AI, cyber threats and a changing industry: SWARCO CEO’s unfiltered view on this week’s Highways Voices
This week’s Highways Voices features one of the most important people in the highways and transport technology industries – Michael Schuch, the CEO of SWARCO. He sat down with Paul Hutton for an in-depth chat about the industry during Intertraffic Amsterdam and they discussed sustainability, the challenges around, and the state of the industry globally, […]
Early Bird Rush: Organisations secure stands at ITS World Congress 2027
As momentum builds for this major global event, an exceptional number of organisations have taken advantage of the early bird-rates to exhibit at the 33rd ITS World Congress. According to organiser, ERTICO – ITS Europe and host Transport for West Midlands, a substantial cohort of forward-thinking organisations have already secured their place. With a full […]
System outage causes mass robotaxi malfunction in Wuhan
A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic, sparking renewed debate around the safety of driverless vehicles, says the BBC. Local police said initial findings suggested a “system malfunction” caused multiple vehicles to stop in the middle of the road on Tuesday. Videos, external on […]
From automated pods to invisible payments: more insights shaping our roads from Intertraffic Amsterdam thanks to SWARCO, Westcotec, TRL and AGD Systems
In this final bonus episode of Highways Voices from Intertraffic Amsterdam 2026, we bring you more conversations highlighting how innovation is already transforming transport systems, from airports to urban streets. We hear how automated vehicles are moving staff around Schiphol Airport and pointing towards scalable platooned transport systems, while in cities, attention turns to logistics, […]
Middle East conflict: RSTA warns highway maintenance programmes are likely to be affected by price rises
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is resulting in rising costs for raw materials and fuel, which is creating uncertainty, with substantial price increases affecting bitumen, polymers, aggregates, fuel and related inputs, says the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). A quote from a benchmark price tracking website on 16 March 2026 stated: ‘Over the […]