Newcastle University

A special course being held at Newcastle University in the UK is intended to help road construction professionals with knowledge on asphalt road paving. The course is being managed by Roger N Bird, Senior Lecturer in Highway Engineering at Newcastle University. The course will run from the 3rd September to the 7th September 2018 at the university. This course is being run by Newcastle University’s Transport Operations Research Group.

A new in-depth study carried out by Newcastle University highlights the low environmental impact of electric vehicles. The study included a wide array of factors and shows that electric vehicles are responsible for 85grammes CO2 /km, some 55grammes CO2 /km less than new petrol driven cars. The study also revealed that electric vehicles are suitable for the majority of daily car journeys. Previous concerns have focussed on the short range of electric vehicles, suggesting that this could impact on distances t

Innovative new technologies being developed by Newcastle University in the UK could help make road use safer for older drivers. This new technology is intended to aid older drivers in staying on the road and retaining their independence. Some older drivers give up, concerned that their reaction times have slowed, but this leads to a social cost with the elderly becoming more isolated. As a possible solution to the problem, the Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University has developed a navigation sys