Ringways 24 December 2017
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
Speed limits are more emotive and divisive than almost anything else about the road network. How do you sort the fact from the opinion? And how did we end up with the speed limits we have?
Guides
The A465 Heads of the Valleys Road is one of the most spectacular trunk roads in the UK, and building it required some of the most remarkable civil engineering. This is the story of how the road was built in the 1960s, and how it's being rebuilt today.
Histories
We'd be lost without them. Find your way around road numbering - how it works, how it was done and how it doesn't always work all that well.
Guides
Three roads were built in the space of 200 years, all trying to tame Rannoch Moor and Glen Coe. This is the impressive tale of one of Scotland's most memorable routes.
Tours
The first motorway opened in 1958. The first road restricted to motor traffic, on the other hand, opened in 1923...
Histories
From Zebra to Pelican and beyond: the comprehensive history of the development of the humble pedestrian crossing.
Histories
The UK has been driving in circles for a hundred years now, and this humble road junction has become part of British culture. Just what is so special about roundabouts?
Histories
New Towns are fascinating places socially and architecturally - and, of course, in terms of roads. This article explores one example from start to finish.
Tours
The tale of how British traffic signing developed between the Second World War and the mid-1960s, bringing us from a system designed at the turn of the century to the signs we still use today.
Histories