The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has been awarded a US$14.9 million (£9m) research contract from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), to conduct a safety pilot model deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure safety applications in Ann Arbor.

A new report for the Passenger Transport Executive Group (pteg) suggests there will be tough times ahead for urban bus services outside London, given government cuts to both local government funding and wider support for bus services.

Authorities in Fiji are clamping down on misuse of roads in a move to reduce accidents and improve safety.

Planning permission has been granted for an innovative new scheme at Horwich Parkway railway station.

The Highways Agency encourages drivers to keep a bag in their vehicle for rubbish

Existing interchange will have a modern concourse, and improved links between bus, train and tram services

Schemes will be funded through the £9.3m Winter Damage Grant from the Department for Transport

Extra carriages will be in service from December 2011

A quarter would like to see the default speed limit in all built-up areas

Transport ambition is to reduce non-Olympic demand during the Olympics by 30 per cent

Personal injury accidents at safety camera sites have fallen by 47 per cent

Surface dressing and maintaining a road costs less than repairing potholes

IAM survey shows a third of drivers have had their car damaged by a pothole

Funding will provide more seats and improve journeys

Nearly a quarter of all motorbike casualties are in the 16-20 age group

Data including current and future roadworks on the Strategic Road Network to be published

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