The Transport Act 1985 abolished quantity control of bus services in Great Britain (outside London) and allowed subsidy to be paid for bus services only after competitive tendering. Preparations for ...

TRL is partnering with University Hospital Southampton to reduce road deaths by linking health records and road traffic collision data for the first time. The partners have been awarded £500,000 in ...

TRL has produced a technical research paper commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to support the development of regulations for e-scooters in the UK. The report, co-authored by WMG at the ...

Road Note 42 gives guidance on the procedures for maximising the durability of asphalt pavements. Some of the concepts may not be practical in all circumstances, particularly for emergency repairs, ...

Road surface friction on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) is managed through the requirement to provide skid resistance and texture depth. The requirements have been in place since the 1980s and were ...

There has been much debate in the literature and elsewhere regarding cycle helmets and their potential to prevent injury. This cycle helmet safety research report was commissioned to provide a ...

In Many countries road traffic is growing rapidly in volume and in size and weight of the vehicles using the roads. As a consequence, highway engineers concerned with designing new roads or the ...

The increasing size and power of construction plant and its potential to dissipate intrusive or possibly damaging levels of vibration into the environment, coupled with increasing attention being ...

Bus Stop Bypasses have been introduced over the past few years at sites on London’s Cycle Superhighways to enable the continuation of segregated routes through bus stops. A Bus Stop Bypass (BSB) ...

Bus Stop Bypasses have been introduced over the past few years at sites on London’s Cycle Superhighways to facilitate the segregation of cyclists from general traffic. A Bus Stop Bypass routes the ...

The Transport Research Laboratory was commissioned by the Charging and Local Transport Division of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) to provide guidance to local ...

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 ...