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Highways England keeping a watchful eye on motorway upgrade
- Drone technology helps keep motorists moving with fewer lane closures
- Highways England teams reach milestone 1.1 million hours worked on M6 upgrade, set to be completed by March 2020
Highways England is hitting new heights to improve journeys for drivers travelling through motorway roadworks by using drone technology to monitor progress.
Local roads in abundance at Highways UK
The two most passionately held views put forward at Highways UK over the last couple of years have been the need for a better deal for local authorities and secondly promoting much closer integration of transport and spatial planning in the pursuit of better place making. Whether the priority is fixing potholes, easing congestion or improving air quality, it is these two intertwined big themes that will determine how we make our roads future proof, climate resilient and an asset for our citizens.
The UK’s most-forged bank note gets a new design
However, is Britain on its way to becoming a cashless society?
Cash vs Card – WeSwap reveals which is KING in these popular holiday destinations
Brand new books just released!
Triumph UK – World Mental Health Day
India’s Garbage Problem has an Obvious Solution
The Unearth Bulletin
October 9 · Issue #71 · View online
Towards a Sustainable & Inclusive World
The garbage problem has an obvious working solution.
Garbage dumps are old technology. Until we find a cheap method of sending our garbage into the sun, an expensive but relatively clean solution exists with little collateral damage. Collect the garbage and dump it into high-temperature waste burning plants. Clean up the emissions well, for which technologies exist. They may also generate energy, or they may not. However that will be a by-product. Japan, Singapore, Sweden already do it. Singapore claims its waste burning plant emissions are cleaner than the air they are released in. India needs to do the same, for each city and rural block.
It’s National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day!
Today, scientists, engineers and hydrogen advocates celebrated national #H2 day. In reference to the atomic weight of hydrogen, 1.008, the 8th of October is an important day for all those committed to supporting cleaner mobility.
NEW 2020 STREET TRIPLE RS
New for 2020, Triumph’s top specification Street Triple RS gets a major step up in performance from a significant engine update developed by Triumph’s Moto2TM engine team. It features all new more aggressive styling, and has been designed to set the new category benchmark for capability and handling, making this the ultimate performance street bike.
Almost two thirds of Brits would be more willing to tackle climate change if they understood what they could do
Almost two thirds of Brits would be more willing to tackle climate change – if they understood what they could do.