BCU to develop AI-powered climate change transport guidance18/08/2025 Birmingham City University (BCU) has been awarded nearly £50,000 to develop ‘AI-powered strategies’ to help UK transport become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. |
Spending Review: £2bn to back AI action plan11/06/2025 Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced £2bn in funding to support the Government’s artificial intelligence (AI) action plan in her Spending Review speech. |
DfT announces AI transport action plan11/06/2025 The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a new action plan for artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in transport. |
New safer roller fleet deployed by Eurovia Surfacing04/06/2025 The UK’s first artificial intelligence (AI) human detection and emergency autobraking rollers have been deployed as part of Eurovia's International Safety Week. |
UK first: Autonomous excavator passes trial run29/04/2025 Taylor Woodrow and Gravis Robotics have announced the successful completion of a full site-based trial of its new autonomous excavator, the SV100-7. |
The long read: AI Symposium - seeing a bigger picture01/04/2025 Highways partnered with AI-driven field software provider FYLD for the sector’s first AI symposium. This fascinating debate was both optimistic and pragmatic and provided key insights into this new era. Dominic Browne reports |
Blog: The AI Symposium - driving the future of highways01/04/2025 FYLD discusses some of the key issues raised at the sector's first AI Symposium and looks ahead to the future. |
The future of highways: AI’s role in transforming infrastructure21/02/2025 Ellie Salicetti from field software provider FYLD discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) might influence the short to medium-term future of roads. |
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AI moves the dream of self-healing asphalt a step closer03/02/2025 Scientists from Swansea University and King’s College London have announced plans to design self-healing asphalt roads made from biomass waste, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). |
Surrey gets ahead of the pothole game with switch to AI15/01/2025 Surrey County Council is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to move away from manual inspections and solely use video and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to log potholes. |
Starmer unveils plans to 'turbocharge' use of AI in government and economy13/01/2025 Keir Starmer has announced plans to 'turbocharge' the UK's use of AI, with dedicated 'AI Growth Zones', as the Government stresses its importance in 'spotting potholes and helping improve roads'. |
AI on the lookout for driving offences26/09/2022 A camera system using Artificial Intelligence to catch drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel is being trialled in Devon and Cornwall. |
AI robot could detect and fix potholes by 202127/10/2020 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have claimed that autonomous AI robots could be used to detect and repair potholes and road defects by 2021. |
AI to the rescue for Herts inspections28/05/2020 Ringway Hertfordshire has employed artificial intelligence (AI) during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow essential highways maintenance checks to safely continue. |
TRL says Knight Rider is the future (well almost)30/04/2020 TRL research suggests voice-activated in-car technologies are less distracting than touchscreens and could be the future of automotive infotainment if combined with artificial intelligence. |
Rise of the robots: Is AI about to transform highways?20/09/2019 A number of AI roads systems are currently available and are developing all the time. The main focus at the moment is on surveying the network, and using AI to identify not just assets but the condition the assets are in. |
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