John Nightingale

WINNER : Most Innovative Paper. Cheshire East Council engaged SWARCO to deploy its latest adaptive traffic optimiser, ImFlow, at several problematic junctions. These junctions were previously under Fixed Time, Vehicle Actuated or MOVA control. Has ImFlow made things better?

Alex discusses the design and explains how they plan to have adaptive signals at both cities to manage the bus corridors but also provide emergency vehicle priority.

In a SCOOT network with short link lengths, such as a gyratory, queues can form which threaten to lock up the network. These may occur due to downstream congestion.  One way to prevent this is to hold traffic back with gating or signal plans, but this can delay more traffic…

WINNER : Best Presentation. Mark Andrews – HyTras & Jonathan Mundy – Hampshire County Council present an overview of the complexities in designing the parallel aspects of a Sparrow Crossing

SWARCO have worked with a number of customers to support and deliver a program to take them from a standard parking guidance system into a fully integrated UTMC compatible system by providing a phased migration approach to allow customers to get a feel for the system. SWARCO have supported this…

Chris Small gives an overview of the traffic control systems in Greater Manchester, how they are managed and how they are working to improve their operation. TfGM will then move onto their ambitions and how they want to see the systems develop in line with changing policies. They will look…

The construction of a new university campus in Peterborough posed a major problem for transport planning: how to provide the highest standards of walking and cycling links to the campus, while accommodating the associated increase in vehicle traffic? And all on the edge of a major City Centre. The scheme…

The Bee Initiative, part of Manchester’s 2040 transport strategy aims to achieve a rate of 50% of all journeys being on foot, on cycle or on public transport by 2040.  Among a variety of initiatives, TfGM have teamed up with TRL Software to roll out the first of its kind Active…

WINNER: Most Innovative Paper 2023 Since first being developed by TfGM, the ‘CYCLOPS’ junction is now starting to be adopted by other authorities and evolved to meet the specific needs of new locations. Lancashire County Council, supported by Atkins, implemented their first CYCLOPS Junction in 2023 as part of the…

When segregated cycle lanes were to be added to a street in Merseyside, the narrow highway meant an alternative design was needed as all the options shown in LTN 1/20 and Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 6 were either not feasible or not suitable. A run through how the eventual concept…