data

17/12/2024

Mayoral authorities will be offered a place on a new Mayoral Data Council which will work with central government departments on digital services and solutions, under plans outlined by ministers.

13/06/2022

A new model of local authority highways contract is needed to take into account the increasingly important issue of data, a key figure in the sector has said.

08/11/2019

The Department for Transport has launched a survey of how organisations monitor and collect road condition data, which could lay the foundations for a programme of reform.

11/09/2018

Stephen Russell, transportation director at engineering consultancy Sweco UK, explains that using data-driven technology to optimise traffic flows could help unlock one of the UK’s major transport challenges.

27/06/2018

The president of council directors’ body ADEPT has revealed plans to support local government data initiatives in partnership with industry and the Department for Transport.

31/05/2018

The Department for Transport (DfT) has commissioned the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) to carry out two reviews of potential major changes to the highways and transport data world.

19/04/2018

The city of York is set to launch a groundbreaking scheme to trial using data from vehicles for signal control to improve junction performance.

23/01/2017

Jenoptik Traffic Solutions UK has acquired ESSA Technology, a UK software developer specialising in police and enforcement back office solutions.

17/11/2016

Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a new road network dataset that will bring together the best available information on the roads to create a single authoritative view of the network.