Despite bringing you daily podcasts last week thanks to our sponsors SWARCO and AGD Systems, we still couldn’t fit in everything we gathered, so in this bonus podcast we talk about road safety, companies coming together and artificial intelligence. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! The Australian company Acusensus has proved it’s not just speed that can be enforced by technology on our roads...

The last of this week’s Highways Voices podcasts from Intertraffic Amsterdam 2024 explores more of the cutting-edge technology and leading opinion, thanks to the sponsorship of  SWARCO and AGD Systems. In today’s programme we hear about the Australian invention Multipatcher, a safe one-person operated way to fix our roads, which has been making a difference Down Under for decades and is now on streets in the UK.  Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon...

As we enter the second half of Intertraffic Amsterdam 2024, we’re back with more fascinating conversation about the transport and mobility industries from Amsterdam, thanks to the sponsorship of  SWARCO and AGD Systems. In today’s programme we hear about an important collaboration between former competitors SWARCO and Dutch data experts Monotch, who have announced a new initiative to expand Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility services to large-scale deployment. Subscribe to...

On the second of our Highways Voices podcasts from Intertraffic Amsterdam, we’ll hear from the winners of the Intertraffic Awards, with Valerann, Intelligent Instruments and Sealed Air telling us about their winning solutions. AGD Systems explain the relative values of video analytics and radar to monitor transport, while we chat to the CEO of their fellow sponsors SWARCO about how people are key to everything the company does and achieves. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple...

Intertraffic Amsterdam is firmly rooted in the calendar as the huge smart mobility, infrastructure, traffic management, road safety and parking exhibition and summit.  So we’re here for the whole week, joining more that 30 thousand traffic technology and mobility professionals to learn and connect. You can join in whether you’re in the venue or listening from home or work, as we give you a flavour of the event, thanks to the support of our sponsors SWARCO and AGD Systems. Subscribe to...

This week’s Highways Voices looks ahead to the biggest single event we cover at Highways News - Intertraffic Amsterdam. Ahead of four special podcasts direct from the RAI in Amsterdam thanks to the support of SWARCO and AGD Systems, we find out what we can expect, as we hear from the organiser Carola Jansen-Young and long-term friend of Highways Voices, Richard Neumann of SWARCO. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and...

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. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket...

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. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! Speaking on this week's Highways Voices, Darren Capes explains that the total of £70 million allocated in the Government's Plan...

"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 got there!" Dean joins Paul Hutton to discuss a new driverless pod project in Milton Keynes which...

"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 enabled a lot of the things that we take for granted in society - you couldn't do ride sharing,...

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 finding a place to unload, or having to park illegally. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple...

"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 where we don't have a very well designed road for the speed limits that we've got or that we've...

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. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! He's currently finishing the guidance at the moment and tells us about what you’ll see in it. "I expect each of the...

"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 Yorkshire that Highways News were invited to. "At that point, we started talking about how we...

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 transport. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google...

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. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! We've...

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. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! "Our coalition is laser...

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, and is now back to talk about his work looking at Scope 3. Subscribe to Highways Voices free...

This week on highways voices, we focus on specialist testing of roads, runways and racetracks Subscribe 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 independent testing consultancy service for Roads, Runways and Racetracks. The company was established to bring years of academic research and...

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”. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an...

On this week's highways voices, a new way of managing temporary roadworks. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket 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 determine accurate inter-green times. Dr Hudson explains that traditional timings don't take really into account the...

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. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Casts and never miss an episode! In the podcast, Adrian Tatum talks to Adam Cane is sustainability lead at ACO Water Management, which has a campaign running at the...

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 start by hearing a key road safety initiative from VESOS demonstrated, followed by a conversation with host of the Highways UK gala dinner, the...

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 podcast from the NEC this week you'll also hear from Yunex Traffic about new traffic control technology, an AI-powered radar produced by AGD Systems, new...