Moving traffic enforcement powers available from February14/10/2021 Councils in England could have the power to enforce moving traffic violations from February next year, a senior Department for Transport official has announced. |
Portsmouth set to approve CAZ despite reservations29/09/2021 Portsmouth City Council is set to discuss the start date of its Government-mandated Clean Air Zone despite its preference for other options to improve air quality. |
ADEPT National Traffic Managers Conference: 'Unlearn the normal'10/09/2021 The third ADEPT National Traffic Managers Conference will take place on Wednesday 13 October at the Welford Road Stadium, Leicester under the strapline: ‘Embrace challenge, plan response and unlearn the normal.’ |
Council steps up security after LTN vandalism21/07/2021 Lambeth Council has been forced to install security measures after vandals targeted its Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes. |
Court rejects challenge to borough's LTNs29/06/2021 A legal challenge against Lambeth Council's low traffic neighbourhoods has been rejected by the High Court. |
Box junctions 'big warning area' for councils17/06/2021 Box junctions are likely to pose significant problems for local authorities using new powers to enforce moving traffic offences, the Traffic Penalty Tribunal's chief adjudicator has told Traffex visitors. |
Traffic surges in Scottish cities but pollution measures delayed06/05/2021 New data shows that traffic levels in Edinburgh and Glasgow have exceeded pre-pandemic levels, adding to fears about air quality following delays to Scotland’s planned Low Emission Zones. |
SWARCO puts Wolverhampton in control of MyCity29/04/2021 Wolverhampton City Council has worked with traffic technology specialist SWARCO Traffic to streamline the city’s traffic management via the firm’s MyCity platform. |
County approves Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone pilot17/03/2021 Oxford’s proposed Zero Emission Zone pilot has been formally approved by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet for launch in August. |
Pandemic 'could lead to rise in traffic levels'04/03/2021 Traffic levels in some of the UK’s largest cities have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, new data has revealed. |
Judge throws out Khan's Streetspace scheme21/01/2021 The High Court has overturned London mayor Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace for London Plan, which was introduced in May last year in response to the pandemic. |
Air pollution contributed to girl's death, coroner rules17/12/2020 A landmark judgement has determined that exposure to excessive air pollution, mainly from traffic emissions, contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl from South London. |
Councils warned to push ahead with clean air zones10/12/2020 Air pollution exceeds pre-pandemic levels in 80% of places despite continued lockdown restrictions, new research has uncovered. |
Traffic management and the road ahead: Highways speaks to ADEPT's Mark Corbin26/10/2020 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. |
Bath widens 20mph limits to cut vehicle dominance15/10/2020 Bath and North East Somerset Council is set to extend 20mph limits to some of the main routes in and out of Bath for the first time. |
'Spring 2021' timeline for councils to moving traffic enforcement powers07/10/2020 Councils in England could have control of enforcement powers for moving traffic violations by the middle of next year, the Department for Transport’s head of traffic and technology has said. |
Councils seek MPs’ help over lorry parks02/10/2020 Local authorities have called on MPs to help lobby the Government over the creation of lorry parks to cope with no-deal Brexit border disruption. |
MPs back e-scooter legalisation02/10/2020 The Transport Select Committee has given qualified backing to the legalisation of electric scooters, including privately owned ones, but warned that this should not be to the detriment of pedestrians. |
'Car-led recovery' as school run hits the road21/09/2020 A senior rail executive has warned that Britain ‘stands on the precipice of a car-led recovery’ from the pandemic. |
Wandsworth drops LTN trial after just one month16/09/2020 Wandsworth Council has suspended its Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) trials over ‘concerns with emergency access and traffic flows’. |
Ringway wins deal worth up to £2.5bn with Surrey
Highways Awards 2021 winners revealed
Government sponsors real-time lidar surveying tools
