Traffic Control at the Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show attracts nearly half a million visitors but has only one major highway providing access to the site. It can become a logistical nightmare, but have improvements...
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South Korea Puts Tunnels to the Test
South Korea faces a steep challenge in developing the transport infrastructure between its rapidly growing cities. Our sister publication Tunnels and Tunnelling International looks at how electronic blasting systems may...
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Future is Bright for Zebra Crossings
With a startling number of pedestrian casualties on the UK roads each year, Frances Penwill-Cook finds out more about a lighting technology set to revolutionise the safety of Britain’s zebra...
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Video Detection: Increasing the Light at the End of the Tunnel
With products in over 450 tunnels worldwide and a new software release announced last month, Citilog is a global market leader in video-based traffic incident detection. Frances Penwill-Cook talks to...
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Adding Friction to UK Roads
It was clear that high-friction layers were essential for Bluebell Hill's carriageway in Kent reconstructing in 2008. Frances Penwill-Cook finds out how added time pressure made this an exceptional project.
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Pay as You Go – Road Charging that Pays for Itself
Road user charging may be just the ticket when it comes to reducing pressure on a highly congested network but how easy is it to integrate further cost to the...
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Seeing Green: EU Directive Shifts Public Procurement Patterns
A new directive aimed at making public transport cleaner may have far-reaching consequences for the European road traffic industry. Natalie Coomber reports.
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Outer Space Technology Holds Benefits for Road Industry
Europe is spending billions on Galileo – its independent satellite system – in the hopes of sparking returns for downstream service providers in the road traffic industry. Natalie Coomber analyses...
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Road Restrictions Beyond Beijing
Banning cars from entering Beijing during the Olympics was drastic but had notable environmental effects. Now that the media storm has passed, Gareth Evans, analyses the potential for an eco-friendly...
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Electric Cars Make for a Better Place
In 2007 Shai Agassi’s dream for an oil free future became closer to reality when he founded Better Place. Frances Penwill-Cook takes a closer look at how his vision for...
