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Highways Voices: Talking Roads and Transport Technology innovation

The Highways Voices podcast is a must-listen for professionals in the Highways and Transport Technology industries covering construction, maintenance, Intelligent Transport Systems and Public Transportation. Presented by leading journalists Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum, you’ll hear industry leaders sharing insights you won’t hear anywhere else, giving you a taste of the latest thinking about the sector"s new techniques and technologies, collaborations and innovations. All in the time it takes for

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29:36

Revolution on the road: Game-changing machine debuts...

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2025/07/02

A truly groundbreaking road maintenance machine makes its debut on today's Highways Voices, while we get advice on innovation and funding from a leading local authority and hear a call to action on a new way of managing data.We're at the Innovation Festival in Warwickshire, which is an event for industry leaders and professionals dedicated to advancing highways maintenance and transport technology, with a mix of indoor and outdoor exhibitions, demonstrations, presentations and networking.Subscribe

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28:40

Seeing the Unseen: How intelligent maps are powering...

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2025/06/24

What if your vehicle would know road hazards before you even see them, or suggest a possible safe place to overtake a cyclist on a winding rural road?They’re just two of the things we talk about on today's Highways Voices with Remco Timmer, he’s VP Product Management, Head of Automotive Solutions at HERE Technologies.You’ll likely discover a lot you didn’t know about mapping and locations as we explore how mapping and sensor integration are transforming assisted and autonomous driving, solving

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48:56

Doing more with less thanks to innovation and...

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2025/06/17

Do you want to hear how you can keep innovating in your highways network when your budget barely covers the basics?Well you’ve come to the right place on this Highways Voices!With funding under pressure and increasingly complex transport demands, councils and suppliers alike are searching for smarter, scalable solutions. If you’re navigating the challenges of integrating new technology, sweating aging assets, and justifying ROI to stakeholders, this episode unpacks how industry leaders are doing

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23:21

The road safety crisis on our roads, and how to fix...

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2025/06/11

Why aren’t we more outraged that 1,700 people still die on UK roads each year?Today on Highways Voices we talk road safety because, despite having some of the safest roads globally, road deaths in the UK have plateaued, and efforts to reduce them, through enforcement, awareness, and education, aren’t achieving meaningful impact.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!Sussex Police Chief Constable Jo Shiner, who’s

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38:44

Beyond the car: CoMoUK CEO Richard Dilks on why...

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2025/06/03

Are shared transport solutions the missing piece in solving our congestion, infrastructure, and sustainability puzzle?As our industry constantly grapples with how to reduce car dependency, meet environmental goals, and deliver equitable, cost-effective mobility, we look at one solution today with Richard Dilks, CEO of CoMoUK – the national charity for shared transport.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!In

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31:18

Road safety solutions, VR training and a "triumphant"...

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2025/05/28

We're back in Seville at the 2025 ITS European Congress for a bonus Highways Voices today, hearing how UK-based SMEs made a global impact by working with the Department for Transport on the UK Pavilion.As we hear content we didn't have time to share last week, you'll also learn from SWARCO how cutting-edge VR tools are reducing the need for on-site technical deployment and enabling collaborative problem-solving across borders.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon

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26:26

Borderless travel: key voices on standards,...

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2025/05/21

We promise you keynote speaker-quality content on Highways Voices and today we have five keynote speaker-quality guests, as we bring you a recording of a panel discussion on the UK Pavilion at the ITS European Congress in Seville.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!We’re talking international standards and how to make sure transport technology works cross-border with out guests which include three CEOs, Joost

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33:35

ITS European Congress 2025: UK Pavilion "pitwalk"

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2025/05/20

On today's Highways Voices you'll learn about solar-powered surveillance, AI-driven traffic modelling, ghost plate detection and lots of other technologies helping transform our highways.We're on the UK Pavilion at the ITS European Congress in Seville talking about innovations being showcased by a range of UK SMEs that are tackling the daily challenges we face.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!Whether it’s

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32:02

ITS European Congress Day 1: Delegates experience...

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2025/05/19

We're in Seville for the ITS European Congress 2025, discovering how smarter data sharing, seamless standards, and automation are transforming how cities and nations manage traffic and mobility.This episode dives into how cities, governments, and private sector leaders are tackling today’s biggest mobility challenges through collaboration, innovation, and smarter infrastructure strategies.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never

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21:44

Graffiti-proof and future-ready: Smart fixes for...

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2025/05/13

What if you could slash graffiti removal costs and dramatically cut maintenance downtime on your concrete structures, without compromising durability or environmental compliance?That’s what this Highways Voices is all about, as we talk about a subject that isn’t often discussed, but should be - graffiti on road infrastructure, plus our ageing concrete bridges and flyovers.We’re talking to Fosroc, a leading international manufacturer and supplier of high performance chemicals for the construction

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26:50

Buses, Power, and People: Minister Simon Lightwood...

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2025/05/06

The Local Transport Minister pays tribute to the bus, and those who drive them, on today's Highways Voices as he discusses making services so good people will choose them over driving their own cars.Simon Lightwood is one of our guests on this week's podcast recorded at a Women in Bus and Coach event at the London Transport Museum to celebrate Jill Viner, the capital's first female bus driver.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand

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26:45

Smart Moves: How Europe’s Transport Future Is Taking...

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2025/04/29

Are you ready to see how innovation and cutting-edge solutions are reshaping the future of transport across Europe?As transport networks evolve under pressure to decarbonise and modernise, decision-makers face the challenge of balancing ambitious sustainability goals with real-world infrastructure and social needs.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!In this episode of Highways Voices, you'll discover how the

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20:13

Building trust in AI: Brightly Software on how...

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2025/04/23

Today on Highways Voices we look at build trust in artificial intelligence for use in the Highways Sector.With shrinking budgets and rising demands from both the public and government, local authorities are under immense pressure to deliver smarter, faster, and more accurate highway maintenance. So today, we look at how AI-driven inspections and integrated asset management systems are not only meeting these demands but redefining what’s possible for councils and road managers.Subscribe to Highways

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26:31

How Cornwall's Cormac is Redefining Highway...

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2025/04/15

This week on Highways Voices, we examine the way councils can deliver their highway maintenance by using an arms-length wholly owned company.Our guest is Dominic Bostock, the Managing Director of Cornwall-based Cormac, a company operated under the Teckal approach, which is a procurement exemption that allows public authorities to contract directly with a legally separate entity that is owned and controlled by them, without needing to go through a full public procurement process.Subscribe to Highways

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19:41

Changing mobility options using a driverless minibus...

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2025/04/08

How are we getting on introducing driverless vehicles into our transport network?Well, we're further forward thanks to some new research in Sunderland which we find out about today with Newcastle University's Professor Phil Blythe who tells us about a trial service between a transport interchange and the city's hospital.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!In this episode of Highways Voices, Professor Blythe

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24:01

Net zero by the roadside: How Live Labs 2 is helping...

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2025/04/01

How can cutting grass on the roadside help power the very vehicles that maintain our highways, while also slashing carbon emissions?Across the UK, local highways authorities are facing mounting pressure to decarbonise without sacrificing safety, budget, or reliability. The Live Labs 2 project has been working on seven real-world trials shaping the roads of tomorrow — from street lighting alternatives to circular biofuel solutions — helping turn innovation into business as usual.Subscribe to Highways

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25:55

Beyond Potholes: Lilian Greenwood on how tech, policy...

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2025/03/25

Are potholes just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the real issues facing our roads?If you're in the business of managing, maintaining, or modernising highways, you already know that reactive repairs are expensive, inefficient, and deeply unpopular. In this episode of Highways Voices, Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood lays out how government and industry must work together to shift from short-term fixes to long-term, tech-powered strategies that deliver value and resilience.Subscribe

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17:42

Rethinking Road Maintenance: The 2025 ALARM survey,...

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2025/03/18

We discuss how to drive better value from the highway maintenance funding on this week's Highways Voices, with Mike Hansford, Chief Executive of the RSTA."Our approach to road maintenance isn't working," he says, as he asks are we truly making the most of our funding, or are we stuck in aninefficient cycle of reactive repairs?Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!In this episode, we discuss with Mike:*His

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The critical issue of water run-off pollution...

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2025/03/12

What is one of the highway industry’s toughest challenges that is very difficult to solve and hardly talked about?This week on Highways Voices we delve into the issue of road runoff pollution with Keyline.Subscribe to Highways Voices free onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!Did you know,road runoff is pollution caused when vehicles deposit debris containing over 300 chemicals on the road surface? Then, rainfall pushes the pollutants from roads

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Paul Campion explains TRL's major investment and what...

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2025/03/04

"The company has a renewed lease of life, we can look forward to more activity, more impact, growth and a thriving and secure business for the employees in the business."TRL's CEO Paul Campion's explanation of a major investment in the UK’s transport research and innovation pioneerby Blandford Capital which he says for clients "and, with the risk of sounding a bit a little bit up ourselves here, for the country, we think that the things that TRL does are vitally important, and this enables us to do

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