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15 Nov 2024
We're making a move! You can find future updates from us at Bluesky (@roadsuk.bsky.social) and on Instagram and Threads (@roads.org.uk). See you there!
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15 Nov 2024
We're making a move! You can find future updates from us at Bluesky (@roadsuk.bsky.social) and on Instagram and Threads (@roads.org.uk). See you there!
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26 Sep 2024
The world's first motorway opened 100 years ago this week. What was it like? We take a tour of a road you'd barely recognise. roads.org.uk/blog/century-mo…
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26 Sep 2024
Just published: the world's first motorway opened 100 years ago this week. We explore motorway prehistory, and take a virtual ride on the Autostrada in 1924. roads.org.uk/blog/century-mo…
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17 Aug 2024
Happy birthday to @sabreroads! It’s the 25th anniversary of the founding of the official society for road geeks who thought they were the only one 🎂
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31 Jul 2024
Just published: Manchester is home to the UK's first quantum speed limit, a 30mph restriction on the Mancunian Way that appears to be a legal impossibility. roads.org.uk/blog/schrodinge…
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3 May 2024
We've been marking 100 years of road numbers for the last year. Our final post asks... what happens when numbers go wrong? And does it really matter? roads.org.uk/blog/sorry-wron…
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3 May 2024
Just published: our celebrations of the centenary of road numbering are finishing with a look at some bizarre mistakes. What happens when road numbers go rogue? roads.org.uk/blog/sorry-wron…
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1 Apr 2024
At Wisley Interchange, National Highways are building a huge new roundabout. Is a roundabout the right solution for £317m? Time to take a closer look. We need to talk about Wisley! roads.org.uk/blog/we-need-ta…
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1 Apr 2024
Just published: National Highways are spending £317m to replace a signalised roundabout with a signalised roundabout. Money well spent? We take a look. roads.org.uk/blog/we-need-ta…
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30 Mar 2024
There’s so much politically-led nonsense surrounding the ULEZ and schemes like it that it’s getting difficult to see the wood for the trees. This is some great analysis of a ridiculous newspaper article 👇🏻
29 Mar 2024
Gosh, this sounds terrible.
Imagine losing 70% of your customers overnight…….
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Or do we think someone might be being slightly economical with the truth?
Let’s dig in!
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Roads.org.uk retweeted
15 Mar 2024
This weekend, Britain may be about to have its worst traffic jam ever. Up to five hours of delay for 100,000 drivers or more.
Would you believe me if I told you the reason is because Britain's most hated motorway is too good?
Or that someone had a semi-secret plan to fix that🧵
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17 Feb 2024
Just published: #Oxford has a Zero Emission Zone, but that's just one battle line in the city's fiercely disputed transport policy right now. What's going on? roads.org.uk/blog/oxfords-gr…
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17 Feb 2024
(Tin hat at the ready for what is inevitably a hugely controversial story 🪖)
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4 Feb 2024
RT @ScotRoadArchive: #OnThisDay in 1972 the Charing Cross section of the #M8 was opened to traffic. It completed an L-shaped bypass of #Gla…
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Roads.org.uk retweeted
5 Dec 2023
The UK’s first motorway, the Preston bypass opened #OnThisDay 1958. Now part of the M6, it was a trial motorway and although the design speed was 70mph, there was no ‘speed limit’ when it opened.
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