News
2010
March 2010
Checkout IHE's Parking Page
View presentations from Essex and Kent, Scotlands new policy and Dorset launch.
Holiday lets
IHE members have holiday homes or rooms in Norfolk and Austria.
Essex CC
has commuted sums guidance out for consultation.
Snow Summit from Essex CC on 24 March.
Well Maintained Highways
is a living document. Updates are published regularly.
STATS19
STATS19 problems highlighted in Reported Road Casualties 2008.
LTP3s
How to feed sustainable travel packages into LTP3s. (DfT)
Sustainable Travel
The Effects of Smarter Choice Programmes in the Sustainable Travel Towns: Summary report. February 2010
Speed limits review
HGV and bus speed limits review
Designing safer roadsides
Designing safer roadsides course launches Passive Safety Guidelines.
Atlas
Guidance on dealing with stalled developments.
February 2010
IHE Alert:
- SUDS compulsory in new developments "where practicable"
- Counties and Unitaries required to adopt and maintain SUDS
- Under the Draft Flood and Water Management Bill from 2011. Find out more at IHE's special seminar.
Shared Space
UCL research on the effectiveness of delineators has found that the traditional warning corduroy tactile is the best performing of the delineator profiles being tested on its PAMELA simulator.
IHE Scotland
gives evidence to Scottish Parliament on sustainable travel.
Urban engineering with design & management of the Public Realm:
2010 course dates.
Big Bang Science and Engineering Fair
Saturday 13 March 2010 open to the public. Come and visit the fair, which is being held in Manchester this year.
DfT's Good Practice Guide
For Councils and utilities advises on how better to comunicate about streetworks and offers greater control over works. Utility fines are increased to £25,000 maximum daily charge and lane rental is proposed for busy roads.
DfT guidance
DfT guidance on Permit schemes for Streetworks.
North Review of Drink and Drug Driving Law invites news link.
Retrofitting surface water management measures
Contribute to CIRIA guidance (5 March). CIRIA also has courses on designing SUDS.
Making a smarter choice
is a new publication from Act Travelwise and IHT. A series of factsheets will follow.
20mph zones
DfT has proposed amending its guidance to allow 20mph zones without traffic calming measures. (Responses by 5 February.)
Exhibition Road
The Exhibition Road shared space scheme has passed its safety audit. A GuideDogs challenge failed in the High Court, but they have not given up the campaign. (LTT 535)
Creating healthy environments
Is a toolkit prepeared for Scottish local authorities to improve walkability
TEC December 2009
Included a couple of helpful articles on 'forgiving roads' for motorcylcing.
TRL and Savoy
Have launched new software linking Autotrack and ARCADY to reduce the time to design roundabouts.
DfT's consultation TSRG
Read IHE's response to the DfT's consultation on 2010 amendments to the TSRGD
Transport data
Now widely available at www.data.gov.uk
Car Club
Car Club implementation: free spring seminars from CarPlus
PPS4
Published 20 December 2009 replaces PPG4, DPG5, PPS6 and aspects of PPS7. Policy EC8 requires maximum parking standards for non-residential developments.
January 2010
Happy New Year 2010 from IHE
IHE launch
Read about the launch of IHE, kindly sponsored by Amey.
Upgrade with the New improved Professional Review in 2010
The revised procedures combine the report and evidence summary forms into 16 Professional Development forms and a summarised project to present at interview.
Maintain your CPD: Book one IHE event HALF PRICE in 2010
We know times are hard, so to help you maintain your expertise, IHE members can choose a one day course or conference to attend in 2010 at 50% off.
CSCS card changes
CSCS changes cards for Managers and Professionals.
Local speed proposals
A proposed revision to the Department's advice on setting local speed limits.
View DfT's consultation (December 2009).
Switching off London Traffic Signals?
Inclusive Design
I'DGO guidance based on older people's preference.
Cambridge City SUDS guidance published
Earthquake reconnaissance reports over last 25 years released
TSRGD (Amendments) 2010
Road Sign Art
An exciting new art project involving Margaret Calvert, celebrated as the co-designer of our iconic system of road signs, has been facilitated by Buchanan Computing using SignPlot software.
Visit the exhibition at the A Foundation Gallery in Arnold Circus, London E2 between 15th and 24th January 2010.
