Highways Voices: Talking Roads and Transport Technology innovation

Sometimes at Highways News, a company pitches for an article or podcast interview that is so intriguing, we just say yes to find out more. Tactile Mobility is one such company, delivering enhanced road data using existing technologies found throughout our cars, utilising AI and sensors to map out road conditions, forecast changes in roadway friction and accurately predict maintenance issues. S ubs...

The Department for Transport's Intelligent Transport Systems Policy Lead has praised local authorities and suppliers in their role in providing the evidence needed to justify the latest multi-million pound funding for traffic signals. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts,   Spotify ,   Amazon Music ,   Google Podcasts   or   Pocket Casts   and ne...

"I remember sitting at VicRoads, back in 2012, telling our CEO at the time, cooperative ITS is here, autonomous vehicles are going to be here," comments Dean Zabrieszach of HMI Technologies in Australia and New Zealand on this week's Highways Voices, "We need to deploy equipment all over the countryside, because they'll be here in two or three years - and here we are in 2024, and we haven't quite...

"The world runs on maps," explains HERE Technologies executive Jason Jameson on this week's Highways Voices, "And if you look at from the early days of creating a map, to find directions, or to map out how to move from place to place, it's always been with us as a society. But if you look at what's happened, there's been this shift to digitisation... and having it more accurate... this is really e...

This week on Highways Voices we hear how technology is ending the delivery driver free for all as we see a new kerbside management scheme in Westminster. We’re at the site of one of two loading bays in Westminster which Electric Vehicle delivery drivers can book using a new online booking system from Grid Smarter Cities, reducing battery consumption and removing the stress having to drive around f...

"You can't change behaviour if you don't know what the behaviour is," comments Darren Divall, Regional Road Safety Manager from the West Midlands Combined Authority on this week's Highways Voices. "You can't increase enforcement of speed limits until you know what the reason is why people are speeding, and it might be that that's the behaviour issue, it might be that it's an infrastructure issue w...

If ever there’s a real must-listen Highways Voices, this is it, as we get a sneak preview of the guidance for the bidding for a share of the £20 million Intelligent Traffic Management Fund with Darren Capes from the Department for Transport. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts,   Spotify ,   Amazon Music ,   Google Podcasts   or   Pocket Casts  ...

"It actually started when we were engaging with Karl at the TTF Conference in Leeds last year, where effectively they were saying that they were looking at bringing in new technologies to complement improved white lining..." explains Ralph Bates of Clearview Intelligence as he explains how he got involved in ADEPT's Live Labs 2 project which was being discussed at a meeting in the East Riding of Y...

Highways Voices returns for a new series today, and we start with a special interview with friend of the programme and regular contributor Richard Neumann of SWARCO. Usually we chat to him in an exhibition hall somewhere in the world, but here we talk at the SWARCO headquarters in Wattens, near Innsbruck in Austria, and take a tour of SWARCO Traffic World, the company’s exhibition of all things tr...

Why would a highways and transport technology-focussed podcast have discussed dehumidifiers, fast fashion and taking a shop's takings to Barclays? Because all, in their own way, can be used as examples of things that affect our industry, and you'll find out why if you listen to this quick round-up of some of our content from 40 podcasts across 2023. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Appl...

This week on Highways Voices, we talk about real world here-and-now driverless solutions. We're joined by the former President and CEO of ITS America, Scott Belcher who is now Executive Director of ACES Mobility , a group looking to boost last mile Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared journeys with a new American initiative. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts,  ...

This week on Highways Voices talk about the new guidance for local highways authorities about consistent carbon measurement and reporting , that includes Scope 3 emissions. Simon Wilson from the Future Highways Research Group updates us about guidance around consistent carbon measurement and reporting. He joined in March last year to talk about Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions measurement, a...

This week on highways voices, we focus on specialist testing of roads, runways and racetracks S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts,   Spotify ,  Amazon Music ,  Google Podcasts   or  Pocket Casts  and never miss an episode! Dr David Woodward is Reader in Infrastructure Engineering at Ulster University and Senior Scientific Officer at R3, an indep...

Last month, the Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced £70 million of investment to deliver a raft of measures to make traffic signals more efficient, including the replacement of old equipment, a new “Green Light Fund” and new technology to better manage city centre traffic. This is being described as “the biggest investment in traffic signals in decades”. S ubscribe to Highways Voices fr...

On this week's highways voices, a new way of managing temporary roadworks. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts, Spotify , Amazon Music , Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts  and never miss an episode! Dr Darren Hudson of Traffic Group Signals is uor guest, where he talks about a concept he calls the tortoise and the Hare, which involves modelling road user micro journeys to...

Today on Highways Voices we talk about the important subject of effective water management, and the growing emphasis for the sector to ensure roads are not only safe for users, but also for the surrounding environment. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts, Spotify , Amazon Music , Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts  and never miss an episode! In the podcast, Adrian Tatum ta...

We collected more content than we could fit into our podcasts from the highly successful Highways UK show last week, so here's an extra podcast with more conversation and thought leadership at the event. These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of  AGD Systems  and  Traffic Group Signals ,  Kiely Bros ,  Re-flow ,  Stantec  and  Yunex Traffic . We...

After hearing from the Roads and Local Transport Minister on Highways Voices yesterday, you can hear from his Shadow Bill Esterson MP on today's Highways Voices from Highways UK 2023 today. These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of  AGD Systems  and  Traffic Group Signals ,  Kiely Bros ,  Re-flow ,  Stantec  and  Yunex Traffic . In the third podc...

We hear from the Roads and Local Transport Minister and the CEO of National Highways on a busy Highways Voices from Highways UK 2023 today. These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of  AGD Systems  and  Traffic Group Signals ,  Kiely Bros ,  Re-flow ,  Stantec  and  Yunex Traffic . In the podcast from Birmingham's NEC, Richard Holden MP tells Paul...

This is the first of three podcasts from the huge Highways UK show at Birmingham's NEC. These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of  AGD Systems  and  Traffic Group Signals ,  Kiely Bros ,  Re-flow ,  Stantec  and  Yunex Traffic . In today's programme we hear from Conference Director Claudia Davidson with details of some of the must-attend sessions...

This week's Highways Voices is a must-listen if you work in the traffic signals industry, as we hear all about three new pots of money totalling £70 million to be spent on improving traffic signals across England. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts, Spotify , Amazon Music , Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! In the Transport Secretary's plan for driv...

It might have a new brand as Hanson turns to Heidelberg Materials, but the company is still making significant progress on its journey to net zero-helping produce highway maintenance materials that are more durable and lower in carbon. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts, Spotify , Amazon Music , Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! The company has spen...

With just three weeks to go to Highways UK at Birmingham's NEC, this week's Highways Voices gives you details of what to expect, talks to a couple of exhibitors and has some hints and tips to get the most out of your investment in being at the event. These podcasts are sponsored by AGD Systems and Traffic Group Signals , Kiely Bros , Re-flow , Stantec and Yunex Traffic . Senior Conference Producer...

“I think allowing road pricing schemes to be designed by economists and only economists is really, really dangerous,” says Rory Sutherland on today’s Highways Voices Podcast, “Because there's a huge amount of price being a perception, and one of the big strong, really, really strong evolved instincts in humans is a sense of fairness.” S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts, Spo...

On Monday we broke the news that the final legal paperwork for the National Persistent Evader Database has been completed and a trial of the solution can now begin in and around London. S ubscribe to Highways Voices free on  Apple Podcasts,   Spotify ,   Amazon Music ,   Google Podcasts   or   Pocket Casts   and never miss an episode! But what is NPED? This...