The Transport Act 1985 abolished quantity control of bus services in Great Britain (outside London) and allowed subsidy to be paid for bus services only after competitive tendering. Preparations for ...

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 ...

TRL has produced a technical research paper commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to support the development of regulations for e-scooters in the UK. The report, co-authored by WMG at the ...

Work to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative geotechnical repair techniques for slopes has been commissioned by Highways England. The techniques are the planting of live willow poles, Fibre ...

Road Note 42 gives guidance on the procedures for maximising the durability of asphalt pavements. Some of the concepts may not be practical in all circumstances, particularly for emergency repairs, ...

There has been much debate in the literature and elsewhere regarding cycle helmets and their potential to prevent injury. This cycle helmet safety research report was commissioned to provide a ...

This report describes the results of a project assessing mechanical retexturing techniques. It reports on work carried out by Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (QMWC) and TRL ...

Road surface friction on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) is managed through the requirement to provide skid resistance and texture depth. The requirements have been in place since the 1980s and were ...

RAC Foundation (2008) reported the results of a survey of 2,000+ users of Facebook, showing that 45% of UK drivers engage in texting whilst driving. The RAC Foundation commissioned TRL to study the ...

The Transport Research Laboratory was commissioned by the Charging and Local Transport Division of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) to provide guidance to local ...

The increasing size and power of construction plant and its potential to dissipate intrusive or possibly damaging levels of vibration into the environment, coupled with increasing attention being ...

TRL was commissioned to evaluate the Coventry Mobility Credits scheme on behalf of Transport for West Midlands. Participants of the scheme exchanged eligible polluting vehicles for £3,000 of Mobility ...