Traffic Group Signals launch advanced temporary signalling technology for haul routes
Traffic Group Signals, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of portable and temporary traffic signal products, has launched the innovative Metro Haul Route Crossing System. Currently available for hire, the Metro is the only wireless, temporary traffic signal range that complies with haul route permit conditions and has been designed to combat safety issues which […]
Don’t miss any of our excellent Theme Week case study and technology focus articles
Highways News launched its new Theme Weeks this week with a number of articles about traffic signals and management. The subject will be covered in more details at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium next week, for which Highways News is media partner. If you’ve missed any of the articles, they are on the Theme Week […]
We’re finally getting together in person! Industry counts down to next week’s JCT Traffic Signals Symposium
More than 200 industry professionals from the public sector, manufacturers and consultancies are getting ready to meet in Nottingham next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for one of the first major in-person events to take place in the highways and transport technology industries since the start of the pandemic. The JCT Traffic Signals Symposium’s programme covers […]
Bringing GLOSA to a vibrant city – a case study in York
As part of the Highways News Theme Week on Traffic Management, James Guilliatt of the City of York Council and Nancy Bunyan from Dynniq UK and Ireland give a background into the implementation of a Green Light Optimised Speed Advisory system in York. More details about this project will be given at the JCT Traffic […]
Three years of developing AI for traffic signals – how far have we come, and what next?
As part of the Highways News Theme Week on Traffic Management, Vivacity Labs give an update on their programme to develop an AI-based traffic signals optimisation system. More details about this project will be given at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham, which takes place on 15 and 16 September. This is an excerpt from their […]
Major traffic signals upgrade on A23
Obsolete traffic lights are to be replaced with new, more reliable and energy-efficient equipment at the London Road/Beehive Ring Road junction on the A23 in Crawley. West Sussex County Council says existing traffic lights are reaching the end of their lifespan, with replacement parts difficult to source. Work is scheduled to start on 13 September, […]
£15 million allocated to repair and upgrade traffic signals
39 councils in England have been awarded a share of £15 million additional funding to upgrade and repair of traffic signals, which will make traffic in their areas flow better, and therefore reduce air pollution and congestion. The extra money from the Department for Transport is part of this year’s Highway Maintenance settlement for English […]
How does the traffic signals industry support active travel? This year’s JCT Symposium finds out
With walking and cycling becoming a key focus of travel provision over the past year, active travel solutions are a key element of this September’s in-person JCT Traffic Signals Symposium. The event, which traditionally attracts more than 200 professionals from the traffic signals and wider highways industry, will hear how data from signals is being […]
Researcher suggests banning cross-traffic turns
An American researcher is suggesting that cities could make traffic flow better and have fewer emissions if they reduced or eliminated turns across the flow of traffic, so in our case turning right. Vikash V Gayah, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, points to logistics firm UPS which changed its routes in […]
Training will be improved by moving online, Highways Voices hears
The move to online, will improve training programmes and support at-home working, this week’s Highways Voices has heard. Listen here. These are the thoughts of one of this week’s guests, John Nightingale, Director of training specialist JCT Consultancy and organiser of the annual JCT Traffic Signals Symposium. He said: “Developing proper online training isnt just […]
