JCT Symposium promises strong focus on using traffic signals to support active travel
Delegates at this year’s JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will hear five learned papers from industry experts sharing real-life experiences in boosting active travel on the road network. The popular event in September, at its new location of the Royal Armouries in Leeds, will hear from Zach Mabbs, an Inspector at Active Travel England, discussing “All […]
Former DfT Director General Steve Gooding to give keynote at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
The popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium is welcoming industry sage Steve Gooding to give its keynote address at this September’s event at its new venue in Leeds. As a leading figure in the world of motoring and transport policy, in his Keynote Address “The Future?”, Steve aims to sketch out some of the challenges that […]
Early Careers Professionals again offered cut-price JCT Symposium places for event’s new venue
The organisers of the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium are again offering people new to the industry a 70% discount tickets to the event at its new home in Leeds this September. The Symposium shares best practice in the signals industry through a programme of learned papers covering a range of topics including road safety, […]
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium introduces new session specifically aimed at supporting local authorities
The popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium is introducing a new panel session to support local authorities looking for help in managing their road networks amid changing requirements. Nicknamed “Signallers’ Question Time” the session will invite leading experts to answer questions from the audience on signal-related issues. Emily Madsen from Staffordshire County Council (pictured) and consultants […]
Focussing on delivering transport for humans on this week’s Highways Voices
What if you could dramatically improve travel experiences and reduce traffic issues without spending billions on new infrastructure? In this episode of Highways Voices, we revisit a chat with behavioural scientist Rory Sutherland, author of the book Transport for Humans – Are We Nearly There Yet, exploring how psychology and better information, and not just […]
JCT papers now available as bookings open for Leeds in 2025
The papers from last month’s popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium have been published on the event’s website to coincide with the opening of delegate bookings for next year’s event at its new home in Leeds. More than 260 attendees, and over a third of them from the public sector or an industry association, took part […]
Exhibitors hail “pacemaker” JCT Traffic Signals Symposium, as product videos released
The popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham last month was more popular than ever, with more than 260 attendees, and over a third of them from the public sector or an industry association. Exhibitors praised the value of the event, with Chris Kettell of TRL commenting that he “Can’t think of another traffic event […]
VivaCity wins inaugural exhibitors’ award at JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
VivaCity’s smart signals control solution has won the first ITS UK-sponsored “Most Innovative product or Service at the Exhibition” award at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham. The solution was chosen out of ten who were shortlisted for recognition at the popular event. “Congratulations to VivaCity on winning the inaugural ITS UK’s Most Innovative […]
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium gets new venue for 30th event next year
The popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will take place in Leeds next year, as the three-day conference and exhibition moves from its recent home in Nottingham. Due to changes in student requirements at Nottingham Trent University, the Symposium was unable to be accommodated in its usual September slot, so the organisers have found a new […]
Do traffic signal improvement schemes achieve their objectives? Delegates at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will find out how tomorrow
A learned paper at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham this week will look at how to implement adaptive traffic optimisation, and importantly, how to analyse the before-and-after to check it does what it’s meant to do. In the paper “Experiences with ImFlow in Cheshire East – challenges and successes”, John Ball from […]
