Scottish Borders to trial blanket 20mph
Scottish Borders Council is to cut the speed limit on all of its 30mph roads to 20mph as an 18-month trial funded by Covid-19 grant […]
Safety
Safe school streets webinar – 27th August – 10.30am-11.45am
Safe School Streets require several elements to be successful: thoughtful design and active travel infrastructure, a robust policy framework and the ability to enforce traffic […]
Edinburgh Napier and Sustrans team up for project funded by Road Safety Trust
A new report ‘School Street Closures and Traffic Displacement Project: A Literature Review’ has found that school street closures can improve the number of children […]
Wales votes to make 20mph the default urban limit
Wales looks likely to become the first part of the UK to make 20mph the default speed limit on restricted roads after the Welsh Parliament […]
Prof Adrian Davis presenter at ‘Managing road danger and speed: implementing 20mph limits’ webinar: 25th June, 14.30-15.45
Professor Adrian Davis is a presenter on Thursday 25th June for a webinar addressing road danger and specifically speed. With efforts to reallocate road space […]
Dr Adebola Olowesegun joins TRI as a Research Fellow
Dr Adebola Olowosegun is a Research Fellow at the Transport Research Institute (TRI), Edinburgh Napier University. In his PhD, he investigated the quality of service […]
Dr Clare McTigue returns to TRI
We are delighted to welcome back Dr Clare McTigue as Research Fellow at TRI. After graduating in 2018, Clare joined the City of Edinburgh Council […]
Cyclists: Uneven roads and potholes are causing back pain, nerve damage and spinal problems
A HIGH-TECH bicycle which measures cyclists’ exposure to potentially harmful vibrations from uneven road surfaces could be used to check the safety of cycle lanes […]
Dr Greg Fountas presents at 5th Annual International Conference on Transportation in Athens
Dr Greg Fountas disseminated recent findings of his latest research endeavors in the 5th Annual International Conference on Transportation, which was held in Athens, Greece […]
Transportation engineering lecturer Richard Llewellyn discusses autonomous vehicles and road safety
Transportation engineering lecturer Richard Llewellyn discusses autonomous vehicles and road safety. (BBC Radio Five Live, Roadside Science) – Listen from 36 minutes in on the […]