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December 5th 2019 / Andrew R/ Links: Route Safety
With winter now upon us it may be important to double check that any maintenance changes made to roads have not inadvertently increased the dangers, rather than the hoped for improvements everyone wants to see.
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October 24th 2019 / Andrew R/ Links: Route Safety Enhanced Delineation Dynamic Lane Marking Queue Protection Network Management Journey Time Monitoring Wireless Vehicle Detection MIDAS News / Commentary
After the release of the annual road safety statistics we ask, will there be trouble ahead on our new smart motorways?
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September 5th 2019 / Jemma C/ Links: Route Safety
With recent comparisons being made between England’s new Major Road Network and Scotland’s devolved government management of its trunk road network, industry stakeholders are hoping to see the same reduction in road casualties which have been achieved north of the border.
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June 20th 2019 / Michelle C/ Links: Route Safety Enhanced Delineation Junction Safety Dynamic Lane Marking Pathway Guidance Cycle Safety Speed Compliance
Both Highways England and Transport for London have documented their aspirations that no one is killed on their roads by 2040. Local authorities are similarly committed to reducing accidents on their networks. But with 249,700 miles of road and nearly 2,000 road deaths per year in the UK, where do we even start to tackle road safety issues?
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June 4th 2019 / Jemma C/ Links: Route Safety Enhanced Delineation
Retro reflective studs have long been the favoured and trusted choice for roadside delineation. But in this extended blog, we look at SolarLite Active Road Studs as an alternative and question why today’s modern network is still reliant on an 80-year-old solution.
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March 28th 2019 / Jemma C/ Links: Route Safety
With the battle of Brexit still dominating the headlines, one of the biggest revisions to local government funding is about to creep into action. Effective from the 2019/ 2020 financial year, the Government will withdraw its Revenue Support Grant for local authorities and instead replace it with greater business rates retention.
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March 7th 2019 / Michelle C/ Links: Route Safety Ramp Metering MIDAS News / Commentary
So far in this series, we’ve considered the public sentiment towards smart motorways and their safety record. Now we consider the alternative solutions to the additional capacity we require. We need to address the huge and growing issue of congestion in this country by increasing capacity on the road network. Smart motorway schemes are far less costly than traditional motorway widening schemes so we may need to find a way to make them work.
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March 7th 2019 / Michelle C/ Links: Route Safety Ramp Metering MIDAS News / Commentary
In the first part of our smart motorways series we looked at the different types of smart motorway, why they were introduced and the specific road safety concerns regarding all lane running (ALR) schemes and the dangers they pose to roadside recovery workers. Now we’ll consider the safety record of smart motorways and whether they are more or less safe than a normal motorway.
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March 7th 2019 / Michelle C/ Links: Route Safety Ramp Metering MIDAS News / Commentary
Almost all of us use the motorway network as part of our travels across the country and as Smart Motorways are continuing to be rolled out, we are all developing opinions and perhaps some understanding on their positive and negative impacts. In this series of blogs, we explore how ideas on future developments can create a positive outcome in developing the UK’s roads.
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