From midnight overseas operators of trucks weighing more than 12 tonnes must pay a time-based charge of up to £1,000 a year or £10 a day to use UK roads.
Pollution levels have reached level 9 (high) this morning in the South East, Greater London and Eastern England, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has reported on its website.
The new emergency funding will see 116 local highway authorities in England, as well as a one-off payment to Transport for London. Councils will be required to publish details online explaining how the money will be used.
The Chancellor in his Budget has confirmed the cancellation of the fuel duty rise scheduled for September.
16-19 June 2014
Helsinki, Finland - Messukeskus, Expo and Convention Centre
The ITS European Congress and Exhibition, Europe's largest ITS event, is a unique networking appointment that brings together high level personalities from the automotive industry, road transport operators, EU decision makers, and service providers from over 50 countries worldwide.
The HS2 chairman recent report has stated the scheme's benefits could be achieved six years ahead of current projections.
Coyle Personnel plc was formed in 1988. Over the years Coyles has gained a superb reputation in being part of delivering some of the countries most prestige projects.
The grand vision of Europe’s freight transport is of sleek convoys of autonomous trucks travelling along thousands of miles of ‘smart’ roads. Siegfried Mortkowitz reports on what it will take to realise it
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has admitted that the HS2 legislation won’t be through parliament before the next election.
Despite transport operatives fearing a skills shortage, just six per cent are prioritising investment in their workforce, according to a new survey
Heathrow’s new £2.5 billion Terminal 2, opening to passengers on 4 June is the result of five years’ building work.
In its report ‘Great Britain: connected or not?’ the High Speed Rail Industry Leaders Group shares its view of the country’s future if plans to roll out HS2 are scrapped
Three years after the idea was first considered by Government, motoring law specialist Hannah Sampson shares her views on fresh proposals to increase the speed limit on motorways
Truckcom is launching a new version of its fleet management software that is based entirely in the cloud, with no need for users to install any software on their own PCs or servers. Users just open a web page in their internet browser and they’re straight into using the new system.
Lytx, is a global leader in developing and delivering solutions that improve driver safety and performance by changing human behaviour. Put simply: Lytx helps save lives.
PCE Instruments is a producer and provider of powerful and innovative products in the fields of measuring techniques, control equipment, weighing equipment and laboratory equipment.