Highway & Network Management

Plans are in hand in the Ukraine's Crimea area for a new 93km highway.

Tough political decisions have to be made to ensure highway investment - *Dr Max Lay reports

The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) which is the principal organisation in the country working for environmentally sustainable, socially just, and economically efficient mobility, has called for the introduction of truck tolls for rural highways.

RBF Consulting has been selected by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide transportation planning and engineering for the Measure R funded I-605 Congestion 'Hot Spots' Feasibility Analysis.

Congestion beating measures in Bahrain will see the construction of a new underpass and a section of flyover.

The tender process for two key toll roads in Indonesia is opening, subject to land clearance agreements being settled.

The market and technology for weigh-in-motion systems continues to evolve – Mike Woof writes. for both mature and developing highway infrastructure networks, traffic densities play an important role in determining road wear and life. Monitoring traffic volumes and individual vehicle weight is crucial for ensuring roads can cope in the long term and that maintenance can be planned, while the problem of overloading can be eliminated.

Two Siemens PC SCOOT systems have recently been installed in the Chinese cities of Nanjing and Wuhan, and more equipment has been supplied to Chengdu and Dalian.

Philips has worked in partnership with Gloucestershire Highways to introduce an innovative LED lighting system along the A40 London Road in Cheltenham, leading down to the racecourse.Philips developed the new lighting system in conjunction with Gloucester Highways, providing a solution that would improve road visibility and safety, while reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs. Philips' lighting scheme also worked to the existing spacing pattern in order to reduce installation costs and minimise d

A notable partnership deal looks set to provide funding for key Russian highway projects. A memorandum of co-operation has been signed between the state-owned Russian Highways (Avtodor) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).