Roads

How to claim for pothole damage

JCB unleashes world’s first pothole killer

The digger-maker’s latest invention can repair a pothole in less than eight minutes and at half the cost of using gangs of workers

Speeding drivers to get letter warning of impact on environment 

Motorists who flout the 50mph speed limit on sections of the M4 in South Wales will not be fined or given penalty points on their licence

Low traffic neighbourhoods could become crime 'hot spots', police warn

Police have found roads closed with planters and bollards are allowing criminal to flee officers making them potential criminal hot spots

Shortage of CCTV cameras forces councils to use controversial planters to close roads

Councils fitted planters and bollards to close roads because of a shortage of CCTV which would have kept streets open for emergency services

Roadside recovery vehicles to use red-warning lights in boost for smart motorway safety campaigners

The 'simple' law change for roadside recovery vehicles will 'save lives', say supporters

Councils accused of breaking pollution laws to enforce 'green' road closures

Vehicles with the system have been spotted parked up with their engines running while trying to catch drivers emerging from shut roads

Concerns ‘anti-car’ quango will oversee green roads rollout

Active Travel England is set to conduct Ofsted-style inspections of low-traffic neighbourhoods and cycle lanes from next year

Air pollution back to or exceeding pre-Covid levels despite continued lockdowns

80 per cent of the UK has seen a resurgence in pollution as people avoid public transport and turn to their cars

Should your 14-year-old be allowed to drive one of these?

It's well known that young drivers are a greater risk on our roads. But the potential safety benefits to starting earlier are also valid

Has reality put the brakes on self-driving cars?

Integrating autonomous vehicles is complex. We ask the experts if current self-driving technology matches the vision of a driverless future

Consumer test: satellite navigation apps and devices compared

TomTom’s new Go satnav phone app faces some stiff opposition, not least from other devices made by the same company as well as the Waze app

Exclusive: Pollution rose in Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, analysis shows

Quantities of nitrogen dioxide, a greenhouse gas, at 11 south London streets were higher when residential roads were closed

Woodland plan to stop Rest and Be Thankful landslides

Plan to plant 250,000 trees is low-cost alternative to a bridge across the Clyde

Exclusive: Cyclists shun roads designed to be bike friendly in £250m scheme

Some of the routes attract 400 vehicles to one bicycle amid fears of pollution rise

Cycle lane used by one cyclist an hour is Harrow's busiest, council admits

Cyclist numbers have actually declined elsewhere in the borough since a cycle lane was introduced

A disabled grandmother notched up £3,000 of fines after driving through low traffic road closure

As more and more roads are closed and CCTV cameras film motorist, one grandmother reveals the toll low traffic neighbourhoods can have

Each new cyclist costs Government £5,000, research suggests

The Department for Transport has pledged to spend £2 billion on cycle lanes across the country over the next five years

Council budgets for 'temporary' road closure for three years

A Freedom of Information response offers an insight into how 'low traffic neighbourhoods' planter costs span three years