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...
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Electric Dreams and the Infrastructure Challenge
The push for carbon-free road transport has seen the ambitious development of a series of electric and hybrid cars, but will road infrastructure be ready for the change? Frances Penwill-Cook...
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Smashing Barriers
Although chiefly the responsibility of the Highways Agency, the role of road safety barriers on UK motorways has evolved thanks to the growing involvement of the manufacturing sector and the...
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Financing Developing Road Infrastructure
Frances Penwill-Cook highlights some of the funded road infrastructure projects for developing nations and looks at what advantages their completion offers the global marketplace.
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Amsterdam’s Pioneering Parking Proposal
The answer to Amsterdam's parking space problems could lay deep beneath its famous historic canals. Alex Hawkes speaks exclusively to Dutch construction firm Strukton about its vision for the city's...
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Intelligent Transport Systems: Driving into the Future
Frances Penwill-Cook looks at how intelligent transport systems, third generation, will further enhance the EU's roads.
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How Traficon is Conquering the World
Traffic detection-based video image-processing company Traficon has over 50,000 detectors operational worldwide. Frances Penwill-Cook takes a closer look at the company's systems to find out more about the technology and...
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Take the Sting out of the Charge
Catherine Lafferty looks at how London will use technology to help administer its newest congestion zone.
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The Filipino Fight Against Corruption
The second phase of a controversial World Bank-funded road development project is set to begin. But this will be a tough test for the Philippine government's new anti-corruption agenda, writes...
