SHARP (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme) is a DfT-funded consumer information safety scheme, currently managed by TRL. Its purpose is simple but powerful: to give motorcyclists clear, ...

Author: Ben Muller, Stuart Brittain, Craig Thomas, Warsame Mohamed, Robin Workman ...

Glare on the roads is undesirable, as it can make drivers less able to see the road ahead. TRL is working with the Department for Transport to understand the factors that can cause glare, and how to ...

As the UK moves closer towards e-scooter and other micromobility devices legislation, the European Union faces a different challenge: inconsistent regulatory approaches across member states. A ...

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) commissioned TRL to undertake a programme of research into the use of non-prescribed zebra crossings at side roads. A prescribed zebra crossing has black and ...

In the interview by Highways News editor Paul Hutton, Kurt Farrugia, CEO of Transport Malta, explains why Malta adopted TM Roads, TRL’s Malta-specific deployment of our iROADS transport asset ...

A new study has found that local authorities with higher levels of Bikeability training are experiencing lower rates of serious road injuries and fatalities. The research, conducted by TRL for the ...

As part of Bill Clinton’s successful bid to become US president in 1992, campaign strategist James Carville coined the phrase “The economy, stupid” as one of three messages on which the Clinton team ...

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued the release of PAS 2161:2024 , an all new specification for the collection and reporting of road condition data. PAS 2161 marks a pivotal change in ...

Safety is at the heart of Transport for London’s bus operations. The Mayor of London has made clear that loss of life and serious injuries on London’s roads are neither acceptable nor inevitable and ...

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 ...