How to ensure your project is disseminated effectively
Many EC and other large research and development projects require that the project partners disseminate information on the project and the outcomes....
Weathering the Storm: Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience in the UK
For the UK, 2023 was the second warmest year on record, and the warmest for Wales and Northern Ireland, with 2020, 2022 and 2023 in the top 5...
Build back better – how about we investigate new business opportunities for public transport?
As a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the use of public transport has plummeted by around 90% , with use predicted to remain below pre-lockdown...
Automation isn’t just about cars
Much of the media focus on automation concerns conventional vehicles with some autonomous functions, truck convoys and low speed autonomous pods in...
Positive Energy Roads – a solution to decarbonise transport?
Whether generation of renewable energy from within the road authority estate is now a feasible option was the question that Maple and three...
Multi modal transport research roadmap launched
In 2010, FEHRL launched the Forever Open Road initiative, aiming to reimagine how roads would be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in...
The Automated Road
Good quality roads are a vital part of the European transport network, enabling access to employment, education and leisure activities. Despite the...
Transport energy efficiency in the USA – is that an oxymoron?
FEHRL and Maple Consulting recently organised and participated on a scanning tour to the USA focussing on energy efficiency in transport. Eight...
Future transport needs to be adaptable
There are approximately 5,000,000 km of paved roads in the European Union, of which around 65,100 km are motorways. The gross investment spending in...
Resilience in transport infrastructure
Well-functioning and efficient roads and other transport infrastructure are essential for society to enable the delivery of goods and transport for...
Electrification of Road Transport
According to the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)[1], nearly 95% of new car registrations in the UK in the year to November 2017...
Bus replacement service – the three most dreaded words in transport?
Everyone understands that the rail network needs to be maintained, repaired and upgraded and that occasionally this needs to be done during...