Coventry sets out over £20m investment for greener and more accessible travel across the city
Coventry City Council has announced plans for a major investment of £21 million in the city’s transport network over the next two years. The programme aims to create safer roads, better walking and cycling routes, improved public transport, and the continued provision a range of travel options including increasing electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities. The […]
Coventry council: ‘can’t do anything’ when drivers misuse disabled parking bays
Coventry City Council have admitted that they cannot take action against able-bodied drivers parking in disabled bays on the city’s roads. The news will disappoint more than 100 residents who signed a petition calling on the council to fine those who did not display a blue badge, says the Coventry Telegraph. The petition with 125 signatures […]
Very Light Rail route to Coventry University’s Technology Park to showcase city’s transport future
Coventry City Council has approved a new demonstrator line for its Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) network, designed to showcase the huge benefits of the technology. The initial 800m section will run from Coventry Railway Station to the Technology Park and will also include a new service area and charging station at the university’s Mile […]
Balfour Beatty awarded £900m Midlands highways upkeep contract
Balfour Beatty has been awarded £900m, seven-year maintenance term contract worth £900m after three local authorities joined forces to bundle their long-term road upkeep programmes.The deal has been awarded to Balfour Beatty Living Places following a joint procurement by Warwickshire County Council, Coventry City Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. The contract will run from […]
Coventry University to research self-driving shuttle safety
A team of researchers at Coventry University are to look into how self-driving shuttles can be safely operate in busy urban areas. The research follows the success of the Solihull and Coventry Automated Links Evolution (SCALE) project. This sees three vehicles transporting passengers across the National Exhibition Centre campus during major events, says the BBC. […]
Coventry to trial eco-friendly road materials
Coventry is set to play a key role in the UK’s drive for greener, more sustainable roads this summer, as the city trials eco-friendly road materials on two of its main roads. The project will help the UK learn how to maintain roads in a more environmentally friendly way. The trials in Coventry are part […]
Smarter, Safer, Cheaper: Real-world solutions transforming our highways at the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival
Let’s get around a hundred local authorities, local and national infrastructure leaders and cutting-edge transport technology companies together to redefine the future of highways on Highways Voices today with guests including the DfT’s Darren Capes, Industry Grandee Matthew Lugg and Coventry’s visionary Sunil Budhdeo. We’re back at the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival after last […]
Joined up data solution proves road safety benefits at LCRIG Innovation Festival
Visitors to the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) Innovation and Learning Festival near Warwick have seen first-hand how independent data sources can be fused together to make our roads safer. In this demonstration, led by Coventry City Council, roadworker safety was highlighted as HRS, SRL, Ohmio and Transport for West Midlands showed how alerts […]
Coventry University’s Research Centre for Future Transport and Cities to help shape Coventry’s very light rail project
Experts at Coventry University are to play a key role in a major project aimed at providing affordable accessible transport in the city. Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) is a project to create a rail-based mass-transit system that can be built at less than half the cost and in half the time of conventional tram […]
Coventry’s CVLR set for city centre test run
RailAdventure UK, a specialist transport company in the West Midlands, will operate the Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) vehicle for the on-road test in the city centre in May and June this year. CVLR is a new and innovative transportation system that is using the region’s advanced automotive expertise to provide a flexible and affordable […]