The 8th UN Global Road Safety Week reminds us that safe streets are not a luxury—they are a necessity. Walking and cycling should not come with a death toll. To build safer streets, we must invest in ...

Author: TRL: Annabel Knightley, Alice Holcombe, Bharti Gupta, George Beard, Jack Hitchings, Joe Forrest. RiDC: Eric Harris, Hayley Dawson, Indigo Ayling, Naomi Care This report is a supplement to the ...

This study aimed to assess the impact of interacting with two infotainment systems, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, on four driver performance measures: reaction time, driving behaviour, eyes-off road ...

This study of single-carriageway trunk roads of modern design quantifies the relationships between the numbers of injury accidents that occur, and the traffic and road layout variables that determine ...

This report reviews the information and advice available on the drainage of earthworks, identifies the limitations of current knowledge and provides recommendations on how these might be addressed.

In England, Local Authorities provide network-level Road Condition Monitoring (RCM) data to the Department for Transport each year, so that the DfT can publish annual official statistics for road ...

Proprietary thin surfacings are being offered by materials suppliers in the United Kingdom, including THINPAVE by Bardon Aggregates Limited (now known as Aggregate Industries Limited). Information on ...

The High Risk Offencer (HRO) Scheme covers those drink-drive offenders who are felt to pose a particularly high risk to other road users or themselves because of the severity of the offence committed.

RAC Foundation (2008) reported the results of a survey of 2,000+ users of Facebook, showing that 45% of UK drivers engage in texting whilst driving. The RAC Foundation commissioned TRL to study the ...

This research investigates the safety implications and practical methods of allowing contra-flow cycling in one-way streets in the UK. Five 'alternative' contra-flow cycle schemes (ie schemes not ...

There has been increasing interest in recent years in the design and construction of post-tensioned concrete bridges with external unbonded tendons. To assist in the design of these structures, the ...

A number of bus priority measures were introduced in Shepherd's Bush in 1993 by Hammersmith and Fulham Council as part of the London Bus Priority Initiative's South & West London Bus Priority ...