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04/06/2025

The UK’s first artificial intelligence (AI) human detection and emergency autobraking rollers have been deployed as part of Eurovia's International Safety Week.

01/04/2025

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

28/02/2025

Highways speaks to Chris Shepherd, lead product and support manager at MAV Systems, about the new MAV AiQ Advanced ANPR camera, which can spot a ghost plate at over 100mph.

21/02/2025

Ellie Salicetti from field software provider FYLD discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) might influence the short to medium-term future of roads.

14/02/2025

Highways magazine has teamed up with FYLD, a leading provider of fieldwork software powered by artificial intelligence (AI), to launch the UK road sector's first AI Symposium.

10/02/2025

Field management software provider Re-flow gives readers a helpful guide to staying compliant with the Working Time Directive – a complex, time-consuming task.

15/01/2025

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.

13/01/2025

Causeway Technologies has promoted chief operating officer Paul Devlin to chief executive officer, as the company's founder Phil Brown transitions to executive chairman.

30/10/2024

Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies has acquired Buchanan Computing, a leading provider of permanent traffic engineering and highway management solutions, for an undisclosed fee.

14/10/2024

Derby City Council has awarded SEA a contract worth £1.2m to provide 14 ROADflow Attended systems to enforce its School Safe Havens project.

14/10/2024

Highways software provider Re-flow has promoted Ashley Wing to the role of chief marketing officer.

23/09/2024

New technology developed to help ease congestion has seen '2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in a two-month trial', National Highways has announced.

13/08/2024

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has commissioned Aimsun to build a transport model covering the 100-square-mile area within the M60 ring road.

25/07/2024

Highways magazine is excited to unveil the finalists of the 21st Highways Awards, taking place at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London on 24 September 2024.

08/07/2024

Reading Borough Council has hailed a significant improvement in the safety of its highways crews after successfully integrating Solar Gates UK’s INSTABOOM Go system into its Traffic Operations Department.

03/07/2024

Transport for London has begun the procurement process for a new Tunnels Control and Monitoring System (TCMS) ahead of the expiry of its current contract and the planned opening of the Silvertown Tunnel next year.

24/06/2024

National Highways has awarded a new £17m contract to the supplier of its stopped vehicle detection technology on smart motorways after admitting that the company’s intellectual property rights exclude any alternative bidder.

29/05/2024

Behind the scenes arrangements between National Highways and its official monitor and a hurried timescale, meant failing stopped vehicle detection schemes were passed into continuous service on smart motorways in contravention of usual testing procedures.

21/05/2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) said the ‘world-leading’ Automated Vehicles (AV) Act, which became law on Monday (20 May), enables advanced technology to safely drive vehicles on British roads.

23/04/2024

National Highways has refused to disclose how many of its failing smart motorway safety systems have nevertheless been cleared for permanent operation.

16/01/2024

The Department for Transport is pressing ahead with legislative and regulatory plans to digitise English Traffic Regulation Orders in one of the largest shake-ups to local network management in two generations.

02/01/2024

The Department for Transport has brought in rule changes to make it easier for local authorities to put up wildlife warning signs, as well as revising a hedgehog sign that it launched just five years ago.

18/12/2023

National Highways has made significant progress on smart motorway safety according to a new report from the roads monitor however concerns remain about the strength of the underlying testing data.

14/12/2023

Highways editor, Dominic Browne looks back at the biggest stories of 2023.

21/11/2023

Scotland’s number one traffic and transport show returns to the Glasgow SEC on 28-29 November, with an exceptional line-up including a keynote speech from minister for transport Fiona Hyslop.

09/11/2023

National Highways has launched a new innovation competition offering businesses with new ideas on how to manage hazards across its network up to £90,000 to develop their concepts.

12/10/2023

Durham County Council employees scooped prizes at both ends of the evening – and their career paths – at the 20th Anniversary Highways Awards.

05/10/2023

National Highways is currently revising its construction standards, which has prompted internal struggles over how best to bring the innovation into specifications and standards, a director has revealed.

07/09/2023

The Local Government Association has released a report it buried three years ago covering the financial impact of the Government's Street Manager software.

05/09/2023

Highways is excited to unveil the finalists for the 20th anniversary Highways Awards, taking place at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London on 11 October 2023.

17/08/2023

A 20mph default speed limit will be introduced in Welsh urban areas on 17 September. SignPlot software from Buchanan Computing is the first system to cater for the change. Executive chairman, Simon Morgan, discusses how the user's journey is at the heart of the software's development.

09/08/2023

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has written to prime minister Rishi Sunak in defence of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and other active travel and modal-shift schemes in the wake of the Government's push-back.

01/08/2023

London's new incident management system provides 'a single, unified view' of the capital's roads for the first time, Transport for London has said.

01/08/2023

Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies is acquiring one.network, the digital road management platform, for an undisclosed fee.

24/07/2023

National Highways has claimed improvements to the performance of its stopped vehicle detection technology - crucial to the safety of smart motorways - although the new figures coincide with methodology changes known to improve the performance score.

19/07/2023

Innovation and solar expert Solar Gates UK has launched two new temporary traffic control solutions that it says are designed for one-person instant deployment, dramatically improving worker safety and helping the UK-wide labour shortage.

12/07/2023

National Highways’ new pavement asset management system (P-AMS) is off to a flying start, with three times as many people logging on in the first fortnight than the total number of users its predecessor saw in the last year.

07/07/2023

Paul Rotter, marketing manager at Bentley Systems, discusses a pilot of a digital twin platform on the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project.

07/07/2023

The Department for Transport is looking to publish its guidance on a new regime for local authority road condition surveys next summer.

30/06/2023

Sustrans has launched what it calls a ‘breakthrough tool’ that uniquely analyses localised data on public behaviours and attitudes towards walking and cycling.

29/06/2023

Highways talks to Steve Hanks, sales director of Thinkproject.

02/06/2023

Smart charging consultancy Versinetic will unveil a new software stack solution at Traffex to support charging infrastructure that complies with the ISO 15118 protocol.

26/05/2023

Software company Re-flow Field Management has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the Best Places to Work in the UK for 2023.

11/04/2023

Road safety company Acusensus is building three new trailers for the UK, equipped with AI technology to detect people using mobile phones at the wheel or not wearing a seatbelt.

24/03/2023

National Highways has extended its contract for Trimble's AgileAssets cloud software, which includes a decision-support solution for future structural maintenance.

20/03/2023

World-renowned graphic designer, Margaret Calvert OBE, best known for her work in partnership with Jock Kinneir, which radically changed the face of UK road signing in 1965, has a new exhibition of her designs and artwork, with works available to buy.

17/03/2023

Mobility software provider PTV Group is working with expert partners internationally on a new project to analyse the safety of cycling infrastructure.

02/03/2023

National Highways has announced the 10 winners of a competition to find innovations that improve people’s experiences of roadworks.

25/01/2023

The UK Roads Liaison Group has launched a survey on potential updates to the national code of practice - Well-managed Highway Infrastructure - including researching its impact on defending liability claims in court.

24/01/2023

Chris Ames reports from the M48 Severn Bridge, where a scheduled inspection of the Grade 1 listed structure has been taking place since last summer.

07/12/2022

Re-flow has won a contract to provide its award-winning field management software for highways to road marking giant WJ.

02/12/2022

Transport for London (TfL) has launched another round of RoadLab, its innovation competition funded by lane rental charges to develop new ways of tackling issues caused by roadworks.

24/11/2022

Simon Morgan has been involved in traffic orders for over 40 years, first in a London local authority and then in developing TRO management software ParkMap at Buchanan Computing, which he chairs. As a traffic orders expert, he questions Wandsworth’s Civil Speed Enforcement plans.

24/11/2022

Norse Highways is a joint venture between Norfolk County Council and the UK’s leading council-owned company, Norse Group, which is delivering both growth and efficiencies under a flexible system. Operations director Jason Glasspoole looks at the benefits of such partnership arrangements for the future of the sector.

14/10/2022

In May this year, Oxford Metrics announced the sale of its infrastructure asset management division, Yotta, to Causeway Technologies for £52m. Dominic Browne speaks to Yotta’s chief executive Nick Smee about a match made in market heaven and a change (not an end) to an era.

15/09/2022

Local highway authorities need significant investment to bring their traffic signal assets up to date, but must also do more to specify low-carbon construction methods, a key industry figure has said.

08/09/2022

Infrastructure consultancy firm AECOM has signed a memorandum of understanding with digital start-up ORIS to collaborate on carbon impact assessments for road designs.

18/08/2022

Yotta has added new features focused on sustainability and carbon offsetting to its cloud-based highway asset management software, Horizons.

29/07/2022

New research has revealed the importance of digitisation throughout the supply chain, with 83% of senior figures in civil engineering stating they require subcontractors to use software and real-time systems.

19/07/2022

The world’s largest and longest network of drone superhighways is one of the key projects supported by a £273m government cash injection into the low-carbon aerospace sector.

10/06/2022

For the first time in its storied history, Traffex Parkex is introducing a 'solutions showcase' theatre dedicated to innovative companies and cutting-edge ideas.

09/06/2022

The UK’s leading traffic and transport conference Traffex/Parkex is storming back to the Birmingham NEC from 14-16 June, guided by some of the most senior figures in the sector on its steering group and with ministerial support from Baroness Vere.

07/06/2022

SRL has announced it will launch a scalable traffic management software platform at Traffex in what is thought to be a first for a UK mobile ITS (intelligent transport system) hire supplier.

07/06/2022

Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies has acquired asset management software firm Yotta, for a cash consideration of £52m.

26/04/2022

The UK’s 'first full-sized autonomous bus' will take to the roads in Scotland this week as live testing begins for project CAVForth.

13/04/2022

Transport Scotland’s Multi-Agency Response Team for planned and unplanned incidents on the trunk road network is undergoing a fundamental review ‘from start to finish’ for the first time in a decade.

21/03/2022

Frontline workers at Kier Highways are trialling a new app that conducts digital risk assessments and can reduce the time it takes to produce assessments by up to 85%.

17/03/2022

Havering London Borough Council has awarded Yotta a contract to supply it with the Alloy connected asset management solution and associated cloud software services.

09/03/2022

The Department for Transport has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the rules around traffic regulation orders (TROs), including creating digital TROs.

31/01/2022

Derbyshire County Council has awarded Yotta a two-year contract worth more than £1.3m.

19/01/2022

Leading highways software supplier Buchanan Computing is celebrating its 25th birthday this year with the launch of a national platform that enables people to view the UK’s parking and other kerbside restrictions for the first time.

10/11/2021

An exclusive survey of senior staff in UK winter service gives fresh insight into a proactive sector, keen to engage with the public, with a significant proportion of councils interested in trialling new technologies.

08/11/2021

Jenoptik has won a place on all seven lots of the new £2.5bn Crown Commercial Service Transport Technology and Associated Services Framework.

05/11/2021

The Government’s pledge to spend ‘every penny’ of English Vehicle Excise Duty on improving the road network is in tatters after it cut the money in what was its flagship National Roads Fund by more than £2bn.

26/10/2021

Following the SWARCO buyout of intelligent mobility company Dynniq, Dominic Browne speaks to Tony O’Brien, managing director of Dynniq UK & Ireland about the deal, what the future holds, and the company's new EPIC adventures.

18/10/2021

Kier has linked up with social value specialists Thrive to launch a new calculator that aims to capture, track and demonstrate social value across the group.

07/10/2021

National Highways has provided the Department for Transport (DfT) with an ‘initial update’ on its investigation into allegations of serious safety failings on smart motorways but both organisations have refused to disclose the early findings.

29/09/2021

The Government has ordered another investigation into smart motorways after reports that vital safety equipment was not working on the controversial routes.

23/09/2021

National Highways has published a delayed contract notice for an IT commercial framework valued at £1bn.

26/08/2021

National Highways has announced the five winners of its competition to find new ways to remove graffiti from alongside roads, or prevent it from appearing in the first place.

20/08/2021

SRL Traffic Systems’ Multiphase ADS traffic light detection technology for portable and temporary traffic signals has been independently proven to reduce average queue lengths by 50%, the company has said.

12/08/2021

Looking to go digital? Mike Saunders, managing director of Re-flow, talks to Highways magazine's Dominic Browne about their job management software solution. Having launched several years ago for the highways sector, Re-flow is already saving money and hours for over 100 clients!

12/08/2021

Transport for London (TfL) is set to start using new technology from two UK start-ups to reduce disruption caused by roadworks and unplanned incidents.

22/07/2021

The distinctive iconography of British road signs will be featured as part of an exhibition at the world-famous Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York this summer.

16/07/2021

Only a minority of the British public think enough is being done to protect road workers, a survey by pollsters YouGov has revealed.

07/07/2021

Highways celebrates the first anniversary of a major upgrade to the Scottish Road Works Register - the computerised database system for the electronic transfer, retention, and management of road works data in Scotland.

17/06/2021

The UK came 31st out of 32 European countries in terms of progress in reducing road deaths over the past 10 years, new statistics have revealed.

10/06/2021

Michelle Scarsbrook, commercial sector director for software developer Sopra Steria, discusses how we can drive a better street works process in the UK.

10/05/2021

Dr Suzy Charman, executive director of the Road Safety Foundation, makes the case for safer roads, as well as safer drivers.

23/04/2021

Acting CEO of Highways England Nick Harris will give a keynote speech at Traffex this June in what is expected to be his first major public address.

08/04/2021

Local highways resilience in England was robust and adaptable in the face of COVID-19, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Transport.

18/03/2021

The Department of Transport has met survey companies and is looking to establish a new road condition survey regime for the 2022-23 financial year, Highways understands.

16/03/2021

Highways England has admitted a string of errors were made in a report on the effectiveness of the stopped vehicle detection (SVD) system used to increase safety on smart motorways, casting doubt on whether the system managed to pass the company’s own evaluation.

04/03/2021

Highway Resource Solutions (HRS) was part of the team that triumphed at the 2020 Highways Awards to win Industry Product of the Year for the innovative ‘Smart Sign’ digital technology. As HRS celebrates 10 years of excellence, managing director Roger Poeth explains how it all started and the company’s vision for the future.

04/03/2021

Only half of the cameras capable of enforcing violations of lane closures on smart motorways are fully operational, a year and a half after a change in the law made it possible for camera evidence to be used for prosecutions.

25/02/2021

Buchanan Computing and NAL Ltd have collaborated to add a leading system of retention sockets to what is thought to be the UK’s most popular sign design software.

18/02/2021

The chief executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has called for a new, comprehensive strategy to help councils move to more effective road maintenance.

14/01/2021

The London Borough of Brent has completed a two-year programme that aimed to rid its roads of potholes and defects using Velocity Patching.

18/12/2020

The Law Commissions of England and Wales and Scotland have announced proposals for a comprehensive new legal framework to ensure the safety of self-driving vehicles.

15/12/2020

Sensors are playing a major role in the ADEPT's SMART Places Live Labs projects, monitoring real-world issues from air quality to pavement condition, and from traffic flow to flood risk. But, as Chris Ames reports, it’s what local authority highways staff are able to do with the data that looks truly smart.

01/12/2020

A consortium has won £800,000 to develop an embodied carbon analytics AI system that could cut the time it takes to analyse infrastructure carbon impacts from weeks to hours.

01/12/2020

Drones are set to play an increasing role in both construction and maintenance on the road network. Chris Ames scans the horizon.

20/11/2020

Atkins' MD Highways, Peter Baynham, and chief engineer Ian Gibson explore the benefits that systems thinking would bring and what happens if we don’t do it.

18/11/2020

Wilke Reints of Siemens Mobility Limited discusses how his team worked with Bristol City Council to give the city a modern, resilient and integrated traffic control service that passed the COVID test.

26/10/2020

Following the second annual ADEPT National Traffic Managers conference, Mark Corbin, key route network manager for Transport for West Midlands and chair of ADEPT's National Traffic Management Forum, spoke to Highways about the issues his sector faces.

01/10/2020

Paul Broderick, sales manager at 4PS, outlines five top tips for digitisation in construction.

16/09/2020

In the first of a series of articles from Atkins on its role in the award winning Highways England A14 scheme, the team discuss how their pioneering approach to digital technologies is a further legacy of the project.

09/09/2020

Connected asset management software and services provider Yotta has announced strong business growth and expanded its staff by 10%.

03/09/2020

Transport Scotland has launched its first virtual public exhibition, which outlines a platform for the future of community consultation.

13/08/2020

Christina Liassides, senior consultant at Gaist Solutions Limited, talks to Dominic Browne about the company's new SafetyView innovation and why it is their most advanced road survey solution yet. 

30/07/2020

Hi-tech weighing and vehicle telematics provider, Exactrak has signed a partnership agreement with asset management provider, Yotta, to provide joint solutions to local authorities.

20/07/2020

Equipment hire is a significant part of the infrastructure and civil engineering sector. A new business has been launched to help support those who ensure the roads sector has the tools for the job.

06/07/2020

Ro Cartwright and Chris Spong explain recent fundamental changes to UKPMS (the standard for UK Pavement Management Systems) and a process for new systems to become accredited.

02/07/2020

The latest in Highways' Local Diary series - Kully Boden, highway asset team leader for Derby City Council, reports on a research project to develop a local authority crash model for skid resistance.

01/07/2020

Following praise for Highways England from the strategic roads watchdog for ‘acting with speed and decisiveness’ in its response to the pandemic, Highways gets a briefing on some of the innovative ways the government-owned company has kept people safe and the country moving.

26/06/2020

A trial has shown how exposing a variable message sign (VMS) radar log can act as a real-time portable traffic data system, in what has been called a ‘landmark achievement’.

04/06/2020

In such challenging times, we have been overwhelmed by the response we have had for the 2020 Awards. However a number of you have been in touch requesting more submission time so...

04/06/2020

What are the challenges to improving air quality and how can local authorities tackle them? Carl Dyer, chief technology officer for SWARCO in the UK, takes a look.

28/05/2020

Siemens Mobility Limited has won a contract with Transport for West Midlands to provide connected mobility infrastructure and software services for the Midlands Future Mobility (MFM) project.

28/05/2020

Ringway Hertfordshire has employed artificial intelligence (AI) during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow essential highways maintenance checks to safely continue.

22/05/2020

Swarco Traffic has installed a parking and management system for Warwick University to support development plans for the campus that could see the student population grow by as much as 40% by 2030.

11/05/2020

Traffic technology group, Swarco has launched a traffic management platform called MyCity designed to support the latest mobility trends including EV charging, micromobility, floating car data and air quality.

08/04/2020

A series of free online ‘wellbeing workshops’ will be held through a new collaboration between the Lighthouse Club charity and software firm Construction Industry Solutions.

05/03/2020

Matthias Jablonowski, global practice lead for roads at Nokia, discusses how intelligent roads can make the world a safer place.

03/03/2020

Shaun Taylor, highway maintenance manager at Bristol City Council, tells Highways about some of the difficulties his authority had using the SCANNER road condition monitoring technology and how moving to new systems can bring benefits.

21/02/2020

A new off-the-shelf tool that local authorities can use to supply data in a government-agreed format should save taxpayers millions of pounds, according to the firm that developed it.

20/02/2020

Successful bidders from Oxfordshire, York and Bournemouth have won a share of £1.5m to trial innovative transport projects that could help cut congestion and boost safety.

19/02/2020

In the last 20 years, intelligent transport systems (ITS) and smart mobility have changed more than any other aspect of the roads sector. Dominic Browne speaks to some of the most important and expert voices in highways technology about how far we have come and where we might go next.

30/01/2020

Bath and North East Somerset Council has upgraded its winter maintenance fleet with eight new spreaders from Aebi Schmidt.

25/11/2019

Transport for London (TfL) has ruled against granting Uber a new private hire operator’s licence, deeming it to ‘not be fit and proper’ to hold

20/11/2019

This latest edition of our SMART Highways podcast focusses on the latest issue of the magazine, covering smart motorways, other safety features in car and

19/11/2019

As part of its growth strategy, the software company PTV has announced it is bundling its transportation and logistics operations in France. Under the umbrella

19/11/2019

Clearview Intelligence has teamed up with HERE Technologies to offer real time journey time information based on Clearview’s Insight software platform and HERE Real-Time Traffic

19/11/2019

UK-based software specialist Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions Limited has been acquired by Volaris Group for an undisclosed fee.

08/11/2019

Karhoo will provide first and last mile transport for Spanish rail giant Renfe’s new one-stop shop transport app launching in November.  Through the partnership, the

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.

07/11/2019

BlackBerry has announced that Hyundai Autron has selected BlackBerry QNX to power its next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving software platform. Hyundai Autron,

06/11/2019

Mobility solutions for smart city infrastructure company Q-Free have announced it has delivered a challenge today to all traffic signal control companies to release their

06/11/2019

An Uber self-driving test vehicle that hit and killed a woman in 2018, reportedly had software problems, according to US safety investigators.  The US National

06/11/2019

From the effective management of low emission zones, free flow tolling and congestion charging, to advanced data analytics and connectivity, the parking sector is not standing still when it comes to intelligent transport and smart mobility solutions, as Imperial’s managing director Ashley Bijster explains.

05/11/2019

The new Nodum app will allow civil engineers to programme road closures in order to maximise traffic flow, minimise errors and coordinate the operation with traffic managers and the Department of Transport.

05/11/2019

The new Nodum app will allow civil engineers to programme road closures in order to maximise traffic flow, minimise errors and coordinate the operation with

01/11/2019

Watford Borough Council’s parking team has introduced a virtual permit system for its Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) restrictions, which allows parking officers to scan vehicle registrations to carry out enforcement. 

31/10/2019

Christian U. Haas has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG. The new CEO completes the new executive team. Dr.

28/10/2019

Sustainable transportation infrastructure company ABB has announced is set to acquire a majority stake of 67% in Shanghai Chargedot New Energy Technology (“Chargedot”), a leading Chinese e-mobility solution provider.

28/10/2019

Large UK commuter trials for self-driving vehicles on public roads have reportedly launched courtesy of StreetWise, a government-backed consortium led by FiveAI.

28/10/2019

Large UK commuter trials for self-driving vehicles on public roads have launched courtesy of StreetWise, a government-backed consortium led by FiveAI.

24/10/2019

Cepton Technologies has collaborated with industrial perception and machine learning experts, MechaSpin, to develop a lidar-based solution.  

23/10/2019

ITS applications provider Kapsch TrafficCom has announced that it has been selected by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to design and implement a state-wide Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS).

22/10/2019

The third day at 2019's ITS World Congress in Singapore, and SMART Highway's Talking Transport podcast has all the latest from the event.   

22/10/2019

Bentley Systems has announced the acquisitions of global mobility simulation (CUBE) and analytics (Streetlytics) software provider Citilabs, and global provider of 3D and mobile mapping software, Orbit Geospatial Technologies (Orbit GT).

22/10/2019

Global premium car service company Addison Lee Group and Immense, the intelligent mobility simulation provider, have announced it has launched a new partnership. 

21/10/2019

Bentley Systems has announced new capabilities for its industry-leading ProjectWise collaboration platform and comprehensive expansion of its SYNCHRO 4D construction environment.

18/10/2019

The Department for Transport's lead on the Street Manager project - the new software for handling street works administration - has conceded it is unlikely to have all the functionality of the old system in time for the 1 April 2020 switch over.

15/10/2019

Cohda Wireless has announced its C-V2X solution is ready for the Chinese market after its C-V2X software stack proved compliant with the latest Chinese standards and specifications.

15/10/2019

Suppliers of intelligent traffic enforcement and management solutions, Videalert has refurbished three mobile enforcement vehicles (MEVs) for Cornwall Council.

14/10/2019

Leading companies from the automotive and computing industries have announced a collaborative effort toward making fully self-driving vehicles a reality.

10/10/2019

With just days to go until the 2019 ITS World Congress, Talking Transport brings you a second scene-setter for Singapore talking platooning, mapping, mobility and

10/10/2019

BSI, the business improvement company and the UK National Standard Body, is inviting comments on PAS 1881 Assuring safety for automated vehicle trials and testing,a new industry specification for driverless pods, cars and trucks.

10/10/2019

The availability of the HERE Live Sense SDK hopes to keep drivers informed of unexpected road hazards.

08/10/2019

PTV software analyses effects of new mobility services on existing transport systems.

03/10/2019

The DRIVEN consortium has celebrated a key milestone in its 30-month government-supported project by demonstrating the capabilities of a fleet of self-driving vehicles in London’s

01/10/2019

AA president Edmund King told a seminar of top insurance and technology experts that drivers’ strong cultural and social attachment to driving and cars

01/10/2019

A new report from the Connected Places Catapult lays the groundwork for an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) to allow commercial drone usage in the UK alongside traditional manned aircraft.

01/10/2019

AA president Edmund King told a driverless cars seminar of top insurance and technology experts that drivers’ strong cultural and social attachment to driving and cars may slow down the driverless car revolution. 

30/09/2019

The Smart Summon feature allows Tesla owners to use their phones to tell their cars to drive themselves from parking spots to the curb. 

26/09/2019

Ian Patey, head of profession for intelligent transport at WSP and chair of ITS(UK) talks to Dominic Browne about the big questions in intelligent highways.

26/09/2019

Andy Bird, managing director, GTT Wireless, examines the connected infrastructure that is already saving lives and easing vehicle flow on our roads.

19/09/2019

The UK Roads Liaison Group Asset Management Board, with support from key stakeholders, has produced a revised Highway Inspector Competence Framework.

19/09/2019

London based Predina Tech, the new upcoming leader focusing on predicting and reducing the risk of crashes using smart technology, has appointed a new Chief

18/09/2019

Cloudian has announced the creation of EDGEMATRIX, a majority-owned subsidiary led by Hiroshi Ohta, Cloudian co-founder.  The new company will provide solutions for Artificial Intelligence

17/09/2019

UK based tech firm wejoand Waycare, a smart mobility cloud-based traffic management firm operating in the US and Israel, have announce a new partnership in

16/09/2019

Shared mobility software company Vulog has revealed its findings about the shared mobility movement and its growth in popularity in recent years. Vulog states that

16/09/2019

KiTraffic by Kistler has announced that it has officially been approved for use by the Czech Metrology Institute (CMI) to help prevent road damage. The

16/09/2019

Supply of advanced intelligent transportation solutions for safety and mobility McCain has announced that it has been chosen to deploy a fully integrated OPTIPARK Parking Guidance

10/09/2019

The transport modelling firm PTV UK has announced the annual UK and Ireland User Group Innovation Day on the 4th November 2019 in London. The

09/09/2019

The organisers of next month’s TRAFIC 2019 say it is once again proving itself to be Southern Europe’s benchmark fair for safe and sustainable mobility.

05/09/2019

Ministers have announced plans for a new assurance system covering the development, testing and eventual sale of driverless cars.

04/09/2019

Drivers mistakenly travelling in the wrong direction towards traffic exiting motorways and dual carriageways will be alerted using a pioneering new warning system in Scotland.

30/08/2019

It's not rare for the people of Yorkshire to hit half centuries, but it is always worthy of celebration. Econ Engineering - the UK's most popular gritting manufacturer - has reached this milestone in style and shows no signs of slowing down.

29/08/2019

Transport for London has awarded a contract to develop 'world leading' traffic control centre software more capable of handling the wide range of data on the modern road network.

29/08/2019

Transport for London (TfL) has awarded a contract to develop ‘world leading’ traffic control centre software more capable of handling the wide range of data

29/08/2019

The Vodafone Business and IBM venture has announced it has signed an eight-year deal with National Express, a leading UK-based transport provider with services in

27/08/2019

Mobility solutions for smart cities infrastructure company Q-Free unveils new Intelligent Device Manager. The Intelight MAXTIME local controller software, intends to radically improve the time

23/08/2019

Our broken transport project procurement processes are stifling innovation – to thrive we urgently need change, argues Dan Harvey, executive director, UK transport at Ramboll.

21/08/2019

IOTA’s Tangle is to provide trive.me’s app, trive.park, with distributed ledger technology for its parking payment solution. The technology intends to deliver secure, open-source and

13/08/2019

HERE Technologies has announced that WorkWave, a provider of cloud-based software solutions, has replaced Google’s Map and Geocoder products with the HERE Location Suite. WorkWave

07/08/2019

Test and measurement vendor Keysight Technologies has introduced its new Automotive Cybersecurity Programme that delivers a broad cybersecurity portfolio.  The portfolio includes hardware, software and

06/08/2019

A new report has warned that there is a risk of normal, modern non-autonomous cars being taken over by a hostile hacker.  The report, from

06/08/2019

Humanising Autonomy has announced that it has joined the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution to expand their work on Automated vehicle safety standards

05/08/2019

Electrify America has announced its collaboration with Stable to deploy a robotic fast-charging facility for self-driving electric vehicle fleets.  The collaboration is said to deploy

02/08/2019

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is one of the youngest authorities in the country having only been established in April, but it has not been wasting any time getting ahead on winter service with the help of Exactrak.

01/08/2019

Specialist mobility technology provider Trapeze Group has successfully joined the government’s G-Cloud 11 digital marketplace. The firm’s Novus solutions, which manage schedule and real-time data

01/08/2019

Automotive company Ford has acquired robotics company Quantum Signal.  Michigan-based Quantum Signal is reported to have produced mobile robots for the U.S military. TechCrunch reports

26/07/2019

Highways spoke to Chris Dyer head of consultancy, infrastructure asset management at Yotta, about how well we do asset management, how we could make it better and where it will go in the future.

24/07/2019

Transoft Solutions Inc, a global leader in transportation engineering design and analysis software, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Keysoft Solutions Ltd.

24/07/2019

Helena Russell, former editor of our sister publication, Bridge Design & Engineering, reports on the ongoing updates to the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.

22/07/2019

One of the stars of Traffex 2019's Future Mobility Zone, Costain, has been awarded innovation funding from Highways England for two connected digital roads projects.

18/07/2019

Highways England's annual report outlines the Government-owned company's steady progress over the last year though it has some significant challenges remaining across a range of areas as it heads into the last year of the Road Investment Strategy (RIS).

17/07/2019

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a review into roads policing and traffic enforcement is to be launched.  A first-of-its-kind joint review into roads

17/07/2019

Connected autonomous vehicle company Cohda Wireless has announced a hardware solution for use in Cellular V2X applications.  Cohda’s MK6C Evaluation Kit is available now and

16/07/2019

The Government has announced a two-year, first-of-its-kind joint review into roads policing and traffic enforcement will be launched later this year.

16/07/2019

Porsche looks to the intelligent edge during Startup Autobahn challenge to accelerate innovation and performance with real-time video analytics. Developer of intelligent edge computing software

15/07/2019

German transportation software developer PTV Group has announced that there will be a change of leadership after the departure of its longstanding CEO, Vincent Kobesen. 

12/07/2019

Sensor and software company Luminar has raised $100 million in funding to help it scale production of LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles. The $100 million

09/07/2019

Bosch has announced that cloud-based swarm intelligence helps electric vehicle batteries maintain performance for longer. To help batteries last longer, Bosch is developing new cloud

08/07/2019

Automakers Mercedes and BMW have begun working together on autonomous cars and are ‘optimistic’ they will deliver level 4 self-driving cars by 2024.  The companies

08/07/2019

The UK Director of modelling firm PTV Group has told SMART Highways Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in building

04/07/2019

Volvo has announced that it has partnered with Nvidia to develop a decision making system for autonomous commercial vehicles and machines. Automaker Volvo has said

02/07/2019

Highways England has suggested it is unlikely to meet a safety target to improve the majority of roads that fall below a key engineering benchmark but says it remains an ‘aspiration.

01/07/2019

Traffic and logistics software solutions company PTV Group has announced that it collaborated with Tatweer to set up a real-time dispatch monitoring system.  The system

28/06/2019

At the closing symposium of the Freight Traffic Control 2050 project, the transport industry was warned that climate concerns will inevitably change logistics.  The symposium,

27/06/2019

Multinational transportation network company Uber has announced that it has acquired computer vision startup Mighty AI. Uber said that it hopes the acquisition will help

26/06/2019

A camera system that uses artificial intelligence may be able to help bus drivers avoid hitting cyclists and pedestrians in their blind spot. The camera

25/06/2019

Volvo Group has announced that it is using Nvidia’s Drive end-to-end autonomous driving platform to train, test and deploy self-driving AI vehicles.  The vehicles will

24/06/2019

Humanising Autonomy has announced that it has raised Seed funding led by Anthemis Group, the leading global Fintech and Insurtech investor, with Japanese VC fund

24/06/2019

Driverless technology and smart mobility solutions company EasyMile has announced that it has become the first autonomous vehicle company to obtain ISO 9001 for its

21/06/2019

Volkswagen has announced that it has opened a new IT Development Centre in its Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden. In the Software Development Centre Production (SDC

19/06/2019

International technology company Semcon has announced that it is part of a new functional safety partnership with a global vehicle manufacturer. Semcon stated that the

18/06/2019

Volvo is to partner with U.S chipmaker Nvidia to develop AI used in self-driving trucks.  The partnership is said to be long-term and intends to

18/06/2019

VITRONIC has announced that it has received a substantial order from the MENA region, for the installation of POLISCAN REDLIGHT-system. The order is in addition

17/06/2019

Intel Corp’s Mobileye told Bloomberg that it expects to launch a trial of ‘robo-cabs’ next year in Israel.  Last October Intel announced that Mobileye is

13/06/2019

German automaker Volkswagen has ended its partnership with self-driving car software firm Aurora.  The end of the deal comes two days after Aurora announced that

12/06/2019

Software delivered by the PTV Group will aim to design polish investment projects more efficiently with its new national traffic model of the General Directorate for

11/06/2019

Provider of LiDAR sensors and perception software, Innoviz Technologies has announced that it has closed its Series C funding round with $170 million.  The close

05/06/2019

SMART Highways editor Paul Hutton’s on his way to Washington to report from the ITS America Annual Meeting, but today’s Talking Transport podcast concentrates on

05/06/2019

Global connected autonomous vehicles technologies company Cohda Wireless has partnered with Sasken Technologies and announced a strategic technology partnership to accelerate the adoption of V2X in

05/06/2019

Industrial machine developer and innovator, VITRONIC has been awarded with the delivery, installation and maintenance of over 500 systems in Morocco. The systems will be

04/06/2019

It’s Day Two of the ITS European Congress in Eindhoven, while the ITS America Annual Meeting is kicking off in Washington DC, and the second

30/05/2019

Working to an agile and rapid delivery model, a team of clients, contractors and a service provider have developed a way of taking the stress out of local roadworks for drivers and workers alike.

30/05/2019

Paul Campion will succeed Rob Wallis as chief executive of transport research company TRL from 1 July.

30/05/2019

The Transport Research Foundation (TRL) has announced the appointment of Paul Campion as its new Chief Executive.  The announcement was made by the board of

24/05/2019

The largest of three UK consortia launched to support the introduction of self-driving vehicles into the UK, UK Autodrive has published its final report.  The

23/05/2019

Driverless cars working co-operatively could cut congestion by 35%, Cambridge University researchers have said.

22/05/2019

European educational engineering competition Formula Student is launching the UK’s first undergraduate autonomous racing car competition. The competition will take place at Silverstone in July and will aim

22/05/2019

Provider of software and services for traffic planning, simulation and prediction Aimsun has launched Aimsun Auto. The new software platform has been designed for large-scale

21/05/2019

Intelligent mobility software provider Immense Simulations has announced that it has secured $4.6m in Series A funding.  The investment will aid the continued growth and

20/05/2019

Autonomous vehicle software company Oxbotica has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Ozgur Tohumcu.  As CEO, Mr Tohumcu will be responsible for driving the

15/05/2019

A new energy-efficient portable video wall developed by intelligent transport system solution manufacturer Bartco UK, in partnership with Highways England, has been launched.

13/05/2019

The latest Talking Transport podcast celebrates the 50th birthday of one of the transport industry’s most diverse companies, SWARCO by taking a tour of its

09/05/2019

Ordnance Survey has plans to create a detailed national database of road assets and furniture including lampposts, manholes, traffic lights, which could help pave the way for autonomous vehicles.

26/04/2019

Technology company Yotta has announced significant new and expanded capabilities to its flagship connected asset management platform, Alloy.

25/04/2019

NTT DATA, in collaboration with Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development and Maxar Technologies has announced it will produce a proof of concept to build automated high

18/04/2019

Penny Simmons and Chris Thomas from award-winning international infrastructure law firm Pinsent Masons LLP outline the latest consultation proposals for changes to tax rules relating to personal services companies (PSCs) and the steps businesses should be taking to mitigate their increased tax and HR risks.

10/04/2019

Mapping and location platform services company, HERE Technologies has announced the general availability of HERE XYZ.  HERE XYZ is a cloud-based service that provides software developers

04/04/2019

Aimsun announced at Traffex that it has entered an agreement with Transport for London (TfL) to convert the London One Model into Aimsun Next traffic modelling software.

04/04/2019

PTV Group’s UK growth has continued with three significant new contracts.

28/03/2019

Traffex event partner Siemens discusses its major focus on air quality and enforcement in the light of pollution and policy drivers.

25/03/2019

Highways catches up with Danny Thorn, head of commercial at Traffic Group Signals , a new division of the Traffic Group.

21/03/2019

With transport currently accounting for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, smart mobility solutions will play a key role in improving its environmental

19/03/2019

Mapping, traffic information and satnav company TomTom has confirmed that its shareholders have approved the sale of TomTom Telematics to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, as announced

19/03/2019

The UK’s first full-sized bus with driverless technology is being trailed by transport operator Stagecoach.   The 11.5m ADL Enviro200 vehicle is now able to operate

13/03/2019

One of the UK’s leading experts in connected and automated vehicles is warning the industry needs to be prepared to cope with a major software

12/03/2019

Estonian smart city solutions company Bercman Technologies has announced a new smart pedestrian crossing solution based on V2X hardware and software from Cohda Wireless. The

06/03/2019

Siemens Mobility has won a new four-year contract from Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure to provide both the maintenance and development of the existing traffic

04/03/2019

Apple is to cut 190 jobs in its self-driving car division, Project Titan with the company confirming the majority of those losing their positions are

25/02/2019

Volkswagen Financial Services has bought a majority share in PTV Truckparking which offers software for the planning and optimisation of traffic and logistics worldwide. The

21/02/2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is predicting that his company will have a fully autonomous vehicle on the road by next year. He’s told a podcast

14/02/2019

A survey of the automotive industry’s effectiveness at dealing with software risks suggests that many people are worried that it’s not keeping up with current

06/02/2019

Amey Roads NI has used scanning technology to complete surveys of bridges on Northern Ireland’s strategic road network, saving money and time, and keeping roadworkers safe.

06/02/2019

Highways England and the Transport Systems Catapult are looking for a visualisation and management platform to support operational decision making for incident management. The

06/02/2019

Highways England and the Transport Systems Catapult are looking for for a visualisation and management platform to support operational decision making for incident management. The

06/02/2019

A safety operator will no longer need to be physically in a driverless vehicle being tested on British roads under a new code of practice

01/02/2019

Jon Masters provides an in-depth analysis of Highways England’s latest work in computer-led design and its potential to change the way we deliver the next

29/01/2019

Jon Masters provides an in-depth analysis of Highways England’s latest work in computer-led design and its potential to change the way we deliver the next generation of roads.

25/01/2019

Townsville City Council has procured Yotta's Horizons Platform for its pavement asset management needs, covering one of the largest road networks in Australia. Avesh Maharaj, Business Development Manager, Yotta, explains the challenges and opportunities in the Australian infrastructure asset management market.

23/01/2019

Mapping, traffic information and satnav company TomTom is selling its Telematics business to the European division of Bridgestone, saying it’ll allow it to concentrate on maps, navigation and

23/01/2019

Brian Kent, technical director at Tarmac – which built the country's first motorway, the Preston Bypass – looks at how things have changed in the road building sector - and will change in the future.

17/01/2019

Iteris and Cisco have announced a partnership to promote Cisco’s Connected Roadway solution through several initiatives between the two companies. Iteris, which delivers applied infomatics

17/01/2019

Bosch and Mojio are promoting integrated connected mobility solution for carmakers, integrating Bosch’s connectivity control unit with Mojio’s cloud platform. They say this unlocks the

14/01/2019

FM Conway has secured the first phase of the Illuminated River project, which once completed will span 4.5 nautical miles of the River Thames and be the longest public art commission in the world.

09/01/2019

Four universities are to share £7m in government cash to develop micro robots that could repair cracks in pipes, with the aim of cutting roadworks and improving worker safety.

08/01/2019

UK driverless pod maker Aurrigo has teamed up with American firms Comet Mobility and Via to equip three vehicles with artificial intelligence technology “designed to

07/01/2019

Mapping and location company HERE Technologies is collaborating with Amazon to integrate the Alexa voice command software into its navigation services. The combination is designed

03/01/2019

Toyota has announced it is using SmartDeviceLink technology to connects a driver’s smartphone with their vehicle, allowing drivers and passengers to access their favourite compatible

21/12/2018

International Road Dynamics has won a contract to supply and maintain Arizona’s Statewide Port of Entry Truck Screening System as part of a design-build project

17/12/2018

The traffic data management company GEWI has released more details about its real time data service from vehicles in a moving work zone. The system

11/12/2018

Paul Rose, technical director for Amey Consulting, makes a bold prediction: the mass-market adoption of self-driving cars will arrive on UK streets many, many years before we are persuaded in significant numbers into electric vehicles...told you it was bold.

11/12/2018

It’s being reported that a executive at Uber warned of safety problems with the company’s self-driving car testing five days before a crash which killed

10/12/2018

The CEO of new mobility software company Bestmile is predicting that 2019 will be the year when there will be more vehicles on the road

10/12/2018

Bosch’s mobility solutions division says it has developed a way to ensure that the more than 470 million connected vehicles expected to be on the

06/12/2018

A new app has been developed to provide life-saving support to construction workers and tackle the shocking levels of suicide in the industry.

03/12/2018

A green light optimal speed advisory (GLOSA) system being trialled in the West Midlands has won a national ITS award. The system, which was installed

03/12/2018

A green light optimal speed advisory (GLOSA) system being trialled in the West Midlands has won a national ITS award. The system, which was installed

29/11/2018

It’s reported that Google’s driverless vehicle devision, Waymo, has put so-called “safety drivers” back behind the wheel of its most advanced driverless prototype vehicles. The

29/11/2018

Automotive parts manufacturer MAHLE has launched a new research and development centre in Valencia, Spain, focused on developing power electronics and software solutions. Products such

29/11/2018

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has agreed funding of £1.35m to deliver a series of infrastructure and technology improvements aimed at improving traffic flow.

27/11/2018

The RAC Foundation is making progress on the Department for Transport sponsored Road Collision Investigation Project, with the police forces involved, and their allocations from the £480,000 government grant, due to be finalised in early 2019.

26/11/2018

The UK’s logistics companies are being urged to embrace the latest in transport modelling solutions for planning routes to avoid congestion and minimise fuel use

16/11/2018

British value added reseller Smart Video & Sensing has announced the completion of a major traffic information project in the English seaside resort of Blackpool

15/11/2018

Transport planners are being urged to “embrace uncertainty” when looking at future travel trends, and to understand that expecting exact predictions from transport models would

12/11/2018

Arizona-based Eberle Design Inc and its wholly-owned subsidiary Reno A&E have promoted Ben Luke to the position of Engineering Director, with immediate effect. He will

12/11/2018

A trial of an autonomous shuttle bus service in real traffic conditions is being planned at the National University of Singapore’s Kent Ridge campus –

08/11/2018

The organisations – ITS (UK) member Transport Systems Catapult, innogy Innovation Hub and Telefónica are partnering in what they call a world class accelerator programme

08/11/2018

The transport provider Addison Lee Group is working with driverless vehicle software developer Oxbotica, on what they say is a unique, 3D street mapping exercise

06/11/2018

A new partnership project is using human driver data to improve the performance and acceptability of connected and autonomous vehicles looking at how human driver

05/11/2018

The car rental company Avis Budget has announced its plan to leverage Amazon Web Services’s Connected Vehicle Solution to build what it calls its “cutting

01/11/2018

Volkswagen, Mobileye and Champion Motors have announced plans to launch Israel’s first self-driving ride hailing Mobility as a Service operation next year. The partners say

30/10/2018

A survey of more than two million online participants from over 200 countries into the ethics of a driverless car’s decisions when involved in a

25/10/2018

Cubic Transportation Systems is buying Advanced Traffic Solutions Inc, known as “Trafficware”, which provides a fully integrated suite of mobility and safety software, Internet of

22/10/2018

Addison Lee Group, the premium car service, and the British leader in self-driving vehicle software, Oxbotica, have announced a strategic alliance to put self-driving services in London by 2021.

22/10/2018

Driverless cars developed in the US could be a safety risk in the UK because they don’t recognise vehicles such as London’s black cab or

16/10/2018

The South Carolina Department of Transport has awarded a contract worth $1.8 million to Iteris for the use of its cloud-based transportation network performance management

12/10/2018

Xevo has added the BancPass electronic toll payment app to its app store, which it calls Xevo Market. Xevo is a software developer specialising in

12/10/2018

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is planning to lift the ban on the use of advanced headlights. Reuters.com reports that the NHTSA had previously banned what

10/10/2018

Fraser Robinson, one of Uber’s top dealmakers has joined the board of directors at the UK autonomous pod startup Oxbotica. Oxbotica recently completed a £14

10/10/2018

The UK Autodrive consortium has completed the 'world’s first' tests involving more than one connected and autonomous vehicle. 

04/10/2018

Dominic Browne interviews Duncan Elliott, who joined Galliford Try as managing director of the highways business unit within its infrastructure division in March.

04/10/2018

One of England's largest technical bodies covering highways has outlined five steps to eliminating most of the nation's pothole backlog in the space of five years in a submission to MPs.

04/10/2018

What does the US Secretary of Transportation says that the nation is on the cusp of transformation in transportation and technology that will change the

03/10/2018

The traffic management technology company Siemens has supplied and installed its 1,000th traffic enforcement camera in the UK. It’s to monitor traffic on the newly-constructed

28/09/2018

As expected, Cubic Transportation Systems has signed a $394 million contract with the San Francisco Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission to deliver next-generation fare payment technology

27/09/2018

The ANPR company Vaxtor Technologies has bought British based company RoadPixel and is relocating its international headquarters from Spain to the UK. The companies say

26/09/2018

Cubic Transportation Systems is expanding its Stockton Global Operations Centre taking on 110 more staff, two years after the facility’s opening. The Centre support’s the

26/09/2018

The UK Government says makers of driverless vehicles and other artificial intelligence systems could face jail and multi-million pound fines if their creations harm workers.

24/09/2018

The CEO of TomTom is warning carmakers about what he calls the risks of partnering up with Silicon Valley tech companies, after shares in his

20/09/2018

The mobility services platform Bestmile, used to plan, manage, and optimise autonomous and human-driven fleets, is partnering with New Zealand-based autonomous vehicle technology provider Ohmio

10/09/2018

A before-and-after study of traffic conditions in a city in Taiwan suggests that journey times on key corridors have been cut by 9.4% by using

10/09/2018

Cubic Transportation Systems has been selected as the preferred bidder by the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission  to deliver what it calls the next-generation fare

07/09/2018

Clive Bairsto, the Street Works UK CEO, on how we can get lane rental rollout right and why it is so crucial we do.

06/09/2018

A number of new businesses working on smart transport solutions such as the prediction of road accidents, managing autonomous vehicles, making it easier to park

15/08/2018

The Ford subsidiary Autonomic has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alibaba Cloud to bring to China the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC) – what it

14/08/2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told a hacker conference in Las Vegas that he plans to “open source” the software his company uses to secure

13/08/2018

The traffic information sharing software company GEWI is promising visitors to ITS World Congress in Copenhagen the opportunity to see the Danish Road Directorate (DRD)

13/08/2018

New versions of what is thought the UK's most popular sign face and sign structure design software include all changes needed for the forthcoming Traffic Signs Manual revision.

13/08/2018

Apple have hired a developer who’s previously been working at Tesla, prompting speculation the company’s driverless car ambitions may be greater than recently thought. Apple

07/08/2018

Mapping and location company HERE Technologies is working with Motorola Solutions to equip emergency services responders with detailed venue maps which they say will give

07/08/2018

A team from the University of Edinburgh has taken first place at the UK’s first autonomous race car contest at the Silverstone British Grand Prix

02/08/2018

Tesla says it has built and tested a new custom chip designed specifically for its Autopilot driverless technology which will be the “world’s most advanced

01/08/2018

Tarmac gives Highways an exclusive insight into how it unlocks efficiencies using planning, plant, software and data.

26/07/2018

Twenty-one UK police forces have signed up to a newly launched National Dashcam Safety Portal, which makes it easier for motorists to relay videos of dangerous driving that they have witnessed.

17/07/2018

The location intelligence company Esri has announced Waze live alert data will now be available in its ArcGIS Marketplace, free to members of the Waze

17/07/2018

Intelligent traffic enforcement company Videalert has announced it is expanding with the opening of a new Mobile Enforcement Vehicle engineering hub in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. It

12/07/2018

The CEO of Siemens UK says he is “incredibly excited and slightly anxious” about his company’s attempt to pull off the world’s first fully autonomous

11/07/2018

Kent County Council is using new routing technology to optimise its Special Educational Needs transport services, which it says boosts efficiency by up to 15%.

09/07/2018

The parking equipment manufacturer APT Skidata has won a contract from CitiPark to install a new Ticketless, barrier-less parking solution at a recently-acquired location serving

05/07/2018

A leading professional body is making research grants available for those looking into current transportation challenges and opportunities, as well as launching a competition for young engineers.

02/07/2018

The Nissan Motor Company is establishing its first global centre for digital operations in India, promising to hire around 500 people for it by the

29/06/2018

The EnBW brand SMIGHT(Smart City Light) and PTV Group have teamed up in a joint development initiative to optimise urban traffic in real time using the increasing intelligence

18/06/2018

Mapping software company rideOS has raised $9 million in Series A funding to grow its technology platform designed to accelerate the safe, global roll-out of self-driving vehicles.

14/06/2018

The UK’s  first driverless vehicle trial, VENTURER says its three year research suggests those who have tried the technology have a high level of trust

11/06/2018

Ministers have announced fines of up to £50,000 per vehicle if carmakers supply vehicles designed to cheat emissions tests, but research has found that new cars are still producing more pollution than allowed by official standards.

06/06/2018

The technology platform for connected vehicles, Mojio has appointed former GM executive Dr Alan Messer as its new Chief Technology Officer. The company says Dr

04/06/2018

Waymo has agreed to add up to 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to its self-driving fleet, building upon a previous commitment announced in January. The two companies

30/05/2018

Transport officials in Kansas are beginning a pilot project to determine how drones could be used in future road design work. The Topeka Capital-Journal and

21/05/2018

It’s being claimed the United States is falling behind the UK, Germany, South Korea and Singapore in driverless car development because of a lack of

21/05/2018

The parking detection, guidance and monitoring company Cleverciti Systems has announced it will showcase its “clever parking” solution for on-street and open-air parking management at

09/05/2018

It’s being reported Uber has concluded the likely cause of a fatal collision involving one of its prototype self-driving cars in Arizona in March was

04/05/2018

Police in Western Australia have suspended using eleven new mobile speed cameras after they discovered a woman was wrongly accused of speeding at 162km/h (100

03/05/2018

A new initiative to explore blockchain for use in “a new digital mobility ecosystem that could make transportation safer, more affordable, and more widely accessible”

30/04/2018

A Scottish minister has suggested that the government there make a “moon shot statement” to make an island or community completely self driving. Glasgow Provan

19/04/2018

A new report into the effect of connected and driverless vehicles in Ireland suggests they will help create 100,000 new jobs by 2030. The paper,

18/04/2018

Following a trial of sensors that can report when road gullies are getting blocked, a highway authority has said the technology will require further work before being widely used.

16/04/2018

The German traffic software company, GEWI has announced a partnership with iCone to deliver a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution for managing roadworks zones.iCone products transmit a

12/04/2018

The mapping company HERE Technologies, has opened a new research and development facility in Boulder, Colorado to bring together experts in geospatial engineering, machine learning

11/04/2018

Dominic Browne looks at Brent London Borough Council’s work with technology company Yotta, which serves as a case study for the targeted solutions many councils now employ to such success in tackling the pothole backlog.

09/04/2018

Transport modelling company PTV Group has announced that the Canadian Capacity Guide (CCG) has been added to their traffic analysis software PTV Vistro. The software

26/03/2018

Design and technology consultancy IBI Group has launched its Smart City Platform aimed at helping cities improve the efficiency and safety of city operations and

20/03/2018

Siemens has announced plans to buy Barcelona-based transport modelling firm Aimsun. It says the two parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the deal, which should close in April.

20/03/2018

The winners of Intertraffic’s prestigious Innovation Award have been announced at the event in Amsterdam in the presence of HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje. Parkmobile Group

16/03/2018

Toyota’s technology strategy business Toyota Connected North America, has announced a multi-year partnership with Avis Budget Group that will add 10,000 Toyota vehicles to Avis

15/03/2018

Brian Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick Advisory asks: The future of our infrastructure is digital, but just who is best placed to build the local authority capability to manage this revolution?

13/03/2018

Ford’s Global Director of Connectivity and Emerging Services has said that the opportunities opened up by connected cars are tremendous and will make huge improvements

12/03/2018

Google’s autonomous vehicle division, Waymo, is launching a pilot in Atlanta where its self-driving trucks will carry freight bound for Google’s data centres. In a

09/03/2018

Siemens is to deliver a major project to develop software for the implementation of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) next year.

08/03/2018

Siemens has been awarded the contract to develop software for the implementation of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in 2019. The work will be carried

06/03/2018

Researchers and quantum technology experts are to investigate how security systems “based on the randomness of light” can help protect connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs)

06/03/2018

The I.D. Vizzion concept vehicle from Volkswagen has been unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, showing what the company thinks may be possible in the

27/02/2018

SWARCO is showcasing connected vehicle-ready technology as part of a live Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) demonstration with Qualcomm Technologies. The demonstration, at the Mobile World Congress

26/02/2018

Qualcomm is using the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to promote its Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything technology which it is developing with carmakers around the world. The

09/02/2018

UK Autodrive partners Gowling WLG is calling for public and private sectors to be open to new ideas and ready to support new technologies when

02/02/2018

Steve Birdsall, chief executive, Gaist discusses the potential disruption facing the highways sector.

18/01/2018

Mott MacDonald has been appointed to deliver an intelligent asset monitoring and management system that will support the development of Highways England’s technology operations centre.

12/01/2018

Ford has announced it is integrating Waze into its SYNC 3 touch screen to provide drivers with real-time traffic and navigation information which can be

11/01/2018

Toyota  has announced a new mobility service business alliance and e-Palette Concept Vehicle which it says is designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications.

10/01/2018

Transport modelling company PTV Group has announced an upgrade to its realtime traffic management tool Optima.

10/01/2018

The SWARCO subsidiary, McCain, and Qualcomm have showcased connected vehicle-ready technology as part of a live Cellular-V2X demonstration at CES 2018, explaining how direct C-V2X communications can enable data exchange to improve safety, optimise traffic flow, and pave the path to automated driving.

09/01/2018

Abbie Hughes from software company My Mobile Workers throws down the gauntlet on modern road worker safety.

08/01/2018

Hyundai Motor Company and autonomous vehicle technology firm Aurora have announced a strategic partnership to bring self-driving Hyundai vehicles to market by 2021.

01/01/2018

Waymo is partnering with on-demand insurance provider Trov to cover self-driving vehicles in its rollout in Arizona commercial ride service which launches early this year.

12/12/2017

Apple's director of artificial intelligence research has outlined the software capabilities needed for self-driving cars, including using date from cameras and other sensors to spot cars and pedestrians on urban streets.

12/12/2017

Leeds City Council has taken delivery of a new CCTV car from Videalert to be used to provide unattended enforcement of a range of offences including parking on city centre bus stops and school keep clears.

11/12/2017

In May, Highways first reported on the update to the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB), sometimes referred to as the Bible for roads,

11/12/2017

BlackBerry has set out what it thinks is the recommended framework to harden connected and autonomous vehicles against cyberattacks.

11/12/2017

Future Tesla vehicles will run their self-driving AI software on a chip designed by the carmaker itself, according to its CEO Elon Musk.

08/12/2017

An advanced red light-style camera that detects drivers using mobile phones has caught 1,300 motorists breaking the law in the Australian state of Victoria.

07/12/2017

Nissan is planning to begin a pilot of self-driving Leaf electric vehicles that can be hailed using a smartphone app from next March.

05/12/2017

Driverless vehicles are being tested in the American state of Colorado, with a demonstration of a shuttle between the 61st and Peña Station to the nearby office buildings or bus stops.

30/11/2017

The driverless pod company EasyMile has joined forces with IVECO, Sector, Transpolis, ISAE-SUPAERO, Ifsttar, Inria, and Michelin to develop technologies for autonomous full-size bus.

29/11/2017

HERE has announced it is buying German company Advanced Telematics Systems in order to, as it puts it, create the most comprehensive security framework for automated cars.

28/11/2017

A leading economist from KPMG is warning transport planners not to fall for the belief that future mobility can be car-free.

27/11/2017

Autonomous Vehicles driving on our roads will need to operate more cautiously than the average driver in order to foster public trust in the technology according to one of the UK's driverless car projects.

21/11/2017

An American computer science expert is warning modern cars could be turned into "lethal weapons" by computer hackers working for enemy states or terrorists.

14/11/2017

Aimsun has unveiled new branding at the Smart Cities Expo in Barcelona, in response, it says, to its rapid growth and changes in the industry.

03/11/2017

An extremely busy week of discussion, networking and exhibiting has drawn to a close at the ITS World Congress in Montreal, and you can hear all about it with the official podcasts from Smart Highways magazines.

01/11/2017

There is so much to listen to in the final daily podcast from the World Congress in Montreal, brought you you thanks to the support of SWARCO, HMI Technologies, Intelight and Q-Free.

26/10/2017

Cubic Transportation Systems have been chosen by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to replace the MetroCard with a proven, next-generation fare payment system similar to that used on the bus, Tube and rail services operated by Transport for London.

25/10/2017

BlackBerry is introducing new cybersecurity consulting services aimed at mitigating security risks in connected vehicles that could threaten personal and public safety and also enabling enterprise GDPR compliance.

13/10/2017

An international line marking specialist has made hailed the switch from paper to a digital field management system, stating it helps work flow and gives increased protection against any missed work or out of date plans.

11/10/2017

New guidelines published today could be used by any road agency in the world to make roads significantly safer, according to a leading safety charity.

28/09/2017

The way mobility is changing in a digital world is being examined at this year's PTV UK User Group Innovation Day in London.

22/09/2017

An award-winning traffic management business has launched a campaign to ‘draw’ in funds for a construction industry charity close to its heart. Nationwide Traffic Solutions

22/09/2017

Transport for London has announced it will not be renewing Uber's private hire licence to operate in the Capital after its expiry on 30th September.

12/09/2017

The 2017 JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will again provide a platform for high quality papers, supported by an exhibition tailored to signals and ITS professionals.

11/09/2017

A group of road charities and organisations has today written to Android, Microsoft and the GSMA (Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association), urging them to include an opt out driving mode as standard across mobile handsets.

11/09/2017

Lyft is beginning work with self-driving start-up Drive.ai to bring its semi-autonomous cars to the San Francisco Bay Area by the end of the year.

01/09/2017

Alloy, the new connected highways asset management platform from Yotta, is now available for local authorities, agencies and asset managers globally.

25/08/2017

Nearly 200 Manchester cyclists are carrying out the first large-scale British trial of a combined bike light and road condition monitoring unit.

24/08/2017

New German legal guidelines on driverless vehicles are prioritising the protection of people rather than property or animals.

23/08/2017

The TRIMODE project, whose goal is to develop a multimodal transport model that covers all freight and passenger movements across Europe, has now reached an important milestone, researchers say.

15/08/2017

Chinese researchers have developed enforcement cameras which do not need to check number plates to identify them.

08/08/2017

The Government has published new guidance that aims to see a new generation of internet-connected cars better protected from hackers, includi

07/08/2017

New Government guidance will require engineers developing the new generation of smart vehicles to toughen up cyber protection and ‘design out hacking’.The Department for Transport said that with smart vehicles increasingly allowing drivers to access maps, travel information and radio services digitally, it is fear

02/08/2017

A group of 'white hat' researchers has proved that it can still hack into and control Tesla self-driving cars, despite a recent security upgrade.In a blog post, Keen Security Lab said it had 'discovered new security vulnerabilities on Tesla motors' and realised a 'full attack chain to implement arbitrary CAN BUS a

25/07/2017

General Motors has launched GM Dev Client, an industry-first app that gives approved developers who have created in-vehicle applications the ability to test them in a real GM vehicle.

24/07/2017

Lyft has announced it is setting up its own unit to build autonomous vehicle software and hardware.

20/07/2017

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told a conference one of the biggest risks for autonomous vehicles is somebody achieving a fleet-wide hack.

17/07/2017

Highways England has selected Advanced to  provide secure and compliant IT infrastructure hosting in order to help "deliver a smoother, smarter and more sustainable strategic road network (SRN) across the country" in a multi-year deal worth £6.7 million.

10/07/2017

Chubb Systems has launched a television out station (TVOS), an all-weather traffic monitoring CCTV camera system that it says delivers the highest quality images demanded by the smart motorways of the future.

10/07/2017

It's reported motorists have doubts about whether driverless car technology is likely to become commonplace in 20 years' time, and many would rather see the Government focusing more time and effort on sorting out the country's roads in preparation for them.

05/07/2017

Clearview Intelligence has explained how they helped motorists in Scotland cope with a ten week diversion on all M8/A8 approaches to the Baillieston interchange while the newly built M8 motorway section was connected to the existing road network.

03/07/2017

The parking technology business APT Skidata and British parking operators CitiPark have agreed a partnership to make the parking experience "as hassle free as possible" and reward lower-emission vehicles when parking.

28/06/2017

The GATEway Project, led by TRL and industry leaders, has teamed up with Ocado Technology to trial driverless grocery deliveries to real customers in Greenwich using CargoPod, an autonomous last-mile delivery vehicle developed by Oxbotica.

26/06/2017

The Victorian state government in Australia is freezing any issuing of red light and speeding tickets after detecting malicious software on its system.

23/06/2017

The organisers of the Highways Awards (formerly Highways Magazine Excellence Awards) are reminding businesses that entries will close in one week's time at 5pm on Friday 30 June.

23/06/2017

A new survey is predicting the traffic management market is expected to grow from USD 22.96 Billion in 2017 to USD 59.48 Billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 21.0%.

21/06/2017

With just days to go until the Highways Awards (formerly Highways Magazine Excellence Awards) FREE online entry closes this Friday, to help those of you struggling for time, the organisers have extended the deadline by one additional week. As a consequence, the online entry system will now close at

20/06/2017

There's a packed programme for Wednesday's official audio guide to the ITS Europe Congress 2017 in a busy ' and very hot ' Strasbourg.

19/06/2017

Your trusted audio guide to this year's Europe-wide gathering of ITS professionals is now online, looking ahead to Tuesday at the event where we will talk driverless pods, transport modelling and hear highlights of the opening ceremony.

16/06/2017

With just one week to go until the Highways Awards (formerly Highways Magazine Excellence Awards) FREE online entry closes on Friday 23rd June.

08/06/2017

Porsche has bought the traffic and transport modelling specialist, PTV PTV Group for more than '300 million, saying the acquisition is part of a long-term investment strategy as it sees considerable growth potential in the optimisation of the flow of people and goods.It adds that th

05/06/2017

Global Connected Vehicle technology company Cohda Wireless has announced that the new 2017 Cadillac CTS sedan contains Cohda's V2X software as a standard feature.

01/06/2017

HMI Technologies has appointed Richard Harris to its Executive Team as Director Europe.

31/05/2017

Operational intelligence company Worldsensing has appointed Albert Zaragoza as Head of Engineering, as part of its strategy to extend its core offering in connected operational intelligence and enhance growth.

25/05/2017

SWARCO Traffic has installed a new parking guidance system at one of Northern Ireland's premier shopping centres, the Abbey Centre, Belfast.

24/05/2017

UK-based start-up WhereIsMyTransport has been honoured for providing what is being described as unparalleled access to data for users, operators and planners in developing countries.

18/05/2017

3M has entered into an agreement to sell its tolling and ANPR business to California-based RFID technology specialist Neology.

17/05/2017

A new survey suggests a quarter of people in the UK believe driverless cars will be the main form of transport in 10 years' time.

10/05/2017

The British automotive technology consultants SBD have announced the opening of a new office in Dusseldorf, Germany.

09/05/2017

The transport app Citymapper is piloting its own smart bus service in London which, it says, is, "reinventing the entire software stack for running and operating a bus."

04/05/2017

Fresh research has highlighted the debilitating cost of bidding for work in the construction sector, suggesting the annual total hits around £3bn a year, in an industry where profit margins are often between 1-3%.

03/05/2017

The Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he thinks fully autonomous Level 5 cars will be in production "within two years".

24/04/2017

A consortium of British companies is planning to test driverless cars on roads between London and Oxford in two years' time.

24/04/2017

A new report, "Connected and autonomous vehicles ' A UK standards strategy", prepared jointly by BSI and the Transport Systems Catapult, has been published, presenting a series of recommendations designed to help deliver a high-impact standards programme backed by a dedicated CAV standards community.

19/04/2017

The "Chinese Google", Baidu has announced it is offering its complete software platform for automotive industry partners to develop their own autonomous driving systems.

18/04/2017

California's Department of Motor Vehicles has confirmed that Apple has been granted a permit to test autonomous vehicles there.

18/04/2017

ITS (UK) has held its first forum on the topic of Mobiity as a Service (MaaS) in London, simultaneously launching a new interest group dedicated the subject.

12/04/2017

Amey has announced that it, together with RACE, has secured funding from Innovate UK to build a prototype autonomous vehicle and test data collected from its sensors, which it says will, "Ultimately transform current urban services and deliver safety benefits to our people."

12/04/2017

The Government is funding a project for assessing the cyber risk of connected and autonomous vehicles.

12/04/2017

Self-driving cars will drive around Greater Manchester early next year as part of a £5million research project investigating the future of road transport.

10/04/2017

Siemens Mobility is to join transport policy-related projects on shared mobility and the decarbonisation of transport as a member of the International Transport Forum's Corporate Partnership Board (CPB).

07/04/2017

New research is warning that the arrival of self-driving and connected cars adds weight to the case for improved highway maintenance, not only to tackle the huge backlog, but also to ensure the communication systems are up to standard.

05/04/2017

Greenwich's GATEway Project is beginning research into public acceptance of, and attitudes towards, driverless vehicles, with an autonomous vehicle driving in a complex urban environment.

28/03/2017

Within the next five years one in six of our local roads will need to be repaired, or may even face closure, according to this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey.

21/02/2017

TomTom has published its latest annual results which include details of its decision to move away from hardware products in favour of growing high gross margin, recurring data, software & services business.

20/02/2017

Roborace an electric driverless car racing series which is currently still in development, have had their first 'real' 'race', driving two so-called DevBots on the same street circuit at the Formula E Buenos Aires ePrix.

14/02/2017

Transport modelling company PTV has launched its new Mobility-as-a-Service Accelerator Programme, which it says is a complete portfolio of component technologies for planning MaaS operations.

13/02/2017

The Ford Motor Company has announced it is investing $1 billion during the next five years in Argo AI, an artificial intelligence company, to develop a virtual driver system for its autonomous vehicle which it says is coming in 2021.

07/02/2017

The organisers of Traffex are promising to give a platform to what they call "The pioneer companies at the forefront of road innovation" at the event in April.

06/02/2017

California's Department of Motor Vehicles has released it report into autonomous vehicle disengagement  which summaries disclosures from all companies working on self-driving cars in the state, and it shows that Google's car company Waymo is reporting a huge drop, despite a rise in miles driven.

31/01/2017

Bournemouth Borough Council is taking the first steps towards a fixed deterrent to reduce an increasing amount of inconsiderate parking outside schools by deploying Videalert's fully hosted CCTV-based enforcement platform.

23/01/2017

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

20/01/2017

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

18/01/2017

For the first time, VMS are being used using smartphone data to give drivers live times for diversions during road closures.

18/01/2017

TomTom has announced that it has acquired Autonomos, a Berlin-based autonomous driving start-up, saying the purchase "strengthens TomTom's position in autonomous driving".

13/01/2017

The Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated £1.2 billion of local roads funding to councils across England.

12/01/2017

Kapsch TrafficCom AG and Fluidtime Data Services GmbH (Fluidtime) have announced they are joining forces in the area of integrated mobility solutions, with Kapsch buying a 75% stake in Fluidtime.

11/01/2017

Jaguar Land Rover is spending $15m on a 'minority investment' in American connected car start-up CloudCar.

10/01/2017

3M has won a place on one of Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) frameworks that gives public sector organisations access to 'best of breed' suppliers of products and services.

09/01/2017

PTV Group have announced they have recruited Dr Jaume Barceló, the co-founder of rival transport modelling company TSS as Strategic Adviser.

06/01/2017

The city of Melbourne is launching what is being described as an "ambitious and unique hi-tech" transport project focused on reducing future congestion and improving road safety.

06/01/2017

Driverless cars could significantly reduce delays, according to a new study by the Department for Transport.

04/01/2017

The UK's first demonstration of a teleoperated autonomous vehicle service for people with reduced mobility has been successfully completed as part of the GATEway project (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment), led by TRL.

04/01/2017

The 50th Consumer Electronics Show is underway in Las Vegas with the largest ever presence from the auto industry.

21/12/2016

PTV Group has won the highly esteemded 'Current, powered by GE Partner Innovation Award' at GE's fifth annual Minds + Machines 2016 event.

15/12/2016

A lack of shared best practice in the transport sector is putting the brakes on the huge benefits, including safety and reduced congestion, that can be achieved with increased autonomy across different transport modes, according to a new report published today.

12/12/2016

Balfour Beatty VINCI, the joint venture working on the conversion of the M5 Junctions 4a to 6 smart motorway project, says it has achieved "significant results" through the use of 4D modelling as a management tool.

28/11/2016

The UK Transport sector needs to increase its focus on Cyber-Security in the face of rapidly emerging technological developments, according to Transport Systems Catapult (TSC).

17/11/2016

Cubic Transportation Systems has announced a tie-up with Microsoft to deliver CityNext, a global initiative which it says empowers cities, businesses and citizens to "reimagine their futures and cultivate vibrant communities".

17/11/2016

Ordnance Survey (OS) has created what it calls the ultimate and authoritative road and transport management product, "OS MasterMap Highways Network", to support street works planning and notification.The organisation says this will help professionals make informed decisions with asset manageme

14/11/2016

Samsung Electronics is entering the connected car market by buying Harman International Industries for $8bn (£6.4bn), calling the automotive electronics "a strategic priority".

14/11/2016

One of the Government's leading authorities on Connected and Automated Vehicles has told a meeting of industry professionals in London that Britain stands as a world leader in the technology.

09/11/2016

Cohort plc company SEA has been awarded orders by Transport for London (TfL) to further develop and provide ongoing support of its Digital Traffic Enforcement System (DTES) and to develop and support a Parking Enforcement Solution (PES) Mobile Application.

09/11/2016

Blakedale is showcasing its latest 18 tonne Impact Protection Vehicle (IPV) at Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) from 9-10 November.

26/10/2016

A back office processing and smartphone ticketing application is helping police forces across the UK to process their speeding and red-light violations.

20/10/2016

Tesla has announced that from now on all vehicles produced in its factory will have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level it says is "substantially greater than that of a human driver".

19/10/2016

A new report says the investment in research and development for connected vehicles is reaping rewards, but that several obstacles still remain.

19/10/2016

The engineering company Amey is installing sensors into gullies in a trial in Hampshire aimed at preventing the flooding of roads.

11/10/2016

The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) in Milton Keynes has successfully tested its self-driving vehicles in public for the first time in the UK.

26/09/2016

PTV Group's CEO says his company's acquisition of British company Distribution Planning Software International (DPS) will double revenue for its logistics software business in the UK, Sweden and South Africa.It's announced the acquisition of the Birmingham-based company saying its D

22/09/2016

Cubic Transportation Systems has announced the opening of its UK-based Global Operations Centre (GOC), which is aimed at expanding and strengthening the company's ITS offerings around the world.

22/09/2016

Plymouth City Council has appointed South West Highways (SWH) as the new contractor for its highways maintenance services.

21/09/2016

The organisers of next month's ITS World Congress in Melbourne have released their app.

20/09/2016

Furry and scaly things in the exhibition, some thoughts on the "Uberisation" of the world and details of an exciting autonomous project being worked on by Mott MacDonald are among the features in the third Countdown to Congress which is now online for download or streaming.

13/09/2016

Roads maintenance contractor Amey has created a new ‘super-team’ at its consulting operation to specialize in analyzing data, analytics and technology in infrastructure.

08/09/2016

TrafficInfraTech is India's premier trade exhibition and conference for the traffic, ITS, parking and related sectors, reports Smart Highways columnist Mark Pleydell, from the event.

05/09/2016

It's reported that a group of researchers in America have, for the first time, found vulnerabilities in the smartphone-to-car communications system MirrorLink.

01/09/2016

The Dubai-based British ITS expert Paul Glover has blogged an often-debated question - is the industry too inward-looking?

30/08/2016

The driverless racing car contest Roborace has demonstrated a car called DevBot, which it has shown doing a lap of Donnington Park race track in the East Midlands.

30/08/2016

The self-driving car software company nuTonomy has launched the first-ever public trial of a "robo-taxi service" (see video link below).

26/08/2016

The Austrian traffic technology group SWARCO has entered a definitive agreement to acquire McCain. based in Vista, California.  The deal is expected to close next Wednesday, but the price has not been disclosed.

24/08/2016

Newpark Solutions has been awarded a major contract to install the latest Fusion ticketless pay-on-foot parking system at over 40 woods and forests across the UK managed by the Forestry Commission.The company won the open tender for a formal framework agreement, one of the largest over the last few years, in the face of strong competition

24/08/2016

Blakedale has reinforced its commitment to road safety by installing a fully recordable multi-camera system as standard to all new 7.5 tonne traffic management and 18 tonne crash cushion (impact protection) vehicles. 

18/08/2016

A British start-up is planning to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle to the market by 2019, after securing around £2 million worth of funding.

10/08/2016

Basemap, a leading digital mapping and transport data solutions provider, has announced a partnership with Trafficmaster.

01/08/2016

Daimler subsidiary moovel has hired British expert Matt Jones as Chief Product Officer, to based in the company's Portland office in the US.

21/07/2016

Road safety inspections in Scotland will be aided by GPS and video capturing software from RouteShoot.

18/07/2016

The CEO of Tesla has issued a series of tweets promising changes to his company's autopilot technology after the crash in which one of his car's drivers was killed.

13/07/2016

A fleet of more than 100 connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will be trialled by Jaguar Land Rover on public roads over the next four years – including a system that is able to navigate through roadworks.  

06/07/2016

Costain has completed the acquisition of Simulation Systems Limited (SSL), a provider of technology-based solutions for the highways sector, in a deal worth £17 million.   

01/07/2016

Authorities in America are investigating a death of a Tesla car driver which they think may have been caused by self-driving technology.

28/06/2016

It's being reported that German carmaker Volkswagen has reportedly reached a $15bn (£11.3bn) settlement with American car owners after admitting it cheated emission tests.

16/06/2016

A key consultant on Google's driverless car project says that trying to change infrastructure to cope with driverless cars is the wrong way to introduce the technology.

13/06/2016

The deadline for entering this year's Highways Magazine Excellence Awards is two working weeks away, with entries closing at 5pm on Friday 24th June.

06/06/2016

Google has announced it's working on technology to allow its self-driving cars to honk a horn.

25/05/2016

A new report is investigating the effect of data protection legislation and whether it could be a "road-block" for driverless cars.

03/05/2016

The UK Managing Director of Transport Modelling company PTV, Paul Speirs, is welcoming Volvo's announcement of autonomous car trial in London, saying it's the 'perfect city' to really test the technology.

28/04/2016

Costain has announced it is collaborating with RedBite Solutions Ltd, a Cambridge-based software company, in using a mobile asset management tool to tag and manage highways assets.

20/04/2016

Atkins are using PTV software to help with a project for the Department for Transport to simulate the potential impact that connected and autonomous vehicles will have on traffic flow and capacity of the British road network.

15/04/2016

The Transport Systems Catapult is highlighting the need for what it calls "a shared vision across the UK transport sector" in a new Technology Strategy for Intelligent Mobility.

12/04/2016

Ford has issued a statement explaining how its Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicle has driven with no headlights along what it calls lonely desert roads, "performing a task that would be perilous for a human driver."

11/04/2016

Two leading mainstream magazines, Forbes and the New Statesman, have published articles questioning the likelihood and viability of driverless cars - listing questions which the driverless industry would do well to counter.

07/04/2016

The owner of the mobile variable message signs provider MVMS says any installation must come with ITS technology for it to be properly effective.

07/04/2016

Technology that monitors highway equipment such as street lighting and drainage to aid future maintenance is being used for the first time on Highways England’s £88.4m Port of Immingham improvement scheme.

06/04/2016

The traffic modelling company PTV is holding an event at Intertraffic on Thursday 7th April where, it says, it will allow visitors to "be the first to discover how you can simulate and virtually test the impact of automated vehicles".

04/04/2016

Kapsch TrafficCom has announced it's bought Schneider Electric's Transportation Business for around '26 million.

01/04/2016

Clearview Traffic Group is rebranding as Clearview Intelligence to reflect the company’s changing customer base.  

30/03/2016

It's reported the US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says his department will unveil regulatory guidance for driverless cars in the coming months, marking a "major federal step toward getting self-driving vehicles on the roads".

29/03/2016

Researchers say they've identified "six transformative paradigms" which the automotive industry will go through over the next 25 years to prepare for a future of smart, sustainable mobility.

29/03/2016

A research project that gathers information on vehicle emissions in Birmingham is underway as part of the Government's efforts to meet EU air quality targets.

24/03/2016

The ride hailing app Uber is offering computer hackers up to US$10,000 to find security flaws in its software.

17/03/2016

The crowd sourced traffic information App Waze has launched a new "Planned Drives" feature which recommends what time to leave in order to arrive in time for an appointment.

14/03/2016

The recent crash involving a Google self-driving car and a bus was "not a surprise", the US transport secretary is quoted as saying.

10/03/2016

One of the world's leading ITS consultants has published the definitive history of the traffic signal.

09/03/2016

Traffic information company INRIX has acquired Connected Car innovator OpenCar, promising to provide automakers with the "first open application development platform and developer ecosystem".

09/03/2016

This year's nominations for the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards are now open.

01/03/2016

New research is suggesting that half of British drivers are concerned about the safety of the connected car, with automotive manufacturers also admitting there could be a security lag of up to three years before systems catch up with cyber threats.

01/03/2016

TomTom has announced new services for several motor manufacturers - Peugeot Citroen, VW, Toyota and Fiat.

17/02/2016

The Value Added Reseller Smart CCTV Ltd is re-naming and re-branding to become Smart Video and Sensing Ltd, or SVS.

17/02/2016

The London Borough of Barnet has awarded OpenView Security Solutions Ltd a major contact to supply and maintain CCTV cameras and software for the unattended enforcement of moving traffic contraventions.

09/02/2016

TomTom's latest financial summary have shown that the Company's revenues reached '1,007m in 2015, up from '950m the year before, while its automotive revenues exceeded '300m.

01/02/2016

The Government has selected the Atkins-led FLOURISH consortium as a winner of its multi-million pound research grant to fuel development in user-centric autonomous vehicle technology and connected transport systems.

29/01/2016

The GATEway driverless vehicle project in Greenwich has announced a new design for its vehicle.

29/01/2016

The idea of driverless vehicles in London has moved one step closer today (29 January) with the development of pods that will be tested on the streets of Greenwich.

25/01/2016

Costain is helping to install a range of safety systems in tunnels along the A55 trunk road in North Wales.

15/01/2016

PTV Group and TomTom are extending their partnership, providing TomTom's full global mapping and traffic content for use in PTV's newest Logistics and Traffic product suite.

14/01/2016

The Director of Google's self-driving car programme has confirmed that his prototype vehicles have occasionally had to cede control to humans to avoid an accident or another problem.

13/01/2016

MOBA and Highway Data Systems (HDS) have joined forces to offer a complete technology and materials testing service for road builders.

07/01/2016

The AA has announced the launch of a new joint venture to develop connected car software for services and products to be provided by roadside assistance clubs for their consumer and business markets.

04/01/2016

The American Department of Justice has issued legal proceedings again Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for alleged Clean Air Act violations.

15/12/2015

It's reported that carmakers seeking approval of new vehicles in Germany will be required to give the country's regulators access to their software, under measures being prepared by the German government in response to the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

10/12/2015

Large numbers of great crested newts have been found on the M1 smart motorway scheme.

09/12/2015

Police software provider StarTraq Ltd and the North Yorkshire Police Traffic Bureau (NYPTB) have received a high commendation at the Prince Michael of Kent International Road Safety Awards.

07/12/2015

Road traffic information will be displayed on taxi-top digital advertising boards in a trial aimed at cutting congestion in London. 

07/12/2015

Road traffic information will be displayed on taxi-top digital advertising boards in a trial aimed at cutting congestion in London. 

04/12/2015

Transport demand modelling experts PTV say a range of solutions are needed to solve the problems of overcrowding at London's busiest Underground Station.

02/12/2015

Software Group PTV says a project focussing on efficient and environmentally-friendly freight solutions for urban areas is 'taking logistics to the next level'.

30/11/2015

Full matrix driver information signs from SWARCO Traffic are being installed for the first time across TfL's strategic route network.

26/11/2015

Innovative ideas that could accelerate the introduction of driverless cars on public roads are sought by CIHT and the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC).

20/11/2015

It's reported that Microsoft and Volvo have agreed deal to work together on developing a driverless vehicle and giving potential car buyers an interactive shopping experience using the software company's HoloLens headset.

20/11/2015

Imtech Traffic & Infra has added a new capability to its ImCity Suite which it says has "the growing desire to share valuable data and the more collaborative approach of road authorities" in mind.

16/11/2015

Transport data collection specialist Sky High Technology has adopted the name of its parent group Tracsis plc.

12/11/2015

UK software company Paragon says it's helping retailers get their products into stores faster by guiding lorry drivers around predicted traffic hot spots and HGV-restricted zones.

07/11/2015

Users of PTV transport modelling software have spent a day in London sharing use cases and best practice to get the most out of the technology.

06/11/2015

A car that will be part of an Australian first trial of driverless technology has been unveiled in Adelaide.

04/11/2015

WJ has launched a new retroreflectometer surveying service for road markings.

28/10/2015

The software company Paragon has announced what it calls a breakthrough in vehicle routing and scheduling with new software functionality to help transport planners build routes that comply with the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) and other time-sensitive route restrictions.

12/10/2015

PTV Group has been appointed as one of the framework contractors for three years retaining its position as the Operational modelling software provider to TfL in the categories of Tactical (PTV Visum) and Microsimulation modelling (PTV Vissim).

12/10/2015

Parking systems business APT Skidata has completed a major new contract to provide Cambridge City Council with a wide range of parking, car park management and people access management technologies after what it calls a lengthy and complex tender process.

09/10/2015

The transport modelling firm Transport Simulation Systems - TSS - says it's seeing a growing demand for its multi-layer solution.

05/10/2015

Siemens has released an additional module to its Stratos product which it says enables traffic managers to keep the travelling public informed of current traffic conditions on the road network.

24/09/2015

Siemens has launched what it says is the world's first pilot project in Berlin aimed at simplifying the search for a parking space.

23/09/2015

The Air Quality expert at TRL, Tim Barlow, has reacted to the scandal surrounding VW's manipulation of American diesel car emission tests shows there is a need for changes to testing procedures.

23/09/2015

Videalert has won what it calls a ground-breaking contract with Portsmouth City Council to deploy its new DfT Manufacturer-Certified hosted solution to monitor bus lanes in the city.

22/09/2015

The traffic modelling company Transport Simulation Systems, TSS, has announced it is to provide modelling support for Transport for London.

21/09/2015

TfL and London's Mayor have launched the Capital's first interactive digital collision map, which they say is part of a continued drive to improve road safety awareness to reduce the number of casualties in London.

07/09/2015

Fiat Chrysler has recalled nearly eight thousand more Jeeps in order to fix a bug that allows them to be wirelessly hacked.

20/08/2015

For the first time, a self-driving vehicles has driven on a publicly-accessible road in Canada.

18/08/2015

British CCTV transmission provider and camera maker AMG has recruited Ian Creary as Sales and Technical Support Manager.

05/08/2015

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Highways England on the £2.5 million Technology Software Systems (TSS) contract TMT054.

04/08/2015

Aberdeenshire Council’s Roads Service has released an animated video that shows how potholes are formed.

03/08/2015

A report in the Independent this weekend suggests that BMW are working with Apple to jointly make a passenger vehicle.

27/07/2015

The Indian State Himachal Pradesh has officially launched its first road accident data management system (RADMS) for the management, analysis and evaluation of road traffic accident data.

23/07/2015

AGD's new generation intelligent radar detection system, the '318' has now been fully deployed at the Tyne Tunnel for wrong way detection, following what the Company says was a "highly successful" trial.

16/07/2015

The CEO of Israeli company Mobileye is predicting that the car accidents will be a thing of the past within 20 years.

24/06/2015

Entries for this year's Highways Magazine Excellence Awards has been extended until 5pm on Friday 3rd July.

23/06/2015

The traffic enforcement and management solution supplier Videalert has launched what it calls a unique Civil Enforcement as a Service (AEaaS) solution.

09/06/2015

Transport Simulation Systems (TSS) has released an updated version of its Aimsun traffic modelling software which it says is "more user friendly than ever".

04/06/2015

An intelligent flood warning system designed and installed by Swarco Traffic is helping Warrington Borough Council to keep vehicles well away from a potential bottleneck that has been known to flood frequently in the past.

04/06/2015

Smart parking, including P2P (peer-to-peer) parking, digital and mobile payments and real-time parking is being predicted to lead to huge opportunities for cities and to boost parking operations to reach $43 billion by 2025.

07/05/2015

Yotta has launched a new video survey vehicle that can use technology to map street-related assets.

03/03/2015

£25 million of spending to improve the pavements and roads in the London Borough of Haringey will be prioritised using software from Yotta.

27/01/2015

New scanning technology developed by Nottingham Trent University could help detect the early signs of potholes and determine their severity.

15/01/2015

National Pothole Day is taking place today (Thursday 15 January) and has received wide support from the industry.

12/01/2015

Siemens will monitor the capital’s traffic after being awarded a five-year contract by Transport for London (TfL).

16/12/2014

A Costain team is using Google Earth to help build its £193m A556 upgrade in Cheshire.

05/11/2014

Vaisala has completed the first full-scale installation of 12 next generation RWS200 Road Weather Stations in the United Kingdom.

16/10/2014

Highways maintenance software developer Keysoft Solutions has warned that patching up potholes is bad news for Britain’s roads.

23/09/2014

Gloucestershire County Council is using software from Yotta to help with the management of its street lighting.

22/09/2014

Mott MacDonald has been reappointed as a support service provider by the Highways Agency (HA) for the centralised maintenance depot terminal equipment (CMDTE) system.

21/08/2014

Yotta is carrying out a range of road surveys in Halton in an effort to assess the condition of the highway network.

05/08/2014

Yotta has partnered with FM Conway to deliver a £30 million per annum highway maintenance contract for Westminster City Council.

17/07/2014

Cascade Software is working with EM Highway Services to manage and check all abnormal load notifications within Area 9 on behalf of the Highways Agency.

14/05/2014

The latest Internet hosted software from Yotta is helping to keep highways across the north west of England illuminated at night.

27/03/2014

New software that helps reduce downtime and increase road safety has been unveiled by Siemens at Intertraffic.

19/03/2014

Entries are now open for this year’s Highways Magazine Excellence Awards.

06/02/2014

The Highways Agency has awarded a £600,000 contract to Atkins and Yotta for the supply of software that maps the condition of roads to help plan renewal work.

24/12/2013

A smartphone app that allows users to report potholes has been revamped.

26/09/2013

The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has established a software partnership with KDO Software.

15/08/2013

Street lighting asset management software from Mayrise Systems is supporting Peterborough City Council with ambitious plans to minimise maintenance costs.

15/08/2013

Street lighting asset management software from Mayrise Systems is supporting Peterborough City Council with ambitious plans to minimise maintenance costs.

02/07/2013

Yotta DCL, the highways technology arm of Oxford Metrics Group (OMG), is set to acquire Mayrise Systems.

27/09/2012

The Highways Agency has started the hunt for a contractor to install and operate a new toll system at the Dartford Crossing in a deal worth up to £478m.

07/06/2012

APT Skidata has been awarded a contract to upgrade the parking systems at two public car parks owned by Brighton & Hove City Council.

24/04/2012

The Transport Research Laboratory and Road Safety Analysis are joining forces to support road safety delivery in the UK.

27/10/2011

A major transport project is investigating introducing wireless networking to vehicles as a way of drastically reducing congestion and the environmental impact of traffic.

27/10/2011

A major transport project is investigating introducing wireless networking to vehicles as a way of drastically reducing congestion and the environmental impact of traffic.