John Nightingale

WINNER: IHE Judges Special Award of Merit for a Paper and Presentation When undertaking an MBA in Senior Leaders Master’s Degree Apprenticeship Emily identified the biggest barrier faced by Staffordshire County Councils ITS team: With limited budget, struggling to maintain the assets to the required level, and to keep the…

This paper provides a full overview of the MAP refresh which TfL are looking to publish this summer. It will outline all of the significant updates, additions and revisions across the board from HTA, Microsim, local modelling (Including LinSig) and pedestrian modelling.

This paper provides an overview of the current position of the Transport Technology Forum’sDigital Controller Interface Standard (DCIS) project, its objectives, the rationale for why the project isbeing undertaken and its current position in a continually developing arena.The focus will be on the technical content of the suite of files…

Suku Phull discusses how real-time traffic and travel information delivered directly to drivers can revolutionise travel and offer potential for improving safety, managing congestion and its effect on the environment.

Leeds, like many local councils in the UK, faces challenges in accessing high quality data for traffic control. The data we receive is outdated, incomplete, and inaccurate, leading to problems on our local roads and junctions. To tackle these challenges, Leeds City Council partnered with VivaCity. Using their Smart Signal…

SWARCO has worked with Derbyshire County Council to deliver an improved standard UTMC product core by adding new functionality, adapters and utilising externally APIs to make the most of commercially available data sources. Working with Derbyshire City Council, SWARCO has implemented a solution to the council’s problems by using our…

This paper will explore the growing issue around drivers being distracted by their mobile phone, resulting in increased numbers of serious collisions where distraction has been noted as a causal factor. New technologies have been developed in Australia by Acusensus, where AI (Artificial Intelligence) based cameras are now being used…

Drawing on experience from an on-going trials, this paper reviews what is available to traffic engineers to get the best from their pedestrian crossings under challenging and unpredictable levels of demand. It also considers metrics for pedestrians and the impact of optimisation on active travel. There is no written paper…

A paper on the design, installation and maintenance of traffic signals on through-about and double-through-about junctions. See all the 2022 Presentations on our YouTube Channel

Using mobile data has been fraught with difficulties over the years for UTMC applications. With few success stories. However, the world has just got more complicated and more dangerous with cyber-attacks on the increase, and a plethora of new methods to communicate with remote devices over the Mobile networks, based…