Episodes
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What if you could dramatically improve travel experiences and reduce traffic issues without spending billions on new infrastructure?
In this episode of Highways Voices, we revisit a chat with behavioural scientist Rory Sutherland, author of the book Transport for Humans - Are We Nearly There Yet, exploring how psychology and better information, and not just engineering, can solve key challenges in highways and travel.
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If you're a decision-maker in transport, this discussion offers a fresh perspective on solving problems efficiently and cost-effectively.
Discover why improving perceptions of travel time can reduce frustration and improve satisfaction.Learn how small, inexpensive changes like better signage or reframing can influence behaviour and optimise existing infrastructure.Gain insights into how psychology can maximise the use of current networks to reduce congestion and improve flow.Don’t miss this opportunity to rethink travel and highways solutions. Hit play now and uncover practical strategies that can transform your approach.
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Today on Highways Voices you get to hear some of the bits we edited out of our podcasts through the year.
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You'll hear when things don't quite go right - from strange noises to coughing, mispronunciations to brain fades.
And a man turns into a dalek.
PLEASE NOTE, THERE IS SOME OFF-MIC SWEARING ON THIS PODCAST SO IT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THE OFFICE OR YOUNG EARS.
Enjoy 15 minutes of bloopers proving that it's best that podcasts are edited before publication!
Happy Christmas.
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Today on Highways Voices you will discover why self-enforcement plays a vital role in the battle for better road safety.
We hear from the founder of Alcosense, Hunter Abbott, who explains why, even when you’re under the alcohol limit, if you’ve had any drink at all you’re many times more likely to be in a crash.
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Hunter explains why he designed the breathalyser solution, how it changes driver behaviour, and the need for better education on morning-after drink-driving risks. Plus you’ll want to share with your HR team why if you employ people who have to socialise for work, you probably have an obligation to have them use breathalysers for their, and other road users’ safety.
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In this episode of Highways Voices we hear from Sean Rooney, Head of Service in Highways Maintenance at Oxfordshire County Council and President of the Local Government Technical Advisers Group.
You will discover what he is doing during his year in the post, and why a year might not be long enough, plus hear about opportunities from the Innovation Fund, his ideas on strengthening collaboration with other organisations and creating a directory of research projects.
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Highways News reporter Kevin Borras chats to Sean, and they discuuss duplication and the importance of intelligent technology use with practical applications over blind adoption.
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In this episode of Highways Voices you will discover a lot about the most influential Intelligent Transport industry associations in Europe, how their working together helps the industry, about a legacy from a major international congress, connected ITS installations and why the UK is leading the way in supporting the next generation of industry professionals.
This special Highways Voices comes from Bern in Switzerland and the first ever ITS Network of National Association Awards, celebrating excellence among the people who support our industry across the continent. The awards were sponsored by The Traffic Group, Ohmio, IDASO, Neology and SWARCO.
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The ITS Nationals network remit includes developing and sharing best practice in running ITS National Associations, connecting the fee-paying members of ITS National Associations to each other, the sharing of news and research to better inform members of ITS National Associations, sharing case studies and promotional materials to further the implementation of ITS and supporting members of the ITS National Associations to attend National, European and Global ITS Congresses, and to support ERTICO and other bodies with the delivery of them. These awards celebrate their successes, and help knowledge share about what works so more member organisations in each country can benefit.
You'll hear from the winners, sponsors, the host and lead judge - all in half an hour!
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The CEO of the European Intelligent Transport Systems organisation ERTICO, Joost Vantomme is our guest on Highways Voices this week, sharing his vast knowledge with you about standardisation, interoperability and living outside silos.
He chats with host Paul Hutton about how ERTICO’s ITS European and World Congresses promote thought leadership and innovation around things like automation, clean mobility, urban mobility, and new technologies like Air Mobility and generative AI.
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Mr Vantomme discusses the challenges around data sharing, trust, and regulatory alignment across regions, and he describes his enthusiasm for the the 2027 World Congress, which comes to the UK at Birmingham’s NEC and gives the country the chance to showcase its innovation around AI and multi-modal transport.
On top of all this, you’ll get Adrian Tatum’s pick of Highways News stories, some updates from our podcast partners and, you’ll find out why Acusensus and Dr Suzy Charman jointly win “Adrian’s Accolade”.
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Take a trip around a British traffic technology manufacturing plant in today’s Highways Voices and learn about the value of a highly ordered site, workforce flexibility and traceability.
Paul Hutton heads to AGD Systems and is given a guided tour of the facility by AGD Director Ian Hind who explains how the company has grown thanks to a sense of teamwork and through workforce flexibility.
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You’ll also get ideas for how you could improve operations and pick up some tips on sustainability.
There’s also a discussion of the legacy of Pete Hutchinson, the company’s visionary Managing Director who passed away in May.
On top of all this, you’ll get a pick of Highways News stories, some updates from our podcast partners and, of course, we tip our hat to someone or some people doing amazing things in our industry in “Adrian’s Accolade” (with Paul this week).
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This week on Highways Voices we hear from a self-made millionaire who has invested in, and it becomes clear as he talks, truly believes in a leading SME in our industry, giving you an insight into what someone looks for when choosing to invest their money.
Our guest Sir John Madejski made his money with Auto Trader magazine and owned Reading Football Club, twice taking them to the Premier League. He also continues to own the highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence.
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In today's podcast we sit down with Sir John to find out what made him choose Clearview among the hundreds of opportunities he was offered, why he believes in the company and has kept it after offloading so many others.
You'll hear a fascinating insight into the mind of the millionaire, and maybe get some ideas on how to attract, and keep, investment as Clearview has done so successfully.
You'll of course also hear your Highways Voices regulars, with Adrian Tatum's top stories, the latest from our podcast partners and who we tip our hat to for doing amazing things in our industry in "Adrian's Accolade".
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Find out about how networking at an event like Highways UK can spawn products nobody's thought of, how new innovation was showcased at the event, how taxpayers' money has delivered significant benefits for road users in Rotherham and how surface treatments are an under-used solution in the UK - all on the bonus Highways Voices podcast from Highways UK.
These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.
Today Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum hear from Traffic Group Signals, Jaama, Roadtechs and Roomex as some of the guests discussing their products and how they can benefit you in your day to day work.
You’ll also hear the views of Starling Technologies about the state of the industry and where new ideas come from, Rotherham Council about how they've benefited from Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant funding, and how Ohmio are bringing their driverless innovations to the NEC's door.
There's also a grateful Terrapinn Managing Director Sean Willis, who oversaw the whole event, discussing how you made this the biggest Highways UK yet.
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You'll get advice from a business leader on how to deal with fluctuating demand today on Highways Voices, as our third podcast from Highways UK talks digital construction techniques from Austria, and a new partnership involving TRL that could have major benefits on local and strategic roads.
These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.
Today Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum hear from Westcotec, SRL and roadside technologies, plus Q Point, Tensar and about a new collaboration between TRL and construction firm Buro Happold.
You'll also hear TV star Matt Baker chatting during last night's gala dinner where he hosted the awards - how he's had an affection for roads and road maintenance from an early age, and maybe could get a new career.
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This is the podcast for you if you're at Highways UK and want to hear a bit of behind the scenes chat about what you might have missed, or if you're unable to make it to Birmingham's NEC but want to feel like you're here.
Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum are your trusted guides to the event where you'll hear from National Highways CEO Nick Harris about RIS3, funding and planning and how he's coped with some disappointment this year.
These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.
Paul and Adrian give their take on the new Future of Roads Minister Lillian Greenwood as she updated us on her role, and then about some must-attend sessions on Thursday at the show.
There's also a birthday party with Clearview Intelligence, the latest on collaboration with the Traffic Group and a fascinating chat with SWARCO's UK MD on what the industry wants during this time of uncertainty.
Oh, and Paul gets a beer.
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Whether you're at Highways UK at Birmingham's NEC over the next couple of days, or wanting to get a feel of the event from afar, Highways Voices is your place to come for the best in chat from the UK's biggest Highways and Transport Show.
As the stand builders finish putting together the exhibition, you'll get a sneak guide to some cutting edge innovation, hear us examine the chicken and egg nature of design and which speakers not to miss, only on your official and trusted guide to Highways UK 2024 - Highways Voices
These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.
Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum are your reporters from the NEC as you hear their take on what we can expect from the keynote session on Wednesday morning that Paul is hosting, before you hear from SWARCO and the Traffic Group, and then Highways UK event content director Claudia Davidson gives you her must-attend sessions. Then hear about a brand new product launch from Westcotec and some real thought leadership from smartmicro, Messagemaker Displays and Kiely Bros.
Plus, we'll tell you where to get a free drink.
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The UK’s biggest highways and transport show of the year takes place next week at the NEC in Birmingham, and Highways Voices is your must-listen place to find out more about it.
These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.
In this programme you’ll hear from organiser Claudia Davidson about, among other things, the big name industry leaders speaking at the event and the range of theatres and exhibitors involved. Talking of exhibitors, marketing expert Helen Blood gives you advice on how to maximise footfall to your stand and tells you how to get some free marketing advice.
We also hear from Q Point, Yunex Traffic, SRL and Clearview Intelligence about what they’re showing off on their stands. You’ll also hear how you can enjoy networking, food and drink at SRL’s Walkabout Party, and join Clearview’s 50th birthday celebrations.
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We will be bringing you podcasts featuring one-to-one interviews with key speakers such as Nick Harris, CEO of National Highways, with exhibitors and thought leaders on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of Highways UK week. Join us from the NEC with podcasts every day at 4pm. If you’re at Highways UK, it’s a trusted guide to your event experience, and if you can’t make it, you’ll get a flavour of what’s going on. Don’t miss it!
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What are the advantages of digitising your asset management? What impact can a digitised system have on councils and their communities?
These were the topics on discussion on this week’s Highways News podcast in association with Brightly.
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The company’s campaign-Assets. United, is a joined-up approach to asset management from Brightly, which gives its users – UK councils – a holistic view of all assets within their jurisdiction, irrespective of asset class, so they can make smarter decisions.
The initiative uncovers synergies between assets while putting the systems’ users in control of the actions they need to take.
We take a deeper dive with Nick Vague, Senior Solutions Consultant at Brightly and Brightly customer Chris Faires, Digital and Technology Manager for Highways and Environment at Hertfordshire County Council.
Speaking on the podcast, Mr Faires said: “Our approach has been to develop a very mature Asset Management operating model, and we've been doing this for the best part of two decades. What we've done is draw on global expertise to create a risk-based view, which gives us a much better understanding of all of our assets both on and under the ground in one system.”
Brightly’s system has helped the shift to greater digitisation in asset management, which is opening doors for councils to overcome the challenges they face. By leveraging digital tools, such as Brightly Software, they can use smart asset data to help interrogate current operations, inform and defend financial decisions, and realise widespread cost-efficiencies that make budgets work harder for the council and benefit the community.
You'll also hear some of the latest news from the Highways News website and our podcast partners, and why Costain wins "Adrian's Accolade" this week.
Next week we begin the countdown to Highways UK, as we look forward to the event, ahead of a series of podcasts brought to you from the NEC at the UK’s biggest and best highways and transport show… our podcasts sponsored by AGD/Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, Westcotec, SRL and SWARCO.
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Our final Highways Voices featuring content gathered during the ITS World Congress in Dubai is a panel discussion looking at technical collaboration in transport between the UK and Europe.
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Recorded in front of an audience on the UK Pavilion at the heart of the event's exhibition floor, we hear from Joost Vantomme, CEO of ERTICO - ITS Europe and his colleague John Paddington - Head of ERTICO's Project Management Office, along with Department for Transport ITS Policy Lead Darren Capes, who is Transport Technology Forum Manager, and the Local Council Roads Innovation Group CEO Paula Claytonsmith.
We talk cross-border coordination, AI, regulatory frameworks and local government engagement plus the practical challenges of implementing new technologies, and, of course, the 2027 ITS World Congress in Birmingham.
The UK Pavilion was organised by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG, showcasing UK ITS and the work of stand participants AECOM, AGD Systems, ANGOKA, Aurrigo, Clearview Intelligence, Immense, Neology, Nicander, Now Wireless, Starling Technologies, Westcotec and Zenzic, with ITS UK also very active on the stand.
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In the third of our special podcasts from the 30th ITS World Congress in Dubai, we find out how British companies can get help to build new business in the UAE, and we hear more about the World Congress in three years' time in Birmingham.
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We hear from the UK Ambassador in Dubai, Edward Hobart CMG who was joined in an address by the Vice Chairman of the Supreme Organising Committee of the World Congress, Director of Dubai's Transportation Systems, HE Khaled Al Awadhi who addressed the UK delegation with Mr Hobart and the Department for Transport’s Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sarah Sharples.
Mr Hobart then expands on his team's role in helping build business in the UAE and why UK companies are welcome in the Emirates.
After that we look ahead to three years' time and the ITS World Congress in Birmingham, with the official international launch with Transport for West Midlands' Chris Lane, Anthony Ferguson from the Department for Transport, Joost Vantomme and Dr Angelos Amditis of ERTICO and then ITS UK Chief Executive Max Sugarman.
The UK Pavilion is organised by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG, showcasing UK ITS and the work of stand participants AECOM, AGD Systems, ANGOKA, Aurrigo, Clearview Intelligence, Immense, Neology, Nicander, Now Wireless, Starling Technologies, Westcotec and Zenzic, with ITS UK also very active on the stand.
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This week, the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has launched Pothole Prevention Week as part of its on-going commitment to highlight the benefits of surface treatments that prevent potholes from forming in the first place.
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Joining us on Highways Voices for this conversation (see below), is Mike Hansford, the new Chief Executive of the RSTA and Craig Marshall, Head of Commercial at ASI Solutions, a RSTA member and provider of the RHINOPHALT asphalt preservation product.
Preventative or surface treatments protect and preserve roads so that they last longer and are protected from defects and potholes.
Once these treatments are applied, roads can last for up to 10-20 years longer or more, depending on the treatment. That’s roads without potholes for that long or even longer if re-application is possible.
In taking a more proactive approach, the life-expectancy of a road in the UK could be increased, and potholes significantly reduced, if local authorities and their private sector contractors adopt a more proactive approach to highway maintenance alongside other treatments such as resurfacing.
This would mean central government would eventually be spending far less on reactive repairs such as filling in potholes by adopting a ‘prevention is better than cure’ approach to highway maintenance funding, rather than ‘papering over the cracks’ with pothole repairs, for them only to appear again later in the medium term.
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The UK Pavilion at the ITS World Congress in Dubai features a number of innovative British SMEs, and on this special podcast we meet them all.
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Highways Voices host Paul Hutton has a "pitwalk" style chat with participants on the stand, which is delivered by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG.
Hear from Starling Technologies, Clearview Intelligence, Westcotec, Nicander, Now Wireless, AGD Systems, ANGOKA, Aurrigo, Immense and Neology as they discuss their products and the international opportunities they have.
A whirlwind half hour and well worth a listen.
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Join Highways Voices on the UK Pavilion at the 30th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Dubai today for a quick tour around some of the big talking points at the global event.
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As 24,000 people are expected at the World Trade Centre in the first Congress to take place in the Middle East, host Paul Hutton talks to LCRIG's Paula Claytonsmith and the Department for Transport's Darren Capes, manager of the Transport Technology Forum, to talk about the importance of having a high-profile British presence.
We hear from Catherine Whitfield of WSP about inclusive mobility, starting with some shocking facts about the inequality between the sexes when it comes to road crash victims, and then from two of the exhibitors on the UK Pavilion, Pete Cattell of Clearview Intelligence and Kieran Corbally from AGD.
Danny Woolard talks about his client GEWI's new traffic products and about a session he spoke on eCall and road crash reactions in his role as co-founder of VESOS.
We then have a Highways Voices first - a song, made using AI, about every World Congress that, it's fair to say, has divided opinion.
The UK Pavilion is organised by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG, showcasing UK ITS and the work of stand participants AECOM, AGD Systems, ANGOKA, Aurrigo, Clearview ntelligence, Immense, Neology, Nicander, Now Wireless, Starling Technologies, Westcotec and Zenzic.
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Highways Voices returns after its summer break with an interview recorded at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham.
Andrew Caleya Chetty is our guest, CEO and Founder of Starling Technologies, talking about its innovative approach to pedestrian safety using computer vision and machine learning.
He explains how Starling's system, which can handle saturated pavements and different user types, has received positive feedback from UK and international authorities. The company's technology, which can platoon pedestrians to improve efficiency, also captures detailed behavioural data.
He's joined by Simon Rogers, Starling's sales lead, who discusses the business cases for their product, including financial, carbon, and safety benefits.
You'll also hear how Starling aims to expand globally, with installations in various countries and plans to showcase their solutions at the ITS World Congress in Dubai.
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