Transport and Logistics Network
There are many reasons councils and governments bring in new motoring rules, from improving safety to generating funds.
The last two decades have seen a transition to low emission legislation and the introduction of so called ‘smart’ infrastructure.
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A 86-year-old man has died weeks after he was struck by a car while crossing a road.The pedestrian was taken to Sandwell Hospital with a head injury following the crash on the A34 Walsall Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, at about 10:00 BST on 18 July.We…
The A45 Small Heath Highway is closed in both directions during rush hour after a lorry crashed into a bridge on Wednesday afternoon. The busy dual carriageway is shut to allow emergency services to work.
The HGV struck the bridge between A4540 Bordes…
Close your eyes and picture a TV period drama. One inevitably imagines bonnets and britches, top hats and horses, fluttering fans and formal balls. Yet there’s far more to the genre than bringing a well-thumbed Penguin Classic to the small screen….
A speeding driver ploughed into a pedestrian in Birmingham city centre then left him for dead and covered up damage to his Mercedes with a prayer mat. Manish Bhatoy struck the victim, who worked for Jaguar Land Rover[1], on Islington Middleway in the e…
It’s August 29, 2004, and eight million Brits are tuned in to watch Amir Khan’s bid for Olympic glory in Athens.
Among the throngs of fans watching on their televisions back home is boxing-mad youngster Fred Evans and his mother Tracy, both of whom are…
Danut-dumitru Bogdan was speeding on the M5 southbound between junctions 4a (Catshill) and 5 (Droitwich), leading to not only a driving ban but a bill of more than £900.
The case was heard at Worcester Magistrates Court on Wednesday, July 24 when Bogda…
This afternoon, Joe-Lewis Tyler, 34, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for causing a fatal car crash at 90mph, which resulted in the deaths of three people, including a six-year-old boy.
The tragedy occurred in Spetchley, Worcester, in February when …
From the professional footballer whose career lies in tatters to a separate case of a sex worker’s killer bodyguards, these are the latest criminals from Birmingham and beyond to be sent to jail. This is our July 2024 roundup of offenders sentenced to …
Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster has outlined a 16-point plan to ‘reduce road deaths’ in Birmingham[1] and the wider West Midlands. Mr Foster vowed to do everything possible to reduce the number of road tragedies in the future.
His commitment…