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A-Plant wins events contract05/07/2013 A-Plant Lux has been awarded a three-year contract to supply traffic management and operatives to Plymouth City Council for events work. |
Changes at TMCA06/01/2014 The Traffic Management Contractors Association (TMCA) has appointed Grahame Beswick from HW Martin as its new chairman. |
Last chance to pre-register for Intertraffic14/03/2014 Visitors to Intertraffic Amsterdam – the international trade fair for infrastructure, ITS traffic management, safety and parking – can pre-register free of charge until next Tuesday (18 March). |
New generation of controllers for traffic management from Siemens27/03/2014 New software that helps reduce downtime and increase road safety has been unveiled by Siemens at Intertraffic. |
Chevron to provide traffic management in Area 907/05/2014 Chevron has been awarded a five-year contract to provide traffic management services on the Highways Agency Area 9 asset support contract (ASC). |
Swarco acquires British traffic group APT09/05/2014 Traffic technology group Swarco has acquired the APT group of companies, creating one of the largest traffic and parking management systems businesses in Europe. |
TMCA to take part in Seeing is Believing17/06/2014 The Traffic Management Contractors Association (TMCA) will be demonstrating ways of eliminating carriageway crossings at this year’s Seeing is Believing. |
Chevron to provide traffic management on smart motorway project16/07/2014 Chevron will provide traffic management on the M60 and M62 smart motorway project after winning a contract worth £6.6 million over the next two years. |
Amey puts traffic management vehicles into operation22/08/2014 Amey has put a fleet of six new traffic management vehicles into operation on its contracts with the Highways Agency. |
Less than four weeks to go before Intertraffic Amsterdam07/03/2016 Intertraffic Amsterdam – the international trade fair for infrastructure, ITS traffic management, safety and parking – is less than a month away. |
A-Plant secures contract with Kier31/05/2016 A-Plant Lux Traffic Control & Management will provide traffic management equipment to Kier after winning a five-year framework agreement with the company. |
H W Martin buys King Group22/06/2016 H W Martin has acquired the King Vehicle Engineering Group for an undisclosed sum. |
Blakedale adds multi-camera system to safety vehicles24/08/2016 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. |
SHB Hire Ltd acquires Acklea02/11/2016 Specialist vehicle hire and management company SHB Hire Ltd has acquired traffic management equipment supplier Acklea. |
HTMA in road worker safety plea09/12/2016 The executive director of the Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has called on the sector to do more to improve road worker safety. |
“Innovative” motorway solution begins testing near Warrington10/11/2017 Tests have begun on what Highways England is calling an innovative pilot project designed to reduce congestion along the M62 near Warrington in Cheshire. Highways |
Leeds releases Clean Air Zone plans with equality in mind08/01/2018 Leeds City Council has put forward plans to cut air pollution through a charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ) that excludes private cars. |
I get knocked down...bollard get up again16/02/2018 A frequently AWOL concrete bollard in a Lancashire city is in line for a local business award after becoming a social media star. |
Burnham asks public to make changes under 'Congestion Deal'28/03/2018 Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has floated the idea of a high occupancy vehicle lane as part of a ‘Congestion Deal’ . |
MSP seeks default 20mph limit across Scotland30/04/2018 A Green Party Member of the Scottish Parliament has pledged to take forward a bill that would cut the default speed limit for built-up areas across the country to 20mph. |
Highways England reviewing use of variable speed limits30/04/2018 Highways England is carrying out a ‘comprehensive review’ of variable speed limits on motorways but has defended its practice of implementing restrictions before drivers hit congestion. |
Analysis: Of speed and its limits02/05/2018 Highways received a briefing on Highways England's attempts to refine its variable speed limit system. |
'Not very joined up': MPs and transport chiefs slam pollution plan24/05/2018 Senior politicians and transport experts have criticised the Government’s latest clean air strategy for what they saw as a failure to tackle emissions from transport. |
Talking Transport podcast prepares for the big events30/05/2018 This week's Talking Transport podcast, brought to by our sister site SMART Highways, discusses two forthcoming major events for the ITS sector; one on each side of the Atlantic and neither to be missed. |
Talking Transport podcast prepares for the big events30/05/2018 This week's Talking Transport podcast, brought to by our sister site SMART Highways, discusses two forthcoming major events for the ITS sector; one on each side of the Atlantic and neither to be missed. |
Car pollution costs health services £6bn a year, study reveals06/06/2018 Pollution from cars and vans costs £6bn per year in ‘health damages’, new research has revealed. |
Khan confirms 2021 ULEZ expansion08/06/2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed that his Ultra- Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be expanded up to the North and South Circular roads from autumn 2021. |
City leaders want 2030 petrol and diesel ban18/06/2018 A cross-party alliance of English and Welsh city leaders has called on ministers to bring the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles forward by 10 years. |
Birmingham to get tough with Clean Air Zone charging21/06/2018 Birmingham City Council has announced plans for one of the toughest possible charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ) systems, which will include private diesel and petrol cars. |
Reading seeks to curb traffic as growth fuels pollution09/07/2018 Reading Borough Council is proposing a raft of measures to tackle congestion and air pollution, including a possible workplace parking levy. |
'Road to Zero' plan could see charge points in new homes and street lights09/07/2018 New housing and commercial buildings and all new street lights could have charging points installed in them under an aspirational £450m government plan to boost ultra low emission vehicles. |
New INRIX platform aims to tackle 'very local' AV challenge19/07/2018 INRIX has announced a new platform that will allow authorities to communicate traffic rules to connected and autonomous vehicles, which could in turn provide information about the condition of the highway. |
Former top civil servant calls for common platform for traffic management07/08/2018 A leading expert in traffic management has highlighted the importance of getting more data, including traffic speed data, onto a common network management platform. |
Bad directions? Concerns raised over Govt traffic management guidance29/08/2018 Dominic Browne reports on delays and safety critical concerns within the sector regarding traffic management guidance documents released by the Department for Transport. |
Manchester top of the wrong table10/09/2018 Manchester has come top of a new table of the most congested English areas outside London. |
DfT consults on green number plates to improve ULEV take-up10/09/2018 Ultra-low emission vehicles could be fitted with green number plates under Government plans to promote their take-up. |
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