TTF Autumn Update presentations online
Recordings of sessions from this year’s Transport Technology Forum Autumn Update, which took place on Tuesday 12th November at the IET Austin Court in Birmingham are now online. The event heard from Department for Transport Traffic Technology Deputy Director Anthony Ferguson about priorities of the new government policy and funding, and from ITS Policy Lead […]
TTF leads update on code of practice for electronic traffic equipment management
The Transport Technology Forum is supporting an update of an important document which assists Local Authorities in their management of the maintenance of electronic traffic control systems. The Management of Electronic Traffic Equipment Code of Practice was written and published by the Roads Liaison Group in 2011. Since then, the amount, and type of electronic […]
TTF returns to Leicestershire for next year’s Conference – Bookings now open
The Transport Technology Forum will return to the Leonardo Hotel Hinckley Island in Leicestershire for next year’s Annual Conference from 6-8 May 2025. The event has grown significantly in popularity over the past few years and the overwhelming feedback was that the larger, out-of-town location worked well for both the knowledge sharing and networking aspects […]
TOPAS Acquires UTMC Technical Standards
Since its inception in the late 1990s, UK Government and highways authorities have invested substantial amounts of resource and money into Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC) systems. To maximise the value from these systems they need to be both capable of continued use and of updating to accommodate new capabilities. This requires not only […]
Government cancels ITMF
The Department for Transport has written to English Local Authority Chief Executives to inform them that the previous Government’s plan for an Intelligent Traffic Management Fund has been shelved. The letter, from DfT Deputy Director Anthony Ferguson explains that: “The Government inherited a very difficult financial position [and] in response to this, a public spending […]
TTF Autumn Update discusses data analytics, TSOG and GLF, road safety and codes of practice
The themes for the Transport Technology Forum’s Autumn Update on 12 November have been set, focussed on informing local authorities and suppliers with the latest on government policy. The one-day event in Birmingham will hear from senior members of the Department for Transport, including Traffic Technology Deputy Director Anthony Ferguson , Dr Michaela Nelson, Head […]
Borough tells how DfT’s TSOG funding has already made a difference
One of the recipients of a share of the £30 million Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant (TSOG) handed to councils across England by the Department for Transport earlier in the year, has told how the near £600,000 they were awarded has been “game changing” for traffic management in the borough. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s (RMBC) Traffic […]
Highways Voices discusses UK-European collaboration at the ITS World Congress in Dubai
Our final Highways Voices featuring content gathered during the ITS World Congress in Dubai is a panel discussion looking at technical collaboration in transport between the UK and Europe. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode! Recorded in front of an audience on the UK Pavilion at the […]
The UK Ambassador in the UAE talks building business in the region, and Birmingham ’27 gets its international launch on Highways Voices from Dubai
In the third of our special podcasts from the 30th ITS World Congress in Dubai, we find out how British companies can get help to build new business in the UAE, and we hear more about the World Congress in three years’ time in Birmingham. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand […]
Highways Voices – the UK Pavilion at the ITS World Congress “pitwalk”
The UK Pavilion at the ITS World Congress in Dubai features a number of innovative British SMEs, and on this special podcast we meet them all. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Casts and never miss an episode! Highways Voices host Paul Hutton has a “pitwalk” style chat with participants on the […]
