Walk, Wheel or Ride: New campaign encourages Active Travel across Kent
Kent County Council’s has launched a new promotional campaign aimed at improving residents’ approach to Active Travel. Running across social media, bus advertising and local radio, the Walk, Wheel or Ride campaign highlights the simple benefits of choosing to walk, cycle or wheel instead of using a car for short trips. The campaign focuses on the idea […]
Staffordshire sets out highways management plan
Staffordshire County Council has set out how it manages traffic and co-ordinates utility and road works across the county, to keep Staffordshire moving and reduce disruption. Next week the county council’s Cabinet will discuss the Traffic and Network Management Plan, which explains how the council will work to manage more than 4,000 miles of highway […]
Monmouthshire: Work set to begin on new Active Travel route
Construction of a new 500m long active travel route in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, will begin later this month. The Caldicot Multi-User Route (MUR) will form part of the wider active travel network across the Severnside area of Monmouthshire. The project includes the construction of a new active travel route that will connect the northern end of […]
US transit industry leaders publish book to help navigate bureaucracy and drive change
Transit agencies across the US are navigating shrinking budgets, pressure to attract new riders, and growing demands to bring on new technologies. A new book from three veterans of Los Angeles Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation (OEI) is the guide many in the field of public transit, and people who care about the mission of […]
WDM webinar to showcase data-led skid resistance strategies for safer roads
W.D.M. Limited (WDM), together with Dr. Helen Viner, is hosting an expert-led seminar focused on advancing skid resistance strategy to improve road safety outcomes. The webinar will take place on Tuesday 21st April, 14:30–15:30 (UK) / 09:30–10:30 (EST), bringing together leading industry specialists to explore how skid resistance can move beyond compliance-led approaches and become […]
Surface dressing programme starts in Lincolnshire
A major surface dressing programme has now begun across Lincolnshire. The county-wide scheme, one of the biggest ever undertaken and costing £6 million, is running from now until around the middle of June and will see a staggering 271 sites treated to stop potholes forming. That is around 188 miles of road that will get the road equivalent of creosoting a fence to protect the surface […]
Council holds drop-in session to share details of transport strategy
Salisbury council in Wiltshire is updating its transport strategy reflecting new policies around walking and cycling and different travel patterns since Covid. The council says the refreshed strategy will set out an up-to-date, evidence-based plan for Salisbury’s transport network, looking at issues such as congestion, road safety, public transport, carbon emissions, and how people move […]
Overnight clean-up removes nearly 14 tonnes of waste from the A12
The scale of the challenge of litter on the country’s roads has been highlighted by a clean-up on a six mile stretch of the A12, leading to the collection of 14 tonnes of rubbish. Colchester City Council carried out a large-scale four-night clean-up of the A12, with seven council officers working to remove litter and […]
Brighton Council says new enforcement powers will mean a safer school run
Three of Brighton and Hove’s School Streets schemes will be part of a new enforcement pilot from September. Following public consultation and residents’ support, the City Council have successfully been granted new moving traffic enforcement powers by the Department for Transport, and it will be installing cameras on roads near Queen’s Park, Hangleton and West […]
Herefordshire Council reveals plans to improve walking, cycling and wheeling
Herefordshire Council has updated Local Cycling, Walking and Wheeling Infrastructure Plan with the stated intention to “provide more travel choices and make short journeys safer and more accessible for everyone.” The plan sets out how the Council will improve active travel across the county, helping residents access local services, travel more sustainably, and enjoy better […]