Highways Voices brings you a flavour of the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival
Join Highways Voices on a whistle-stop tour of last week’s LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival in Coventry, as we hear expertise across the road maintenance, safety, EV and mobility industries. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! In the first of two podcasts from the event, we hear […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund launch Ready for the Future grant scheme
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is launching a new grant scheme to help address significant skills gaps in the highways and transport sector. Ready for the Future grants are intended to support the future development of roads by funding existing highways or transport professionals to acquire skills that will be necessary for highways in the future. […]
Looking forward to Intertraffic Amsterdam on this week’s Highways Voices thanks to SWARCO and AGD Systems
This week’s Highways Voices looks ahead to the biggest single event we cover at Highways News – Intertraffic Amsterdam. Ahead of four special podcasts direct from the RAI in Amsterdam thanks to the support of SWARCO and AGD Systems, we find out what we can expect, as we hear from the organiser Carola Jansen-Young and […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund running Road MSc bursary scheme again
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Trustees have announced that they will once again be running the Transport MSc Bursary programme for the academic year 2024-5. The Trustees are hoping to encourage more applications to study for a transport related MSc – both from people who are new to the transport sector and people who are currently […]
Rees Jeffreys Road MSc Bursary Scheme returns for 2024-25
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Trustees have announced that the organisation will once again be running its Transport MSc Bursary programme for the academic year 2024-5. The Trustees are hoping to encourage more applications to study for a transport related MSc – both from people who are new to the transport sector and people currently […]
Driverless technology expert publishes key “ethical roads” report
A leading expert in driverless technology has published research into how the public feels driverless vehicles should be programmed to make the right ethical decisions while driving on our roads. You can listen to Nick Reed discuss this in an exclusive interview on the Highways Voices podcast this Wednesday, 12 July,. Professor Nick Reed’s study […]
Richard Hammond and Chris Boardman discuss the future of the car on this week’s Highways Voices
“People… buy a new football strip every six months because of the team they support,” says motoring journalist Richard Hammond on this week’s Highways Voices, “Or a new pair of trainers made on the other side of the world by somebody else’s children out of fossil fuels-derived oil-derived materials and then shipped around the world […]
Rees Jeffreys set to continue Transport MSc Bursary Scheme
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Trustees have announce that the organisation will once again be running its Transport MSc Bursary programme for the academic year 2023-24. The Trustees are hoping to encourage more applications to study for a transport related MSc – both from people who are new to the transport sector and people who […]
Road verge wildlife haven campaign launched
The conservation charity Plantlife has announced that over 70% of local authorities and their contractors are now managing their road verges for nature, using road verge guidance it has published. The Plantlife Road Verge Hub sets out how road verges can be wildlife havens, supporting green recovery. The focus of the guidance is on cutting grassland […]
Citizens help shape the future of self-driving vehicles
New research by leading CAV expert Professor Nick Reed is highlighting how challenging it will be to arrive at a consensus over self-driving vehicle operation. The automotive and technology industries have committed huge resources to the development of self-driving vehicles, but what do the public think about how they should operate on UK roads? Reed […]
