John Nightingale

Following Chris Kennett’s impassioned plea to stop what he perceived as the proliferation of tall poles, when he became the inaugural ranter on the 2021 Symposium’s Soap Box and encountering various degrees of high-level traffic signal head adoption from local authorities in Phil’s career, this paper ventures into territory well…

ngenius.ai are a start-up based in Norwich (at the University of East Anglia/Norwich Research Park) deploying cutting-edge AI which uses existing CCTV infrastructure to provide local authorities and highways authorities meaningful, accurate, real-time data to measure the way that the transport network operates. As well as their 24/7 connected camera…

This paper looks at the design concepts and vision applied to the development of next generation of Traffic Signage. Looking at utilisation, standardisation and modularity and applying it in novel ways to achieve new outcomes. It lays down the design principles and the design process associated with a new blue-sky…

This paper describes the development and deployment of a practical GLOSA deployment at Radcliffe in Manchester using a second-by-second open data feed from a TRL/TfGM SCOOT 7 system. The SCOOT data was used to define traffic light objects in a cloud based In-Vehicle Signage (IVS) system alongside Virtual and physical…

Following on from Simon Notley’s Paper in 2021, Dr Shailesh Mistry picks up the story of the evolution of UTMC There is no written paper to accompany this presentation See all the 2022 Presentations on our YouTube Channel

WINNER : Most Innovative paper 2022 In 2018, TfGM presented the “CYCLOPS – Creating Protected Junctions” paper at the JCT Symposium. Through this paper TfGM shared the concept of CYCLOPS – a design technique created by TfGM engineers that protects cyclists by providing an external orbital cycle route, separating cyclists…

Since 2016 TfL and London boroughs have, collectively, added 250km of new cycle routes. As we know, designing additional protected facilities for vulnerable users at signalised junctions is often difficult and complex as introducing additional conflicting phases reduces the capacity of junctions for other modes. Last year at JCT, TfL…

WINNER : Best Overall Paper 2022 Following the release of TSM Chapter 6, the minimum green to a full green traffic phase can be reduced to 5 seconds at sites with very low flows. TfL has undertaken on-street trials to assess the impact and benefit of reducing this minimum to…

This paper and presentation highlights how cloud-based software, using GPS trajectory data can be used to discern which locations are operating “normally” and to identify areas of concern to begin troubleshooting for optimal performance in the context of current policy, be those issues with current timing plans, maintenance-based activities, etc.…

This paper looks at the junction capacity implications of using portable vs temporary signals under UTC control when undertaking junction improvement works. LinSig and VISSIM have been used to demonstrate the benefit of introducing temporary signals at more complex junctions by comparing capacity, journey times, delay, and queueing. Further analysis…