National Highways is testing low-flying drones to monitor UK roads, using VR simulations to assess driver distraction. The aim is to deploy smaller, cheaper drones by 2027 for more detailed road maintenance checks.
Tunnelling on Sydney's $3.1bn M6 project will resume after the state government and contractors reached a deal, ending a two-year halt. The private consortium will cover finishing costs, with the motorway now expected to open in 2028.
Tunnelling for Sydney's M6 motorway will restart after sinkholes and collapses halted the $3.1 billion project two years ago. The NSW government reached a deal with contractors to complete the remaining 250 metres of excavation at no extra cost to taxpayers, with works expected to be finished by 2028.
Poland's Ministry of Infrastructure will suspend tolls on the A1 motorway between Gdansk and Torun during peak holiday weekends, including Corpus Christi and summer weekends, if average wait times exceed 25 minutes. The measure aims to improve traffic flow.
Families in northern Manila live in informal settlements under elevated expressways due to unaffordable housing. They've built routines around makeshift homes, relying on informal work and community ties for survival, despite challenges like eviction threats and harsh living conditions.
A woman in her 30s has died after being struck by a ute on the Pacific Motorway near Brisbane. She was hit while exchanging details after a minor crash, and a second multi-vehicle crash occurred later.
Greenpeace, Transport and Environment, and other groups call for banning private jets and reducing UK motorway speed limits to 60mph to mitigate an impending fuel supply crisis, citing minimal inconvenience now to avoid severe shortages and price spikes later.
Cap of 20mph in towns and cities and 60mph on motorways would cut fuel demand and combat rising prices, IPPR saysBritain should lower speed limits for drivers as part of a package of measures to reduce the impact of the Iran war on consumers, a thinktank has said.Capping legal speeds at 20mph in towns and cities and 60mph on motorways would help reduce fuel demand and combat soaring oil prices triggered by conflict, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Continue reading...
Barry O'Sullivan, 45, has been sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for 12 months, after being convicted of causing death by careless driving for killing 68-year-old Pulvinder Dhillon on the M4 in Berkshire. The grandmother from London died when O'Sullivan's van hit her daughter's broken-down Nissan Micra, which caught fire. O'Sullivan was driving at 77mph without a seatbelt. The smart motorway's alert system had not been working for days before the crash, though prosecutors said any competent driver should have avoided the stationary vehicle.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is conducting a sweeping review of the party's policy platform to remove unpopular proposals as support for the movement grows. The party, now with 226,000 members (up from 20,000), won its first parliamentary by-election in February and is fighting for second place behind Reform UK. Officials are targeting controversial policies including abolition of the monarchy, outlawing private landlords, and a 55mph motorway limit. Polanski wants to revise the party's member-driven system, giving elected individuals more control over the process while maintaining its democratic core.
Two men aged 44 and 20 have died following a head-on collision on the M90 motorway near Kinross. A grey Ford Kuga was seen traveling northbound on the southbound carriageway near junction seven at about 22:30 on Friday before colliding with a white Vauxhall Corsa. The M90 was closed for about 16 hours to allow emergency services to investigate.
