Podcast appearances and mentions of paul hutton

In episode #37 of Spotlight on Tassie, Tubes speaks with Sen Vineyard Events Manager, Melanie Arkley, about everything the picturesque White Hills property has to offer. Kiah Wicks from 7 Tasmania News joins the team, chatting with Tasmanian actor and cancer survivor, Harry Radbone, about the short film he's written and directed, Yellow Eye. Plus, Kaz is joined by Paul Hutton, Area Vice President for Hilton Hotels, about the brand-new DoubleTree hotel in Hobart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CEO of the European Intelligent Transport Systems organisation ERTICO, Joost Vantomme is our guest on Highways Voices this week, sharing his vast knowledge with you about standardisation, interoperability and living outside silos.He chats with host Paul Hutton about how ERTICO's ITS European and World Congresses promote thought leadership and innovation around things like automation, clean mobility, urban mobility, and new technologies like Air Mobility and generative AI.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!Mr Vantomme discusses the challenges around data sharing, trust, and regulatory alignment across regions, and he describes his enthusiasm for the the 2027 World Congress, which comes to the UK at Birmingham's NEC and gives the country the chance to showcase its innovation around AI and multi-modal transport.On top of all this, you'll get Adrian Tatum's pick of Highways News stories, some updates from our podcast partners and, you'll find out why Acusensus and Dr Suzy Charman jointly win “Adrian's Accolade”.Don't forget to sign up to our daily email to get all our news into your inbox, and you can also find our stories on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter).

Take a trip around a British traffic technology manufacturing plant in today's Highways Voices and learn about the value of a highly ordered site, workforce flexibility and traceability.Paul Hutton heads to AGD Systems and is given a guided tour of the facility by AGD Director Ian Hind who explains how the company has grown thanks to a sense of teamwork and through workforce flexibility.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!You'll also get ideas for how you could improve operations and pick up some tips on sustainability.There's also a discussion of the legacy of Pete Hutchinson, the company's visionary Managing Director who passed away in May.On top of all this, you'll get a pick of Highways News stories, some updates from our podcast partners and, of course, we tip our hat to someone or some people doing amazing things in our industry in “Adrian's Accolade” (with Paul this week).Don't forget to sign up to our daily email to get all our news into your inbox, and you can also find our stories on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter).

This is the podcast for you if you're at Highways UK and want to hear a bit of behind the scenes chat about what you might have missed, or if you're unable to make it to Birmingham's NEC but want to feel like you're here.Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum are your trusted guides to the event where you'll hear from National Highways CEO Nick Harris about RIS3, funding and planning and how he's coped with some disappointment this year.These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.Paul and Adrian give their take on the new Future of Roads Minister Lillian Greenwood as she updated us on her role, and then about some must-attend sessions on Thursday at the show.There's also a birthday party with Clearview Intelligence, the latest on collaboration with the Traffic Group and a fascinating chat with SWARCO's UK MD on what the industry wants during this time of uncertainty.Oh, and Paul gets a beer.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!

Whether you're at Highways UK at Birmingham's NEC over the next couple of days, or wanting to get a feel of the event from afar, Highways Voices is your place to come for the best in chat from the UK's biggest Highways and Transport Show.As the stand builders finish putting together the exhibition, you'll get a sneak guide to some cutting edge innovation, hear us examine the chicken and egg nature of design and which speakers not to miss, only on your official and trusted guide to Highways UK 2024 - Highways VoicesThese programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum are your reporters from the NEC as you hear their take on what we can expect from the keynote session on Wednesday morning that Paul is hosting, before you hear from SWARCO and the Traffic Group, and then Highways UK event content director Claudia Davidson gives you her must-attend sessions. Then hear about a brand new product launch from Westcotec and some real thought leadership from smartmicro, Messagemaker Displays and Kiely Bros.Plus, we'll tell you where to get a free drink.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!

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The UK Pavilion at the ITS World Congress in Dubai features a number of innovative British SMEs, and on this special podcast we meet them all.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Castsand never miss an episode!Highways Voices host Paul Hutton has a "pitwalk" style chat with participants on the stand, which is delivered by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG.Hear from Starling Technologies, Clearview Intelligence, Westcotec, Nicander, Now Wireless, AGD Systems, ANGOKA, Aurrigo, Immense and Neology as they discuss their products and the international opportunities they have.A whirlwind half hour and well worth a listen.

Join Highways Voices on the UK Pavilion at the 30th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Dubai today for a quick tour around some of the big talking points at the global event.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!As 24,000 people are expected at the World Trade Centre in the first Congress to take place in the Middle East, host Paul Hutton talks to LCRIG's Paula Claytonsmith and the Department for Transport's Darren Capes, manager of the Transport Technology Forum, to talk about the importance of having a high-profile British presence.We hear from Catherine Whitfield of WSP about inclusive mobility, starting with some shocking facts about the inequality between the sexes when it comes to road crash victims, and then from two of the exhibitors on the UK Pavilion, Pete Cattell of Clearview Intelligence and Kieran Corbally from AGD.Danny Woolard talks about his client GEWI's new traffic products and about a session he spoke on eCall and road crash reactions in his role as co-founder of VESOS.We then have a Highways Voices first - a song, made using AI, about every World Congress that, it's fair to say, has divided opinion.The UK Pavilion is organised by the Transport Technology Forum and LCRIG, showcasing UK ITS and the work of stand participants AECOM, AGD Systems, ANGOKA, Aurrigo, Clearview ntelligence, Immense, Neology, Nicander, Now Wireless, Starling Technologies, Westcotec and Zenzic.

UNM History Professor, author, and media consultant Dr. Paul Hutton discusses the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Also how violence has played a role in American politics. Plus how did it get so violent and volatile, with TJ on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Don't try and talk to the politicians - the truth is actually having good relations with... politicians will have very little impact on the actual decisions government takes," explains former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling on this week's Highways Voices.He joined an ITS UK meeting last week and was interviewed by Highways Voices host Paul Hutton, who recorded the chat for you to feature on this week's podcast.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!Mr Grayling was asked how to influence policy, and pointed out what ministers don't do: "Ministers have no involvement in procurement, they have little involvement in decisions about technology," he said. "A recommendation come from a civil servant to say we've evaluated these three things - we need this change the regulations in order to make that happen, do you agree? But that will come from the civil service, I will come from expert panels set up to look at individual issues. It may come from local authority pressure, it may come from outside bodies, like the RAC and the AA. Actually, the last people you want to be focusing all your time and effort on is politicians, because government doesn't work like that."In the conversation, Mr Grayling discusses his past before parliament, his experience in the role and key issues around smart motorways and road safety and public opinion, plus the "elephant in the room" - Road User Charging. He also explained how, when you're Secretary of State, you can expect to be blamed for things that are not your fault."I don't think we're going to wake up one morning and have a government white paper saying we're going to introduce a pay per mile on every stretch of road in the UK," he said. "What I do think is we're going to see more... paid for miles for lorries on motorways, for example, it may mean pay per mile in and around urban areas. I think that the Treasury is going to have a deep desire to introduce road user charging in order to offset the loss of revenue from electric vehicles, but I'm not convinced it's going to get its way anytime soon."You'll also hear the latest from our pages on Highways News, plus reaction to the Transport Technology Forum's conference, the latest from Live Labs 2, ITS UK's briefing for newly-elected politicians, and a new invention to be shown off at this year's LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival.

"I remember sitting at VicRoads, back in 2012, telling our CEO at the time, cooperative ITS is here, autonomous vehicles are going to be here," comments Dean Zabrieszach of HMI Technologies in Australia and New Zealand on this week's Highways Voices, "We need to deploy equipment all over the countryside, because they'll be here in two or three years - and here we are in 2024, and we haven't quite got there!"Dean joins Paul Hutton to discuss a new driverless pod project in Milton Keynes which brought him from Melbourne in Australia to the UK, and to consider what the autonomous vehicle industry has achieved since the hype of a decade ago, and how the "The biggest hurdle has been the safety aspect that all the agencies, all the authorities, all the jurisdictions want to actually nail down completely."Passengers in Milton Keynes will be able to use the Ohmio self-driving shuttles from as early as October, and Dean discusses why the last mile, slower speed pods have been successful when deployed, while fully automated Level Five vehicles haven't become quite as widespread.He also talks about the technology from the viewpoint of his time as Director of Roads Operations at VicRoads in Victoria, Australia, and whether he'd have embraced the technology: "I think it would have been a tough discussion," he admits. "But if it was a discussion that was seen as being something that was good for Melbourne, good for Victoria, that could ultimately lead to better safety outcomes, I would have had a try - I would have had a go at it."You'll also hear latest news about the ALARM survey, about the traffic signals funding announcement from the Government, and why friends of Highways Voices VESOS and Valerann are among this week's winners of "Adrian's Accolade".

We hear from the Roads and Local Transport Minister and the CEO of National Highways on a busy Highways Voices from Highways UK 2023 today.These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of AGD Systems and Traffic Group Signals, Kiely Bros, Re-flow, Stantec and Yunex Traffic.In the podcast from Birmingham's NEC, Richard Holden MP tells Paul Hutton about the National Parking Platform, his promise to "go after" authorities not taking advantage of lane rental schemes, and how the £70 million traffic signals funding will make sure we're keeping traffic flowing.We don't get a date for RIS3 announcement from Nick Harris of National Highways, but we do talk about planning, rebuilding and not road building and his targets for the future.On top of that you'll hear from a range of exhibitors and speakers, including Reflow, Traffic Group Signals, Acusensus and Clearview Intelligence, plus you'll hear Conference Director Claudia Davidson's advice on the must attend sessions during Thursday.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,Google PodcastsorPocket Casts and never miss an episode!

Ten thousand visitors, around 300 speakers and nearly 250 exhibitors are expected at Highways UK in October, and with that many people involved, we need to know more about it.So this week on Highways Voices, we catch up with Highways UK's Senior Conference Producer Claudia Davidson who tells us all about the ever-growing event and how the team behind it keep innovating year after year to keep it relevant and fresh.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!In the chat she talks about how the conference focusses not only on the strategic road network but local roads too, and how more focus is being placed on technology and innovation and asset management.There are also details of the keynote sessions taking place, which this year involves Highways News co-owner Paul Hutton leading the discussions on the first day with National Highways CEO Nick Harris and other key industry leaders.Highways UK takes place on 18 and 19 October at Birmingham's NEC.In the podcast you'll also hear a look ahead to next week's LCRIG Innovation Festival at the Newark Showground with details of all the live demonstrations you can take part in including an industry-first from the Transport Technology Forum, plus a reminder of the key elements of the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium taking place from 13-15 September in Nottingham.There's also news of work by ADEPT and a new campaign from ITS UK, and why Oxfordshire's Highways Department and Milestone Group win this week's "Adrian's Accolade"

“People… buy a new football strip every six months because of the team they support," says motoring journalist Richard Hammond on this week's Highways Voices, "Or a new pair of trainers made on the other side of the world by somebody else's children out of fossil fuels-derived oil-derived materials and then shipped around the world where you'll use them for six months before putting them in landfill where they'll sit for 100 years."Speaking at a Rees Jeffreys Road Fund debate on the future of the car in society, the Grand Tour presenter gives a passionate defence of the private car on this week's podcast as he tells host Paul Hutton that the car will have to be with us, "because it's what it does for us, and what it's done, and what it continues to do is too important for it not to be. It's shaped our world. It won't go away, it will change, but it will be here."Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!The debate held at the RAC in London also featured Active Travel England Commissioner Chris Boardman, who agreed the car will have to continue to be a key part of the transport mix because it's so useful. "Its utility is the problem, because it is so useful and so effective, the Olympic Gold Medallist, “The question I asked before, what happens if we don't reduce car use? Every bit of data I've seen from both nationally and regionally [shows] we have to drive 30% less, and electrify, and shrink everything else. And that's the only way you're going to meet your carbon emissions targets. The only way to do that equitably and fairly is to give people an attractive choice and that's what I'm in the business of.”The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund exists to foster improvements in the engineering, management, design and use of roads to deliver safer, more environmentally sensitive, more aesthetically pleasing and more enjoyable outcomes. It does this by funding projects, research and events; and awarding bursaries to individuals pursuing relevant professional qualifications, and on the podcast you'll also hear from three of those indivuals.On top of that, we have news of a partnership between Highways News and the leading conference and exhibition Highways UK, news from our partners LCRIG, ADEPT, the Transport Technology Forum and ITS UK, and why VESOS Solutions win "Adrian's Accolade" this week.

"The site went down all day - completely bust - couldn't fix it had to dig everything up, and after that," explains Sean Bulmer of the City of York Council on this week's Highways Voices as he discusses equipment obsolescence. "We now have the TSAR project, which is the asset renewal project in York, so every year we do X amount of sites, and then next year, x amount of sites, and this, we're being told, will go on forever."Mr Bulmer was one of a panel of four people you'll hear from today on Highways Voices discussing the challenges facing local authorities in delivering efficient, sustainable and safe transport networks, who were appearing at the SWARCO User Group meeting in Coventry.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!In the discussion hosted by Highways Voices producer and presenter Paul Hutton, fellow panellist Emily Madsen explains that attracting people into the industry is tough with remuneration as it is "We need to raise the pay," she says, "so that it does get people interested and stay and get that retention of people," while David Hilton-Barber from Derbyshire also agreed retention was an issue, "Obviously, you're gonna go somewhere where you get a better job," he says, "but as a council we spend all this time training someone, spending the effort and the money, and [they leave and] get paid twice as much going anywhere else."Industry challenges discussed in the session were highlighted by all participants at the meeting, made up of representatives from 30 local authorities. The panel discussed not only equipment obsolescence and recruitment and retention, but also active travel, environmental issues, public and private sector collaboration, plus budgetting, funding and procurement, which SWARCO's UK Managing Director John Pickworth explained was more than just being able to do the job: "So the question 'can you deliver the project' - you might deliver perfectly, do all the right things, but if it's not got the right attachments to it in terms of the board members seeing or DfT seeing that actually this delivers this result, and we're talking about and shouting about it, and telling the world about it, then the next bit of funding doesn't follow."Enjoy the full, enlightening discussion, on this week's Highways Voices!

Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to halt the building of new smart motorways, this week's Highways Voices discusses the implications.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!Highways News co-owners Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum look into what went wrong with the concept, focussing on communication failures and the varied roll-out of technology.They discuss statistics around the real safety situation on all-lane running and dynamic hard shoulder smart motorways compared to traditional highways, and discuss why this isn't more widely known. They also look into the public perception, and why when a smart motorway is flowing well because of the extra capacity, drivers do not notice.Paul and Adrian also look at the implications for the industry, and what will happen to the money that was to come into the sector.You'll also hear the latest news from partners ADEPT, LCRIG, The Transport Technology Forum and ITS UK, and why PTV Group wins "Adrian's Accolade" this week.

"HGV drivers have been on the National Risk Register for quite a long time, recognising that a significant proportion of them are over 50s, and are likely to retire in the next 10 years," comments Professor Phil Blythe on this week's Highways Voices, as he explains why automating logistics isn't a threat to jobs, but a technical solution to jobs that risk not being filled.He comes on the podcast this week to discuss a report published recently launched in an event in Parliament looking into how the benefits of connected and autonomous logistics technology can be realised in the short and medium term.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!The former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Transport explains how delivering CAL in "closed" environments without general traffic might be a short-term win for the technology, "In the northeast, we understand the challenges from the technology point of view, the operations point of view, and what the logistics companies need," he explains. "There's a few more steps required to understand what is really safe... I think we get to a point in the not too distant future, where you could see automated logistics in private operations."Prof Blythe and host Paul Hutton also discuss the wider use of technology in transport and government enthusiasm to support it, as well as his experiences as Chief Scientific Adviser and how he is inspiring the next generation of the world's Intelligent Transport Systems experts.You'll also hear news from our podcast partners and why LCRIG's Paula Claytonsmith is this week's recipient of "Adrian's Accolade".

As 2023 draws to a close, the final Highways Voices of the year hears Highways News co-owners Adrian Tatum and Paul Hutton discuss some of the key topics covered on the site through the year.In this 25 minute chat they discuss industry funding, and how maintenance contracts seem to be a lot more focused on innovation and and working differently.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!Active travel features heavily in the conversation, talking about the implementation of schemes and the need to deliver safety, and the perception of safety.This leads into a discussion about smart motorways and how the industry must do more to reach the public with reassurance that new schemes are as safe as the figures suggest.They also cover, among other things, speed cameras and road worker safety.

We had so much material left over from the highly successful Highways UK event last week in Birmingham that we bring you some content we didn't have time to fit in on our podcasts from the show last week.These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO.You'll hear presenter some of Paul Hutton's on-stage conversation with keynote speaker Sir John Armitt of the National Infrastructure Commission where they talk levelling up and road pricing."The Treasury has got to fill a hole of 30 billion pounds a year from the loss of fuel duty," he explains. "How's it going to do that we're all going to pay some way. So do we want to pay more income tax? Or do we want to pay by how much we use our cars and the transport choices we make? I would rather be have it left to me to decide by what choice I'm going to make when I'm going to drive when I'm not going to drive and pay accordingly rather than just have to be added on to income tax."You'll also hear from Kier, Hocktief, Smart Video and Sensing and Valerann, about an important event next week looking at us decarbonising transport now, and talking of carbon, how the RSTA has a solution to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of road maintenance.Links to: Adept conference, TTF Autumn Update.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!

"It's a huge event - it's the biggest we've done in terms of floor space," explains Highways UK Senior Conference Producer Claudia Davidson on this week's Highways Voices, "The biggest event that we do, as organisers."In this podcast, we look forward to the event next week, where we'll be reporting for you bringing podcasts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Claudia discusses key speakers, topics and the exhibition, as well as the awards dinner that takes place on the first day.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!These podcasts are sponsored by Reflow, Causeway Technologies, SWARCO, Kier Highways and Navtech Radar.You'll hear from Reflow talking about its workflow management system, Navtech Radar talks about the use of radar to manage traffic safely and Causeway Technologies discuss the integration of Yotta into the Company.You'll also hear why you should attend the keynote session on the Thursday morning hosted by our own Paul Hutton, some of the top stories on the Highways News website and why Will Britain of LCRIG wins Adrian's Accolade this week.

The 2022 ITS World Congress comes to a close, and this Highways Voices brings you chat about some of the key issues to come out of the event.   All our podcasts for the World Congress are thanks to the generous support of our sponsors https://gewi.com/ (GEWI), https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota AI), https://one.network/ (one.network) and https://navtechradar.com/ (Navtech Radar), all of whom you can meet in LA. In today's programme with Paul Hutton we hear about the must-attend sessions on the final day with Chief Rapporteur Professor Eric Sampson, we find out from Navtech Radar why roadside infrastructure will be vital for driverless cars, and on the same theme, SWARCO explain why we need to be taking road marking standards more seriously. Nota AI explain how AI-powered technology can turn ordinary CCTV cameras into a powerful traffic management tool, Cohda Wireless talk about a device that can connect using any technology, ERTICO look forward to the next major gathering in Europe – Lisbon 2023 and we get a final list of ideas for things to do in LA. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

On today's Highways Voices from the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles we talk spotting accidents at intersections, live roadworks updates and cutting edge traffic controller technology, plus bring you some breaking news about next year's international ITS events. As next year's official ITS World Congress in China goes hybrid, we have news about how the world's ITS community can meet in Melbourne in August as ITS Australia expand their annual Summit into a global event. You'll hear about how AI is improving pedestrian safety at intersections, about how Florida is using a British idea to improve its management of roadworks and the latest in next-generation traffic signal controllers. On top of this, Professor Eric Sampson gives his advice on sessions to go to on Day Three in LA (including one involving our podcast host Paul Hutton) and Alan Clelland gives his guide to entertainment options in LA. oh and don't forget Alan's guide to LA where we talk movies and sports, and Eric Sampson's ideas for the must attend things on Wednesday at Congress… It's all thanks to our sponsors SWARCO, GEWI, Navtech Radar, Nota AI and one.network

"I have been talking about making the case for local roads for a number of years, so the fact that LCRIG sees that as at the heart of what it does is close to my heart," says Paula Claytonsmith, the LCRIG's new Director, Government and Strategy on this week's Highways Voices. She talks about the LCRIG - the Local Council Roads Innovation Group - mission to make the case for local roads, explaining that "The reality is that local roads are always going to be at the heart of how our communities operate, and become more successful and economically viable, and how they become more connected on a more societal level. "So making the case for local roads is as much about the communities that received their day to day services, how to get to the office, how to get young people to colleges, schools, and everything that a network entails. If you think about it, people talk about universal service. But in some respects, a road is a universal service, and that road is evolving all the time." Ms Claytonsmith talks about active travel, procurement, technology at the roadside, political viewpoints and funding in a wide-ranging fascinating interview. You'll also hear why GRAHAM win this week's "Adrian's Accolade" and plenty of interesting content in our partner news. Join Adrian Tatum and Paul Hutton for this week's half hour of transport chat.

Net-zero energy and zero emission homes/buildings are being built ALL across the U.S. and yet so many buyers either don't know this level of performance, including optimized comfort and minimized maintenance, is within their grasp. Or, if they do know about it, they too often assume it is still “too cutting-edge” and thus too expensive to be in their home. Our panelists on this episode are educating and helping dispel the misunderstanding that this type of performance is only available for the ultra-wealthy. Paul Kriescher, Executive Producer/Host of the new PBS/YouTube series, Heart of a Building, does this by showcasing the inspiring “why” stories behind inspired homes and buildings across Colorado and soon from across the U.S. beginning with the Pittsburgh, PA and Orlando, FL areas. David Takahashi is a Boulder homeowner who renovated his 1954 “energy-hog” of a home into a net-zero energy home after Climate Change enhanced fire and flood (destroyed and damaged, respectively) previous homes he owned a decade earlier. Paul Hutton is the Director of Regenerative Design at the Cuningham Group where he specializes in optimizing daylighting and building performance for schools and commercial buildings across the U.S. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how and why people design and build/remodel net-zero energy houses/buildings. 2. Learn about the true costs of net-zero energy home construction vs. operational, maintenance and environmental impact savings (new and retrofit). 3. Understand the importance of the thermal envelope prior to electrifying heating, cooling and ventilation equipment. 4. Learn why solar PV is the “icing on the cake”, not the first step.

"I think when it was first brought in as a role to government departments, the Chief Scientific Adviser was expected to be the wise expert who knew everything about science," says the Department for Transport's Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sarah Sharples on this week's Highways Voices podcast. "I hope I don't disappoint you, I don't know everything about science," she went on, "But what my job is to do is to make those connections between people who do have that deep knowledge and embedded in the work of the department. So I'm going to talk a little bit about the role of science and technology within the department." This week's main audio on this week's Highways Voices is Prof Sharples' speech at the Transport Technology Forum in Liverpool last month that is so good, it's worth hearing in full. In the address she talks about how technology is crucial in delivering the transport networks of the future, how “We are seeing evolution and revolution in transport," and that the priorities are environment, improving transport for the user, global impacts, and levelling up and growing the economy. Hear the whole address, plus news from our partners, why Transport for Wales win this week's "Adrian's Accolade" and the reunion of hosts Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum, meeting up in person for the first time in more than two years, and for the first time since they set up Highways News! Follow Highways News on https://twitter.com/highways_news (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/company/42942684/admin/ (LinkedIn) and https://highways-news.com/subscribe/ (subscribe to our daily newsletter here). Links: http://lcrig.org.uk/ (LCRIG website) https://its-uk.org.uk/ (ITS (UK) website) https://ttf.uk.net/ (TTF website) https://adeptnet.org.uk/ (Adept website)

Author and Historian, Paul Hutton talks about his friendship and travels with Robert Utley.

In a couple of weeks, Highways Voices will be back out and about bringing you chat from the ITS European Congress in the French city of Toulouse. The podcasts are thanks to the generous support of https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO) and https://www.nota.ai/ (Nota). Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode! In this week's programme, host Paul Hutton finds out about the five strands of the Congress and the key themes with ERTICO Director of Communications, Congresses and Events, Lisa Boch-Andersen, before chatting to Richard Neumann of SWARCO about his company's support for the Congress and how it keeps freshening up its stands to keep visitors engaged. Finally, you'll hear from Toulouse-based driverless vehicle pioneer EasyMile about how you can ride a driverless vehicle and see many more in action. On top of this, you'll get news from Highways Voices partners ITS (UK), the Transport Technology Forum, LCRIG and ADEPT and find out why Adrian's Accolade goes to Estonia this week. Follow Highways News on https://twitter.com/highways_news (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/company/42942684/admin/ (LinkedIn) and https://highways-news.com/subscribe/ (subscribe to our daily newsletter here). Links: http://lcrig.org.uk/ (LCRIG website) https://its-uk.org.uk/ (ITS (UK) website) https://ttf.uk.net/ (TTF website) https://adeptnet.org.uk/ (Adept website)

Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode! "Two or three years ago people thought we were a little bit nuts and a bit sort of fringy - now, actually, people are properly on board and are wanting to come and have a conversation with us - we've almost become the cool kids." That's the experience of this week's main guest on Highways Voices, Chris Pateman-Jones who is CEO of the EV chargepoint provider Connected Kerb. He discusses how the EV charging network will come about in the next eight years, and what challenges there are, but that he is confident it can be delivered. "When you think of the fibre deployment that's taken place across the UK," he says, "This isn't impossible, there is huge opportunity here." In the chat with Highways Voices presenter Paul Hutton, he discusses how to deliver a socially equitable charging network, the different sorts of chargers and locations and why chargepoint operators should have the opportunity for long contracts with local authorities. They also talk about educating the public to understand EVs, "I think there is real need for centralised campaigns to really help people to understand what the transition is like, from a non commercial perspective," he says, "Almost like during the 1980s with the Buckle Up campaign. That's the sort of thing that needs to be done here to really help people to understand what's going on." In the podcast you also hear news from podcasts partners LCRIG, ADEPT, ITS (UK) and the Transport Technology Forum and find out why Clearview Intelligence wins Adrian Tatum's "Adrian's Accolade" this week. Follow Highways News on https://twitter.com/highways_news (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/company/42942684/admin/ (LinkedIn) and https://highways-news.com/subscribe/ (subscribe to our daily newsletter here). Links: http://lcrig.org.uk/ (LCRIG website) https://its-uk.org.uk/ (ITS (UK) Website) https://c22.ttf.uk.net/ (Details of TTF Conference) https://adeptnet.org.uk/ (Adept website)

Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode! This week's Highways Voices comes from the huge Intertraffic event in Amsterdam. In this podcast, where we scratch the surface of the event you can hear Paul Hutton talk to two CEOs, Michael Schuch of SWARCO and TRL's Paul Campion, plus Ian Hind of AGD Systems and the winners of the Intertraffic Awards. You'll also hear from organiser Carola Jansen-Young plus, of course, our partner news from LCRIG, TTF, ADEPT and ITS (UK) and the latest news from Highways News HQ with Adrian Tatum. Follow Highways News on https://twitter.com/highways_news (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/company/42942684/admin/ (LinkedIn) and https://highways-news.com/subscribe/ (subscribe to our daily newsletter here). Links: https://www.adeptnet.org.uk/ (ADEPT website) http://lcrig.org.uk/ (LCRIG website) https://its-uk.org.uk/ (ITS (UK) Website) https://c22.ttf.uk.net/sponsorship-booking (Details of TTF Conference)

February 18, 1878. A group of men is leading their horses along a New Mexico mountain trail. This is the Wild West, and danger is never that far away. In fact, before they reach their destination, the leader of their group will be shot. The rest of the cowboys watch the scene unfold in horror, including a future notorious outlaw: Billy the Kid. Over their boss's dead body, Billy and the others vow to avenge his murder. In the next five months, as much as a quarter of the county's population will be killed. How did this murder turn a community into a battlefield? And what does this conflict reveal about how we understand the Wild West?Special thanks to Gwendolyn Rogers, president of the Lincoln County Historical Society, and Paul Hutton, whose most recent book, The Apache Wars, tells the story of another war that played out during this time in the Southwest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode! Back in January, Highways News created a new podcast series "Highways Voices". Thousands of listeners later, we're celebrating the end of the first year of programmes with a special highlights edition - and some examples of where things didn't quite go right first time. The programme features clips from some of the most popular interviews, including with TV legend Michael Rodd, newspaper columnist Peter Hitchens, behavioural expert Rory Sutherland and transport ministers past and present with Stephen Ladyman and Trudy Harrison. You can also hear clips from the first Highways Voice, John Pickworth of SWARCO, along with Geoff Collins of Jenoptik, Helen Blood of Boundary PR and Marketing, TfL's Glynn Barton, White Willow Consulting owner Andy Graham, nutritionist Gilly Brunton and Adept's Mark Corbin plus thoughts on leadership from Richard Tredwin of SRL, Clearview Intelligence's Nick Lanigan and LCRIG's Martin Duffy. Then there's a section showing how things sound before the editing software has been used, mostly pointing out mistakes by presenters Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum, although there is the curious moment where one guest sounded like he'd turned into a dalek. Remember all the interviews are available in full on our podcast page. The bloopers are not. A Merry Christmas to you from all the Highways News team. Follow Highways News on https://twitter.com/highways_news (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/company/42942684/admin/ (LinkedIn) and https://highways-news.com/subscribe/ (subscribe to our daily newsletter here).

We've had a welcome return to face-to-face events in this country over the autumn but nothing on the scale of Highways UK, so this week's Highways Voices looks ahead to this major event at the NEC. In the podcast, Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum chat to Highways UK content director Paul Wheeler who tells them, ”All sorts of big thinking areas are the Main Theatre or what we call a big thinking stage, which is a very high level strategic insights - almost TED Talks for road sector.” The two Highways News co-owners also talk to President of the Institution of Civil Engineers Rachel Skinner who's leading a discussion on Getting Serious – Climate Action Towards Net Zero. “There won't be a single rulebook, we won't have all the answers,” she says.  “We just need to get on across each of the sectors, across each of those lifecycle stages and be confident that we're all pulling in same direction to go as fast as we possibly can. Because this genuinely is urgent at the moment.” “Roads are a big emitter surface transport is the single biggest carbon emitting sector in the country and road transport makes up the vast majority of that,” adds National Highways' Executive Director, Strategy and Planning Elliot Shaw, “So it's really imperative on those to drive the shift to net zero.” The official podcast provider of Highways UK also brings you some of the top stories on the Highways News website, and why SRL wins this week's “Adrian's Accolade”. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

Highways Voices host Paul Hutton has returned from Hamburg and in this podcast he chats with Adrian Tatum about what he saw at the ITS World Congress 2021, and brings you four bonus interviews from the event, sponsored by https://swarco.com/ (SWARCO) and https://gewi.com/ (GEWI). As well as GEWI's new cycling information service, there were many other active travel solutions on display at the event which Paul talks about, as well as chatting to Cubic's Dave Powell about a camera solution which identifies pedestrians and cyclists to give them priority on the network. "The government seen the benefits of active travel - Covid taught us that people do want to be out and about and they do want to gain the benefits that provides," he said. "This is a response to that. I think we were early in the development of it and to see that need, but being able to use the technology to our benefit and continue the benefits that we've seen through Covid through increased active travel use is tremendously important." Teledyne FLIR also discuss their traffic camera solutions while Sopra Steria update us on their innovations in the UK' National Traffic Information Service and we hear from location specialists HERE about their range of innovations. You'll also hear a surprising Adrian's Accolade this week, and Paul mention (twice) to interviewees that he used to run a radio traffic news company which gathered some of its information from Little Chefs and petrol stations. Yes, really. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (AmazonMusic), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

Against all the odds, the ITS World Congress in Hamburg has taken place with around 15,000 people attending, and Highways News brings you one final podcast from the event in Hamburg today, sponsored by https://swarco.com/ (SWARCO) and https://gewi.com/ (GEWI). Paul Hutton speaks to modelling company Aimsun about how they can fix traffic jams before they happen with Senior Product Specialist Martin Hartmann explaining, “the traffic management centre can improve their decision making by having a reliable prediction,” while Sebastian Baucutt of detection company Navtech Radar explains how stopped vehicle detection really does work, saying, “We make sensors and we're very proud that actually our radar sensors are both very reliable and very accurate.” As Dynniq Mobility completes its first major event as part of the SWARCO family, CEO Jan Vos explains the sort of conversations he's been having with clients, “explaining to them what will be the combined strength of the group where are we complimentary where do we have overlaps discussed those kinds of things” while road data specialists Gaist describe their new connected car road analysis tool as Asset Safety Manager John Swift says, “we show them their condition of the road from my laptop, to an extent of their don't know exists.” There's also Eric Sampson's guide to Friday and a podcast farewell with Jacob Bangsgaard, ERTICO – ITS Europe CEO. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon) https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss

Volkswagen's autonomous ridesharing subsidiary MOIA is committing to delivering driverless rides to the city of Hamburg by 2025, and the company's CEO explains the background on Thursday's Highways Voices podcast from the ITS World Congress sponsored by https://swarco.com/ (SWARCO) and https://gewi.com/ (GEWI). “The goal really is by 2024-25 we'll have a commercial ride pooling service without safety drivers fully autonomous available here in Hamburg,” Robert Henrich told host Paul Hutton. “These vehicles now exist, you can see them you can touch them… and we now start mapping and start doing the test drives. It's now finally happening.” Other technical advancements in Hamburg are explained by Martin Huber, who is Director General of Hamburg's Ministry of Transport and Mobility Transition who joins Paul again to discuss existing technology on the streets of the city including “Red lights that given invisible signal, which is exactly the same as the light on the micro second” that interface with connected and autonomous vehicles. Ronny Dittrich from GEWI has perfected a way of managing roadworks in real time to improve the environment and road safety explaining, “TIC for work zones is a system where everyone working with work zones in a company, and maybe also other companies can put their work zones into a single system… where conflicts can be detected,” while we also hear about a connected safety solution for cyclists and pedestrians, the reaction of two Clearview Intelligence experts checking out the Congress as visitors and, of course, Eric Sampson's guide to Thursday at the Congress and the latest news from Highways News HQ with Adrian Tatum. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon) https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

This year's ITS World Congress host city Hamburg is seen as a model city for the future of mobility, and on the special https://gewi.com/ (GEWI)- and https://swarco.com/ (SWARCO)-sponsored Highways Voices, we find out why. Martin Huber, is Director General of Hamburg's Ministry of Transport and Mobility Transition joins podcast host Paul Hutton to talk about some of the initiatives in the city, including plans which will mean nobody is more than five minutes from a transport node where a ride is available within five minutes. Martin urges Paul to check out the solution MOIA while he is in the city saying, "Nobody has more than 200 meters to walk to find a virtual station... I would say you should try it out. As long as you're here, Paul, because... It's really great." Professor Eric Sampson gives his guide to the event which on Tuesday centres on transport ministers, including Britain's Trudy Harrison, attending. "We can say to ministers, did you realise that I can do this for you - we have got technology that does something that I think you don't know about," he says. "But looking at it the other way, ministers can come to us and say, Look, I've got a big problem. Is there any way you think you can solve it?" We hear more about Trudy Harrison's visit and a drinks reception on the UK stand from ITS (UK) Secretary General Jennie Martin, plus about traffic news for cyclists from Danny Woolard of GEWI who explains how just on his walk to the Congress, "@e found that there were two closures on that cycle rate, a one diversion, and an alternative route, which wasn't even shown on Google Maps. We saw that it was totally impossible to cycle so we had to turn around and go back", while Neil Herron of Grid Smarter Cities explains why kerbside management leads to 20% cuts in emissions. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

The Intelligent Transport Systems industry is finally meeting together at its World Congress in Hamburg and we talk physical and software solutions, Mobility as a Service, commercialisation of test beds and even hint at a Beatles moment in the first of a series of Highways Voices podcast specials. These podcasts are possible thanks to the sponsorship from https://swarco.com/ (SWARCO) and https://gewi.com/ (GEWI). Highways News co-owner Paul Hutton is in Germany for this week's Congress and in Monday's podcast he talks to the CEO of the event organisers, Jacob Bangsgaard of ERTICO - ITS Europe who discusses the work that went into making the event happen, and some of the highlights of the week. Richard Neumann of SWARCO discusses software solutions, new technology and his company's recent acquisition of Dynniq Mobility while we also hear from Deutsche Bahn about all-round mobility solutions and Transport for West Midlands who have been instrumental in delivering the UK stand this year alongside ITS (UK), the Department for Transport and Innovate UK. We also hear from Prof Eric Sampson, who is keeping up with his record of attending every single ITS World Congress. He gives his views of the key things to see and do on Day One, and hints that we might get some Merseyside Music in the Opening Ceremony. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

It's the most important ingredient of a road, but is often the forgotten part of the transport industry - this week Asphalt takes centre stage on Highways Voices. The President of the Institute of Asphalt Technology, Brian Downes, is Paul Hutton's guest on the podcast this week who tells Paul how the industry has introduced many interesting innovations. "The technologies in terms of how we lay them the optimisation of the of the machinery, the health and safety aspects of it, the approach to sustainability things like warm asphalt, low temperature asphalts, which mean they use less fuel to heat them up, which brings the whole carbon footprint down." Brian explains industry recruitment and details the vast amount of training, "We manage several courses with strategic partners - the foundation degree with the University of Derby, we have a Higher National Apprenticeship, we're in the process of kicking off this this month," he says. "We also run what are called Lunch and Learn webinars." The podcast also talks about next week's ITS World Congress podcasts from Hamburg sponsored by https://gewi.com/ (GEWI) and https://www.swarco.com/ (SWARCO), looks at some key stories on Highways News this week and why VolkerHighways wins this week's "Adrian's Accolade". If you want to attend the IAT Autumn Seminar https://www.instituteofasphalt.org/index.php?id=view&event_id=1176 ("Future Challenges and Opportunities in the Asphalt Industry") at Aston University, email Russell.hunter@instituteofasphalt.org.

Paul Hutton is chief executive of Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS). A leading aircraft integrator in green commercial aviation, CAeS has a client base which includes Boeing, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, L3 and Raytheon. Appointed to the role in 2015, Paul has extensive experience in executive roles across the aerospace technology, and IT services industries. In this conversation, Paul explains why it's so important that we see “revolutionary” and fast-paced change in the aerospace sector, if we're to achieve global net-zero climate goals; and outlines the company's current initiative ‘Project Fresson', which aims to deliver the world's first truly green passenger carrying airline services, using hydrogen cell technology.Created & produced by Podcast Partners:www.podcastpartners.comTo find out more about ‘Project Fresson' visit: https://www.cranfieldaerospace.com/2021/project-fresson-hydrogen

Paul Hutton is chief executive of Cranfield Aerospace Solutions. Jenny Kavanagh is their chief strategy officer. Appointed as chief executive in 2015, Paul has extensive experience in executive roles across the aerospace, technology and service industries. Jenny, Cranfield's chief strategy officer, has been a Chartered Engineer for two decades; she has been leading aerospace product development programmes for 16 years. Founded over 30 years ago, Cranfield is a market-leading company that provides prototypes of new concepts and modifications to aerospace platforms. Their client base includes businesses such as; Boeing, Airbus, Rolls Royce, and Raytheon. Currently, they are at work on a new project that aims to make hydrogen-powered flight commercially available by 2025. In this in-depth conversation, Jenny and Paul delve into the story behind ‘Project Fresson,' and the quest to deliver the first truly green passenger airline service, using hydrogen fuel cell technology; discuss why they are certain hydrogen is the future, and how it holds the key to helping us globally achieve our climate goals; and reveal the surprisingly positive role the pandemic has played in accelerating an industry shift towards climate-consciousness, with airlines looking for a viable fuel alternative.

"I guess the e-scooter trials are a bit of a reset button," commented Jack Holloway, an expert in mobility brands at global brand agency Landor & Fitch on this week's Highways Voices podcast, " to see if they can deliver on the promise of alternative mobility. But for that trial to succeed, the local governments need to work with the rental operators." Jack Holloway joined the podcast to discuss the ongoing issues of safety around e-scooters which have been involved in at least one death and several injuries in recent months. He was responding to comments on a previous edition of Highways News's podcast by Peter Hitchens, the Mail on Sunday columnist, https://highways-news.com/columnist-hitchens-tells-highways-voices-e-scooters-are-a-recipe-for-injury/ (who called them "a recipe for injury") and, when it comes to solving a transport challenge, “whatever you do, there is no problem to which electric scooters are the answer.” Jack Holloway commented that there are several technological safety features built into the rental trials, "[They go at] a maximum of 12 and a half miles per hour, which I think is quite reduced in comparison to many other kinds of cities around the globe, they have to have lights on the front and the rear of the vehicles that are on throughout that rental period," he explained. "They have audible warning systems for people that maybe are visually impaired, they have first ride policies, which means that new users are required to take an e-learning safety course riders can only be over the age of 18." He said they users also need a driving licence, and that the scooters have "GPS tracking monitors on them, so they can see when when riders are riding on the on the pavement or behaving in a kind of inappropriate manner. And then they run a three strike policy, which could lead to suspension." But on top of the safety issues, how do you brand an e-scooter to make it attractive to people to use, and where will the trials go? Hear some answers in the interview. You can also hear why the Highways Heroes awards wins this week's "Adrians Accolade" and hear Highways News owners Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum discuss this week's news. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

The highways industry needs to improve the way it communicates both internally and externally to the travelling public so it can inform what it is doing and more importantly why it is doing it in a more engaging way. These are the thoughts of experienced marketing and PR Director Helen Blood of Boundary Marketing & PR - a company dedicated to helping the sector to promote itself more effectively. She was speaking on this week's Highways Voices podcast and said the sector should not be afraid of telling the public what it does well. "There are of course some really good examples of great communications work in the industry, but we have a long way to go often to get the public on side. It is about informing and engaging and that will encourage users of the networks to do something differently and to behave differently." But this will only happen if the industry works together, she said. "It's about getting all the right information from the whole supply chain that are going to be delivering the schemes and the consultants that have been involved in designing the schemes and then actually really understanding the reasons behind the project and making sure that we communicate the 'why' factor so the public understand why we are doing something and the reason behind it, we need to be able to communicate that effectively to people, and we need to engage them as well. We need to be able to answer the questions that matter to them." Ms Blood also said more effective use of technology on the roadside will also help deliver the right message if planned in the right way and there will be more tools at our disposal in the future, "but it is how we make best use of them," she added. In this episode you'll also hear Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum discuss the latest news, and find out why Andy Graham, KL Systems and Eloy win this week's "Adrian's Accolade"

"I do believe more revenue and bigger profits should just be a result and will be a result of putting the customer centre,” explains SWARCO's Global Business Development Manager in this week's Highways Voices podcast which focusses on how to do business in an ever-changing transport landscape. “We must not take any decisions with the aim of saying, how can we milk this cow more?”. Niko Stieldorf joins Highways Voices host Paul Hutton on this week's podcast to give an insight into how to grow a business. In a podcast very much focussed on thought leadership and not a long sales pitch for the guest's company, former Stanford University business student Stieldorf explains his approach to growing sales saying it's about “How can we solve our customers biggest pain points more? If we're successful in that world, then revenue and profit will follow - that's a given if we do our homework properly… [but] do I believe that we can now start getting more and more into a world of a one size fits all? I don't.” In the interview, he talks about how he's overseen interviews with more than 450 customers to find out their biggest priorities, and discusses what they are, while also how to deal with different jurisdictions having different rules and requirements, and why doing more preparatory work up front will save time and increase sales in the future. He also explains how these experiences have helped SWARCO's new MyCity product. You'll also hear Paul and Highways News co-owner Adrian Tatum round up the week's top stories and find out why Nottinghamshire County Council is recognised in this week's “Adrian's Accolade”.

“The one saving grace,” says Glynn Barton while talking about the Coronavirus crisis, “is that it wasn't the other way – we didn't all of a sudden see a boom in traffic and movement on our very busy network”. Having overseen a huge change to traffic flows in London, been affected by the sudden drop in tube and bus passenger numbers and therefore revenue, and having managed his huge team's switch to home working (not to mention becoming a father again), it's been a challenging year for Transport for London's Director of Network Management. But Barton has taken it all in his stride, as he explains to Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum in this week's Highways Voices podcast. And he pays tribute to the teamwork that made things happen so quickly. “We installed a cycle lane on Park Lane, for instance, from design to installation in four days, which we've never done anything like that before,” he explains. “Working with a supply chain, we're able to do things really quickly because it was in the public interest.”  Barton discusses a range of transport challenges and solutions in the capital, from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and active travel to funding and future projects. He highlights the need to deliver low-carbon transport and the solutions TfL are using to deliver that, as well as how he considers the latest ideas and solutions, and how he then can implement them in London, and how does he take a world-leading transport network and make it even better? You'll also hear Paul and Adrian round up the week's top stories and also hear who gets recognised for excellence in the industry in “Adrian's Accolade”. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/highways-voices/id1551975855 (Apple Podcasts,) https://open.spotify.com/show/0U6BbFBYLr5eeX0HuZtPv8 (Spotify), https://highways-voices.captivate.fm/amazon (Amazon Music), https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vaGlnaHdheXMtdm9pY2Vz (Google Podcasts) or https://pca.st/7a3xxskl (Pocket Casts) and never miss an episode!

"I loved being a Minister, but not being an MP". That's the admission from two former transport ministers in this week's Highways Voices podcast, which hears from Conservative Steve Norris, who served in the John Major government in the 90s, and Labour's Stephen Ladyman, a minister under Tony Blair a decade later. In the podcast they discuss how they are proud they made a difference. "One of the things you get as a transport minister in your weekend box are reports of fatalities on the motorways. One of the first ones that I opened up after I became the minister was referring to to roads workers who had been killed because of somebody speeding through road works at night in the rain and lost their way gone through the cones and hit these two poor people," said Ladyman. "So I immediately said, we have got to do something about about speeding through motorway roadworks, and we came up with with average speed cameras and they've worked brilliantly." Norris, who coincidentally worked on the average speed camera scheme after he left government, talked about legacy too discussing the Jubilee Line Extension he oversaw and also the role of a minister, "In some ways, having too much expert knowledge is quite dangerous, because it means you've got a very fixed idea of what you think should happen, and it may not be actually what the rest of the world thinks," he explained. The entertaining chat also features discussions about appearing on Top Gear, used cars, news management and even meeting Highways Voices host Paul Hutton in the mid-2000s. The podcast has a very special "Adrian's Accolade" this week and a summary of the latest news.

The latest Highways Voices podcast from Highways News has heard why transport modelling is key to making the most of the growth in traffic data that is being gathered to understand changes in patterns due to the Coronavirus crisis. Guest Darren Capes from the Department for Transport explains a data project he's overseen for the Transport Technology Forum which analyses data gathered from more than a hundred local authorities. “I think the snapshots are increasingly useful, we now have nearly a year's worth of data,” he tells the podcast. “So not only we're able to see what's happening and how lockdown is affecting trade and travel and daily life, but we're also able to make some interesting comparisons between pre-lockdown or between what's happened in the various ones. So we can start to see some interesting trends.” But it's the use of the data in the future where he gets increasingly animated. The former City of York transport manager suggests that the power of transport modelling will help give real insights into the new shape of traffic.  “We're seeing increasingly elaborate models, we're seeing increasingly powerful computing capabilities that allow us to run models, much more complex models,” he says. “I think cities should be starting to invest more in real time modelling and bringing the power of modelling, bringing their transport planning services together with the network management services, working with companies, traditional players and new entrants into the market that can model things in real time… I think now is the time to start to invest in the resource to get the modelling in place to get a new understanding of what how your city will work in the future.” This week's other guest is INRIX director Peter Lees who told his former colleague Paul Hutton about the INRIX Traffic Scorecard's value in understanding travel behaviour and how people's commutes will change long-term. “We've noticed the biggest drop being commutes in and out of towns and city centres,” he explains. “So, whereas generally travelling between centres on the motorway network and the larger road networks, and between smaller town and village centres hasn't been affected as much, we anticipate that that will rebound. And it has already started to to a degree more quickly than the regular commuting traffic where, you know, it's a bit of an unknown at the moment.” The podcast also features a new feature, “Adrian's Accolade”, where Highways News co-owner Adrian Tatum picks out an organisation or person due special praise for an industry-improving idea. Who wins this week, Tarmac, Balfour Beatty or the UK Roads Liaison Group? Find out by listening to this great addition to industry knowledge.

The latest Highways Voices podcast from Highways News features an in-depth interview with one of the UK's leading experts on enforcement, who explains how to make sure the public support technology to ensure compliance on the road. Assistant Managing Director Geoff Collins of Jenoptik told hosts Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum that enforcement should never been seen as money making, but as a war on bad driving. "Bad driving and bad driving behaviours are things that make the road worse for other people," explained Collins. "And I think that's one of the one of the things that needs to be addressed by the the operators of technology is to make people appreciate why something is happening rather than it's just a blind autonomous thing. at the side of the road. You earn compliance and you earn respect rather than demand it." Collins, who's also the Chair of ITS (UK)'s Enforcement Forum, discussed public engagement, making sure any penalties are just, Home Office Type Approval and ensuring the public are informed about the benefits of a system. "I believe it's the responsibility of that road authority to communicate what is happening, why it's happening, how it's being done," he explains. "[There are] some really good examples of things that transport Scotland do, where they will put up a dedicated website, which relates to the project, and it has all of the history of the project, the data behind it, meetings that have happened, decisions that have been made, and then ongoing publishing of data, which basically justifies the reason that this is happening. I have seen this work fantastically well on a number of projects, and I strongly advocate sharing data explaining why things are happening." During the interview we also hear comments from Videalert Director Rob Kinch and the CEO of Redflex Mark Talbot.

When you stop and think about it, a huge amount of innovation in the highways and transport technology industries over the past 20 years have been related to location services, but what about the mapping that underpins it? The latest Highways Voices podcast digs into the issue by talking to HERE Technologies Chief Product Officer Jorgen Behrens about their latest innovations involving personalising maps, data privacy and 3D mapping, and then hears from Steve Birdsall, CEO of Highway Technology Company Gaist about innovations based on location. "What we're noticing is that a lot of our customers are sitting on a lot of location data, and are looking for ways to monetise that and to make use of it in a kind of differentiating way in their own business," explains Behrens told host Paul Hutton. "So what we've done is we're gradually exposing our mapmaking capabilities in our platform so that customers can use the platform to ingest their own location data, process it into location contents and make maps with it." Highways News co-owner Adrian Tatum talked to Birdsall who told him, "I guess it's just our imagination, really, that limits what we can do. There's still a long way to go, we've got all of this capability growing, but it still needs to be bolted together and still needs to be brought to bear on a lot of problems. But if you were to look forward another five years, I believe that we won't be able to recognise the way that we do things." Paul and Adrian also discuss the latest stories on the Highways News website and explain how you can sign up to the podcast and the unique Highways News daily lunchtime briefings.

With Intertraffic Amsterdam postponed until next March, the official podcast of the event is delivering thought leadership with a series of episodes featuring those who will be at the revised event next year. In this podcast presenter Paul Hutton chats about the postponement with fellow reporter Kevin Borras who says he was impressed that everyone was given as much warning as possible that the dates would be moved, “It's the right move and you have to applaud it. For the team tasked with making that decision it must have been one of the toughest of not just their professional lives, but their lives full stop. For a small show - if there are 500 visitors and 50 exhibitors - you can move that a bit nearer the time, but with Intertraffic Amsterdam you're looking at 38,000 people coming from all across the world and the best part of 1000 exhibitors across the halls. That's such a gargantuan event that you have to give it the time to move.” Paul also explains how the original podcast promoting Intertraffic had already been produced when the decision was taken to postpone, so he brings you one conversation from that, with George de Boer of TomTom who explains the Company’s move to focussing on B2B. “We're making sure that we can make data available to… automotive companies. Most of the automotive companies are using either our components or the full stack of navigation in their cars today. Or we can deliver that location tech to enterprises like Microsoft or Uber where they can use it in either their online services like Microsoft in the Azure Cloud, or Uber can use it in the back end, to optimize the routing for the Uber drivers.” Over the next few weeks, Paul and Kevin will be discussing a range of subjects that were to be covered at Intertraffic 2020, ready to set the scene for the revised event from 20 to 23 March 2021 at the RAI in Amsterdam. Make sure you listen in to these short podcasts to hear the best thought leadership throughout the lockdown.

Paul Hutton, britânico de 48 anos de idade, poderia não estar vivo sem a tecnologia.