TRL, AECOM and Pavement Testing Services win Highways England pavement testing contract work
TRL, AECOM and Pavement Testing Services have won contracts with Highways England for pavement testing work across the country. Work includes technical and intrusive pavement surveys, split into in six Lots across country. This will see engineers undertake coring of pavements to determine the pavement structure, layer thickness and condition as well as collate the […]
TRL announces electric HGV research project
TRL has announced it is leading a comprehensive study of an innovative Electric Road System applied to 44 tonne Heavy Goods Vehicles as a cost effective and feasible solution. ElectroRoad is part of the ZERFT programme, comprising 20 projects focussed on helping the UK solve challenges around zero emission road freight. Delivering the ElectroRoad project […]
Getting us all back together safely – this week’s Highways Voices podcast
“I may be smiling , but it’s been a difficult time planning an event in this COVID pandemic, but we’ve always taken the the attitude at JCT that we wanted to get this back as a physical event if we possibly could,” says JCT Director John Nightingale as he discusses putting on one of the […]
Digital Twin of road network moves closer thanks to Gaist and TRL tie-up
TRL and Gaist are collaborating to develop a national digital twin of the road network in a project they say could revolutionise how we plan and manage our roads. Gaist, whose expertise is in roadscape insight and intelligence services, is to explore with TRL what the detailed case is for a digital twin of the […]
TRL awarded delivery contract for new look crash data programme
TRL has been awarded the delivery contract to implement the ‘Road Accident In-Depth Studies‘ (RAIDS) programme for the UK Department for Transport for the third consecutive time. The programme will collect data from road traffic collisions, focusing on the vehicles and people involved, and the collision scene. Changes to the UK vehicle parc, and the […]
TRL to launch Connected and Automated Safety Assurance Tool to enable rapid scale-up of CAM trials
TRL has developed a new online software tool to simplify and streamline the approach to safety assurance of Connected and Automated Mobility trialling. It says this paves the way for rapid-scale up and repeat deployment of CAM trials in multiple locations. TRL says trials of CAM vehicle technologies are expensive and time-consuming to organise. Ensuring […]
Jenoptik joins London’s Smart Mobility Living Lab
The ANPR technology company Jenoptik has joined the TRL-owned Smart Mobility Living Lab, a community of businesses working to achieve connected, automated, shared and electric mobility. Jenoptik joins more than 30 other companies, from multinationals to start-ups to micro-SMEs who are working closely with each other to address and solve technical challenges. Jenoptik is well […]
TRL and Oxbotica working on off-road autonomous framework
Oxbotica and TRL have piloted the use of the first Code of Practice for the safe and cost-effective deployment of autonomous vehicles in unstructured off-highway environments, with a live trial conducted in a quarry using a number of off-road vehicles. The Innovate UK-funded consortium has developed and demonstrated capabilities to adapt and retrofit autonomy, using robust low-cost sensors, […]
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 […]
Highways England joins Smart Mobility Living Lab
Highways England has formally joined the Innovation Community of the Smart Mobility Living Lab – the world-leading London-based test bed to develop future automated and carbon-neutral future transport solutions. SMLL is a multi-million pound joint initiative between industry and government aimed at accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, carbon neutral, transport system. The testbed […]
