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The 8th UN Global Road Safety Week reminds us that safe streets are not a luxury—they are a necessity. Walking and cycling should not come with a death toll. To build safer streets, we must invest in ...
This study aimed to assess the impact of interacting with two infotainment systems, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, on four driver performance measures: reaction time, driving behaviour, eyes-off road ...
The Well Managed Highway Infrastructure (WMHI) Code of Practice, last published in 2016, is a cornerstone document guiding local highway authorities in the effective, risk-based management of their ...
Renewable energy technologies are likely to become more important as other energy sources become depleted and the cost of power generation using fossil fuels rises. Renewable sources of energy have ...
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this report describes an investigation of chalk as a freshly placed fill material and the development of a new classification for chalk in relation to the stability of the material during construction ...
HelmUK was the UK’s first real-world trial of HGV platooning which ran between 2017 and 2022. The concept of platooning is to use advanced driver assistance systems to enable HGVs to safely travel ...
The asphalt Pavement Embodied Carbon Tool (asPECT) is a carbon footprinting tool for asphalt road pavements. It was first developed in 2009 as part of a programme of work funded by the collaborative ...
The National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) comprises behaviour change courses offered to road traffic offenders instead of prosecution. This report presents an evaluation of the majority ...
A series of test protocols are proposed which define a laboratory test programme to assess the performance of high-friction surface systems. The programme involves three simulative tests (for scuffing ...