Some of the traffic signals industry’s leading experts will be given more time to share their knowledge at this year’s popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium, with organisers responding to delegate requests for longer presentations and more detailed discussion.
The 31st Symposium returns to its original home of Lincoln on 16 and 17 September, with this year’s revamped event taking JCT back towards its original format as a learned meeting focused firmly on technical knowledge and best practice.
By popular request, presentations have been made longer, with more time also allocated for questions and discussion. The exhibition has been paused this year, allowing the programme itself to take centre stage.
“Delegates will hear 15 in-depth papers and two keynote addresses, with speakers representing local authorities, suppliers, National Government, academia and ITS UK,” explained JCT Director John Nightingale (pictured). “Subjects across the programme cover innovation, best practice, research and standards, giving practitioners the chance to hear detailed experiences of real-world projects as well as new thinking about how traffic signal technology can evolve.”
Presentation subjects range from AI-enhanced traffic management and innovative junction control to detector standards, floating vehicle data and the challenges posed by ageing traffic technology.
The programme reflects the continuing importance of signals as perhaps the most direct way for many local authorities to influence how their road networks operate. Intelligent control can help reduce unnecessary delay and make better use of existing road capacity, while priority strategies allow authorities to support buses, trams, walking and cycling alongside general traffic.
The event will include keynote addresses from Department for Transport Head of Road Infrastructure Technology Darren Capes and Lincolnshire County Council Principal Engineer, Traffic Signals, Anthony Gent.
Among the other speakers are representatives from Transport for London, National Highways, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, TRL, Transport for Greater Manchester, Yunex Traffic and ITS UK.
The full list of papers and detailed programmes for both the Symposium and the MOVA Users Group can be downloaded from the JCT Symposium website.
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