Drivers have today urged the Government to ‘stop the war on motorists’, as they blasted Boris Johnson’s plans to put thousands more buses of Britain’s roads. As part of a new £3billion ‘green revolution’, the Government has announced plans for hundreds of miles of new bus lanes to discourage driving. In a major transport shake-up, … Read more
Drivers have today urged the Government to ‘stop the war on motorists’, as they blasted Boris Johnson’s plans to put thousands more buses of Britain’s roads. As part of a new £3billion ‘green revolution’, the Government has announced plans for hundreds of miles of new bus lanes to discourage driving. In a major transport shake-up, … Read more
Hundreds of miles of bus lanes will be built to discourage driving, Boris Johnson will announce today in one of his first acts of ‘levelling up’ Britain. In a major transport shake-up, the Prime Minister will also unveil simpler fares with daily price caps for multiple journeys across different types of public transport. Councils and … Read more
Now for bus lane bedlam! After cycling chaos, now Boris Johnson finds £3bn for ‘clean, green’ revolution to put THOUSANDS more buses on British roads (and keep motorists off them) Boris Johnson to unveil new plans to hundreds of miles of bus lanes later today Councils and operators to be urged to run more frequent services for … Read more
Google Maps has launched a map editing tool for desktop that lets users add new or missing roads to the landscape. This feature, which is rolling out over the coming months in more than 80 countries will let users add missing roads by drawing lines, rename roads, realign or delete incorrect roads and report if a road … Read more
Heavy rainfall has blocked railway lines and triggered a host of flood alerts as some parts of the UK were hit by more than a month’s worth of rain in a 26-hour period. A stretch of seven Met Office weather warnings covering mostly western areas from Scotland south to Plymouth are in place this weekend … Read more
Highways England could be taken to court for corporate manslaughter following the death of a grandmother on a smart motorway. The dramatic development comes less than a month after the notorious roads were condemned by a coroner as death traps. Yesterday another coroner referred Highways England to prosecutors after it was revealed no one had … Read more
Plague of potholes in the garden of England: Kent is the cracked roads capital of Britain with 52,000 defects in three years, data reveals Kent recorded 52,245 defects recorded in past three years – almost 50 a day Across country nearly 600,000 potholes reported between 2018 and 2020 Staffordshire recorded 40,725 potholes and Fife in Scotland … Read more
Roads could soon be made of FACE MASKS: Scientists engineer stronger concrete material using recycled surgical face coverings Around 6.8 billion disposable face masks are used globally every day Researchers found a way to mix decontaminated masks with rubble for roads Found 1% face masks to 99% rubble meets civil engineering standards The addition of the … Read more
Parts of Britain could be brought to a standstill by blizzards over the next five days as forecasters warned ‘significant’ falls of snow up to 3ft 4in (100cm) deep could cripple transport in the worst-affected areas. Much of northern England and Scotland are under weather warnings for snow and ice until at least the end … Read more