Egis consortium awarded a 5-and-a-half-year contract to deliver the UK’s largest Clean Air Zone
Egis has been awarded the contract to help deliver the largest Clean Air Zone in the UK in Greater Manchester, to support its aim to drive the growth of a healthy and sustainable city-region. The company has signed what it describes as a ‘ground-breaking’ contract to set up and operate an end-to-end service for Greater […]
Work under way to prepare for rollout of Greater Manchester wide Clean Air Zone and £120m Financial Support Scheme
Work is well under way to get ready for the Greater Manchester-wide Clean Air Zone launching on 30 May 2022, with the first Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras now installed, and a Financial Support Scheme due to launch in November. All ten Greater Manchester local authorities have approved the Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan, which includes […]
TfGM hails major boost for cycling and walking development
New technology is set to offer a major boost to Greater Manchester’s investment into cycling and walking infrastructure. A new contract has been awarded to Vivacity Labs to provide video analytics sensors which will enhance both the monitoring of existing cycling and walking schemes and the planning and implementation of future schemes. Around 100 new […]
Yunex Traffic completes connected mobility trials for Project Synergy
Yunex Traffic has successfully completed a traffic signals connected mobility trial to demonstrate the integration of V2X infrastructure and the communication of road signs via In-Vehicle Information messages. Working with project partner Transport for Greater Manchester on the Innovate UK-funded Project Synergy, Yunex, which is the new name for Siemens Mobility’s ITS business, worked on […]
Greater Manchester publishes its Clean Air Plan backed by £120m in support for local businesses
Greater Manchester has published its final clean air plan to kick-start the city region’s green revolution, helping to tackle the problem of air pollution, which contributes towards at least 1,200 deaths per year in the city-region. The region has secured over £120m in government funding to support local businesses upgrade to cleaner, compliant vehicles so […]
TfGM and TRL show how open data improves traffic flow, intelligence and air quality
A case study by Transport for Greater Manchester and TRL is highlighting how opening up and sharing data can dramatically improve traffic management in a city by “doing more with less”. The two organisations collaborated on a solution in response to the Department for Transport’s competition to promote the sharing of local authority transport data […]
Amey Consulting wins place on TfGM Professional Services Framework
Amey Consulting has won a place on Transport for Greater Manchester’s £88m Professional Services Framework. Spanning a three-year term, the engineering consultancy has proposed several exciting innovations to drive performance improvement across transport in the North West. Among the proposals is utilising Quartz, Amey Consulting’s award-winning data science application, currently used by Network Rail. Quartz […]
ALARM Survey 2021 – Maintenance budgets up, but inconsistent funding not a long term solution, hears Highways Voices
Average highway maintenance budgets were up by 15% on average in England last year although were below the levels reported in 2019, citing a continued pattern of inconsistent levels of funding, making it difficult for councils to plan longer term, according to this year’s Asphalt Industry Alliance ALARM Survey. Listen to the thoughts of AIA […]
Arup and partners start work on Greater Manchester’s active neighbourhoods
Arup has started work with Sustrans and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), 10GM and local councils to design 10 Active Neighbourhood schemes across the Greater Manchester city region. The Active Neighbourhoods project aims to prioritise the movement, health and safety of people over cars. This includes using modal filters such as benches, planters or bollards […]
Transport tech firms hoping for award recognition today
A range of transport specialists are getting ready for a major event of the year – the ITS (UK) Awards which this year take place online this afternoon (Monday 26 October). The trade body says the event, at 4pm and hosted by ITS (UK) President Steve Norris, will “celebrate the best in the country’s transport […]
