Integrated Ducting Systems (IDS) have been working with engineers from A-One+ on the specification works for chambers for the above street lighting scheme.

NAL LTD has launched a new purpose built demonstration site which
encompasses a fully operational street scene alongside a fully ducted
crash site. Attendees will gain an insight into the requirements for
passive safe designs under EN12767. They will witness different crash
impacts with various types of street furniture, explore the benefits of
using NAL's intelligent foundation system and MUCH MORE!

The UK Roads "Road Shows" recently featured in Highways magazine. To read the article please click on the link below:

Wiltshire Council played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" on the 3rd March. Twenty Eight employees from both Mouchel and Wiltshire Council attended the event which contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing Traffic Solutions Ltd, Highway Care, Klaruw RMS, Post & Column, MTS and FLI Structures, were also on hand during lunch to answer questions from the audience during the event. We should like to thank Wiltshire Council for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their offices again during 2010. Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Leeds City Council in Leeds on the 10th March.  

Essex County Council played host to our first 2010 UK Roads "Road Show" which took place on 20th January. Over 20 attendees were there to enjoy a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on a variety of topics. 

The speakers, representing Charles Endirect Ltd, Highway Care Ltd, TMS Consultancy, Route Signs Ltd, MTS Ltd and SAPA pole products were also on hand  to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Vicky Duff and Sarah Mead for their efforts in organising what was a very successful 'road show' and to Essex CC for their hospitality during the day.  We look forward to visiting the Essex CC offices in Chelmsford again later in the year.

The new post, which will be called the HElix post, is officially launched this month and will be available in the UK from February via Jerol's UK distributor, Post & Column Co. Ltd.

In their latest newsletter, SAPA announce the launch of a new 18m passively safe lighting column and a new range of passively safe sign posts. In addition IPL Group are confirmed as the SAPA distributor for Ireland.

Signpost Solutions, the UK market leader in passive safety structures has been appointed as distributor by SAPA pole products for their new passively safe traffic signal pole.

Amey played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" which took place on 28th October. Over 30 attendees were there to enjoy a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing JPCS Ltd, Highway Care Ltd, TMS Consultancy, SignPost Solutions Ltd, MTS Ltd and ASD Metal Services Ltd were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Vincent Tait for his efforts in organising what was a very successful 'road show' and Amey for their hospitality during the day.  We look forward to visiting the Amey offices in Motherwell again next year.

Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald (HA Area 2 commission) played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" which took place on 7th October. Twenty five attendees were there to enjoy a busy itinerary, with seven speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing TMS consultancy, SAPA Ltd, Ryburn Rubber, Golden River, TMP Ltd, Sign Post Solutions and Route SIgns Ltd were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their offices again next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Telford and Wreakin Council on Friday 16th October.

Enterprisemouchel were the latest host to our UK Roads "Road Show" on 30th September. Over twenty employees from the Managing Agents of Area 1 attended the event which contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations on relevant issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing Ryburn Rubber, Highway Care, Stirling Lloyd, Post & Column, Simmonsigns, and The Passive Revolution were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Enterprisemouchel for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting the Area 1 offices again next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of InterRoute in Bristol (HA Area 2) on the 7th October.  

If you work in a County, District or Borough Council, or a Consultancy that works for these organisations or an overseeing organisation like the Highways Agency, and would like UK Roads to hold a Road Show at your place of work, please contact us using the details on the home page of this site. Remember, these are absolutely free events that take place during lunchtimes at offices all over the UK.

Leicestershire County Council played host to our latest UK Roads "Road Show" on 25th September. Twenty two employees from the council attended the event which contained a busy itinerary, with seven speakers delivering a variety of presentations on issues of the day. 

The speakers, representing Brett Landscaping, Highway Care, TOFCO, Post & Column, Rennicks, The Passive Revolution and MTS were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Leicestershire CC for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their offices again next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Enterprisemouchel in Exeter (HA Area 1) on the 30th September.  

Signpost Solutions, the company that introduced and spearheaded passively safe structures in the UK with the Lattix mast over 14 years ago have now picked up the baton for motorcyclists and introduced a crash cushion for roadside objects called Biker–Mate.

Our most recent UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 26th August 2009 at the Edinburgh offices of BEAR Scotland. This was a well attended event and contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 16.

The speakers, representing Mallatite, Highway Care, Sign Post Solutions, FLI Structures, Buchanan Computing and Klaruw RMS, were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank BEAR Scotland for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting other of their offices in the UK next year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Durham County Council on the 2nd September.  

Signpost Solutions, the UK market leader in passive safety structures has been appointed as distributor by SAPA pole products for their new passively safe traffic signal pole.

Our latest UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 12th August 2009 at the Bristol offices of InterRoute (HA Area 2). This was a very well attended event and contained a busy itinerary, with five speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of over 30.

The presenters, representing The Passive Revolution, BRISER, Astucia, Rediweld, JPCS and Rennicks/MTS Ltd. were also on hand during lunch to answer questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank InterRoute for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting other InterRoute offices in the UK in due course.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of BEAR Scotland in Edinburgh on the 26th August.  

Our latest UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 22nd July 2009 at the Southampton offices of Mott Gifford. This was a well attended event and contained a busy itinerary, with six speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 28.

The presenters, representing The Passive Revolution, Brett Landscaping, Buchanan Computing, Screwfast Foundations, Sign Post Solutions and MTS Ltd. were also on hand to answer the many questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank Mott Gifford for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting other Mott offices in the UK in due course.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the offices of Derbyshire County Council on the 5th August.  

The Highways Agency has recently written to The Passive Revolution concerning the validity of passive products appearing in the "Table of available products" on The Passive Revolution website.

Our fourth UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 8th July 2009 at the Perth offices of BEAR Scotland. This was a lively and stimulating event with four speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 13 composed of engineers from BEAR, Angus Council, Fife Council and Perth & Kinross Council.

The presenters, representing Post & Column, Highway Care, FLI Structures, Klaruw RMS and Ryburn Rubber Ltd. were also on hand to answer the many questions raised by the audience during the event. We should like to thank BEAR Scotland for their hospitality during the day and look forward to visiting their Edinburgh offices in August

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the Exeter offices of Enterprise (HA Area 1). Companies presenting include NAL Ltd, SignPost Solutions Ltd, Screwfast Ltd and SAPA Pole Products.

SAPA announce the worlds first Passively Safe Aluminium Traffic Signal Pole which has been developed with the benefit of FULL crash testing and is subsequently the FIRST aluminium Traffic signal pole that has been endorsed by a Notified Body and designed to the EN12899 Norm.The column comes in a range of sizes from 2m up to 8m.

The column is unique in that it is the ONLY aluminium Traffic Signal Pole that has a diameter of 120mm for the majority of the pole, but which has a smaller diameter base to enable it to fit into the commonly used 114mm dia' ground sockets used today.

Our second UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 24th June 2009 at the Ipswich offices of Atkins (Highways Agency Area 6). This was a lively event with four speakers delivering a variety of presentations to an audience of 11 employees of Atkins global.

The presenters, representing FLI Foundations, NAL Ltd, Clearview Traffic Ltd and Signpost Solutions Ltd. were also on hand to answer a series of in depth questions raised by the audience during the event.

Positive feedback was received by Carl Hills of Atkins, and Carl has already requested that a further event takes place at Ipswich later in the year.

Our next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the Norwich offices of Atkins (HA Area 6) on 1st July. Companies presenting include Brett Landscaping, Buchanan Computing Ltd, NAL Ltd, and Ryburn Rubber Ltd.

The first UK Roads "Road Show" event took place on 17th June 2009 at the Gillingham offices of InterRoute (Highways Agency Area 4). Four speakers delivered an eclectic mix of presentations to an audience of 25 employees of Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty.

The presenters, representing FLI Foundations, BRISER Ltd, Highway Care Ltd and The Post & Column Co. Ltd. were also on hand to answer questions raised by the audience during the event.

Positive feedback on the event was subsequently relayed back to UK Roads Ltd, and a further event is now scheduled to take place at Gillingham on 9th September.

The next UK Roads "Road Show" takes place at the Ipswich offices of Atkins (HA Area 6) on 24th June. Companies presenting include Signpost Solutions Ltd, NAL Ltd, Clearview Ltd and FLI Foundations Ltd.

We are sad to hear that David Mellor, the influential designer passed away today.

A new driver education initiative has been launched to try to reduce the high number of motorists and motorcyclists driving through red traffic lights in Avon and Somerset ...

ITS UK have published two new advisory leaflets today, which are located in our Standards section.

They are:

Local Authority ITS Guide - A guide to local authority officers regarding ITS issues surrounding deployment, business cases and funding

Smarter Local Transport - A guide to local authority elected members and senior officers regarding ITS issues

Look in the ITS sub-section.

We've spent the last couple of months completely re-structuring the way in which the site operates, and officially re-launched at TRAFFEX 2009 ...

Speech by Paul Clark, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at TRAFFEX 2009.

Whether it's smart ticketing for trains and buses or technology to manage hard shoulder running, Intelligent Transport Systems are helping our transport networks work better for everyone ...

Only 30 per cent of the road users could correctly identify even one of the four traffic light signals and just ten per cent of them came up with the right answer that when red and amber are shown together, drivers should not pass through or start moving until they see green...

We are sad to hear that Brian Simmonite, a much respected member of the traffic control world, passed away at the weekend. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

DfT have published four new standards today, which are located in our Standards section.

They are:

TAL 01/09 - Compact MOVA

TAL 02/09 - Integration of Pedestrian Traffic Signal Control within SCOOT-UTC Systems

LTN 01/09 - Signal Controlled Roundabouts

LTN 02/09 - Pedestrian Guardrailing

(An interesting introduction to how signals work from BBC Radio 4)

There's nothing more frustrating than sitting at a red light, watching smiling drivers on the other side of the road speed past. But before you sound your horn and shout at the lights, consider the enormously complex network of roads, lights and junctions in which the single vehicle is just a tiny part...

Motorists should face fewer red lights following the relaxation of government guidance on the flow of traffic...

Motorists travelling at the speed limit could benefit from a series of green traffic lights along a stretch of road after the Government relaxed traffic flow rules...

Cyclists in London will be able to legally run red traffic lights if plans by Boris Johnson the capital's mayor and a keen cyclist, get the go-ahead from the government...

Supermarket bosses want traffic lights installed on two of the busiest roundabouts in Basingstoke if a proposed new store is given the thumbs up...

Motorists are battling through dozens of new traffic lights following the overhaul of the road network in Walsall – with a shocking 22 sets on just one 1.9-mile stretch...

Banbury Road in Oxford is expected to be closed until ast least 7.30pm after a man lost control of his car and crashed into traffic lights...

Faulty traffic lights in Aberdeen caused tailbacks to motorists on two busy city-centre roads yesterday...

BT has reconnected many of the Eastenders who lost their telecoms this weekend after a large thrust borer crashed through a deep tunnel, cutting fibre optic cable and copper line connections...

Proposals for a huge new supermarket could stand or fall on a controversial traffic light system...

Two Siemens PC SCOOT systems have recently been installed in the Chinese cities of Nanjing and Wuhan, and more equipment has been supplied to Chengdu and Dalian. In Nanjing, located in the Yangtze River Delta, 95 junctions will be managed and controlled by PC SCOOT and in Wuhan, capital of the Hubei province, 426 junctions will be monitored...

More traffic lights could be installed in Chesham town centre – to improve the flow of traffic...

Don't tell the motoring lobby, but Eco Soundings hears that Brussels wants to outlaw the amber signal on UK traffic lights, as part of efforts to curb pollution...

1st April special item

Traffic is set to flow better after Ealing Council agreed to take action at trouble spots on borough roads ...

Traffic lights are going in at a busy junction near Keynsham...

Work to alleviate congestion on the A14 by installing traffic lights on sliproads will begin this year...

Drivers held up for as much as 20 minutes by a set of city centre traffic lights are the targets of a deliberate council policy...

A woman says she is living in “traffic light limbo” and has to gamble every time she pulls away from her house...

Residents campaigning to get traffic lights installed at a dangerous zebra crossing are angry no work has started – eight months after they were promised the improvement...

It is claimed the LED lights will use 70% less energy, a lower voltage will make them safer in accidents and that they will manage traffic flow better...

Campaigner Martin Cassini thinks we'd be better off without traffic lights. Transport safety executive Robert Gifford profoundly disagrees...