Sorry, wrong number 03 May 2024
Road numbering is a system with clear rules. What happens when the people responsible for numbering roads don't follow them?
100 years of road numbers
100 years of road numbers 01 April 2023
Time to put road numbers in the spotlight: the UK's A and B-road system has just reached its centenary.
Road Numbers
We'd be lost without them, but there is nothing straightforward about the seemingly simple business of giving roads a number.
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Silver bullet
The Silvertown Tunnel is finally open for business. One question remains: what’s it for?
Skid Risk, Accident, Fog
For the first time, we can share pictures of the pioneering experiment that lit up the Worcestershire countryside with enormous signs 61 years ago.
All change
In July 2024, a new Government entered office with a very different set of priorities. What does it mean for a faltering roads programme?
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Smart Motorways
Motorways used to be really simple. Now they have electronic signals, variable speed limits, emergency lay-bys, part-time hard shoulders... Just what is so smart about Smart Motorways?
