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Smart cities need smart highways and roads

Smart cities need smart highways and roads

Transport is one of the main contributors to carbon emissions in London and to meet the Mayor’s ambitious target to make the capital a net zero city by 2030 we will need to dramatically increase smart and electric transport alternatives – and not just electric cars!...

Electric vehicle charging: why it can be likened to the wild west

Electric vehicle charging: why it can be likened to the wild west

Setting net zero targets is the easy bit. The difficult bit is all about the practical measures to get from here to there, says Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford. And when it comes to electric vehicle charging the lack of an...

How vehicle sensor data is underpinning a revolution in road safety

How vehicle sensor data is underpinning a revolution in road safety

Steve Birdsall, CEO of Gaist, provider of roadscape insight and intelligence services, explains the very real possibility of a revolution in road safety In the past decade, the role of data within the built environment has changed dramatically. An explosion in the...

The future of a sustainable highway is now

The future of a sustainable highway is now

Products that can help to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of laying a road surface are available now, but too many highway authorities are still hesitant to try new technologies, says Tarmac’s national technical director, Brian Kent Warm mix asphalts which...

Time to consider a new system of taxing motorists?

Time to consider a new system of taxing motorists?

Subsidising low emission vehicles is creating an increasingly large hole in HM Treasury’s coffers. And with the expected rapid transition to electric vehicles we’ll be talking serious money within a few years. RAC Foundation Director Steve Gooding asks whether now is...

Building an electric vehicle charging grid for all

Building an electric vehicle charging grid for all

Author: Alistair Hunter - Director for Infrastructure Advisory, Arup Five years from now, low emission vehicles - predominantly electric vehicles (EVs) - will be transforming the streets of our cities... but only if these new vehicles have somewhere to charge. How can...

Future mobility, made possible

Future mobility, made possible

Author: John Batten - Global Cities Director, Arcadis By 2050, more than two thirds of the world's population will live in cities, and this rapid rise in urbanisation will dramatically reshape how we live our lives. From climate change to mobility, the impact of...

The role of roads on the road to net-zero carbon emissions

The role of roads on the road to net-zero carbon emissions

Author: Adam Crossley - Adam Crossley, head of environment and strategy, Skanska UK Even if you are not a big advocate of fighting climate change you can't help but notice how it is increasingly on the agenda everywhere - whether it's protests in Parliament, the Prime...

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