting […]
Highways Voices bonus podcast for people heading to the ITS World Congress – a guide to LA
The world’s leaders in Intelligent Transport Systems will be heading to Los Angeles in two weeks’ time for the ITS World Congress, and Highways News will, of course, be there to report with daily Highways Voices podcasts. There is always a danger that people who head to big events end up spending their time in […]
Highways Voices 27 July – looking ahead to a busy autumn of events
This last Highways Voices before the August break features a look ahead to three major events we’ll be covering this autumn. First, we chat to John Nightingale, organiser of the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium about what’s in the event, who are the key speakers, how it’s the biggest ever exhibition and why the bar […]
Highways Voices 20 July – Paula Claytonsmith of LCRIG
“I have been talking about making the case for local roads for a number of years, so the fact that LCRIG sees that as at the heart of what it does is close to my heart,” says Paula Claytonsmith, the LCRIG’s new Director, Government and Strategy on this week’s Highways Voices. She talks about the […]
Highways Voices 13 July – Steve Elderkin of National Highways
“There’s something like 46 action plans now, across the company, I’m really clear that what we can’t do is have a big central team that is delivering on carbon, and everyone else carries on working as they did before,” explains National Highways’ Director of Environmental Sustainability Steve Elderkin on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. “Carbon […]
Highways Voices 29 June – Steve Spender of IHE
“We constantly monitor and we survey our members in terms of what they think they need in terms of training, and we look at the sector, find out where the sector is, is identifying training needs are required,” explains Institute of Highway Engineers CEO Steve Spender on this week’s Highways Voices as he discusses training […]
Highways Voices 22 June – Fixing rural mobility with WSP
Understanding the needs of rural communities is a vital part in planning an effective rural mobility strategy. These are the thoughts of Peter Ramsey, Associate Director for future mobility at WSP, our guest on this week’s Highways Voices. In it, we explore: why rural mobility is essential to meet Net Zero targets and grow local […]
Highways Voices 15 June – Sarah Sharples at the TTF Conference
“I think when it was first brought in as a role to government departments, the Chief Scientific Adviser was expected to be the wise expert who knew everything about science,” says the Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sarah Sharples on this week’s Highways Voices podcast. “I hope I don’t disappoint you, I don’t […]
Highways Voices 8 June – ITS European Congress from Toulouse 2nd podcast
This week’s Highways Voices again features conversations from the south of France and the ITS European Congress 2022 in Toulouse. This podcast is brought to you thanks to the support of our 2022 Congress sponsors SWARCO, Nota.ai and GEWI, who’ll also be supporting us heading to Los Angeles for the World Congress in September. Subscribe […]
