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Reducing slips, trips and falls with AI Technology at Bristol Temple Meads

Bristol Temple Meads (BTM) station sought innovative solutions to enhance passenger safety, particularly targeting slips, trips and falls associated with passengers carrying large items on the stairs within the station subway.

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Meet the innovator promoting reuse in the built environment

One ambitious construction professional’s “belief in a better way” has led her to create a material reuse platform to reduce building waste and promote the circular economy.

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Driving innovation with National Highways

National Highways has partnered with Connected Places Catapult to embrace innovation and address challenges of safety, innovation, and environmental sustainability.

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Tech trio celebrate advances for women in engineering

To mark International Women in Engineering Day this week, we speak to three technology founders involved in the HS2 Accelerator about their experiences, challenges and future hopes around making construction more inclusive.

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UK Innovation Districts Group: Developing youth entrepreneurial skills for the innovation economy

This study explores how supporting youth entrepreneurial skills can fuel prosperity and growth through the UK innovation economy.

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Geospatial data improves driverless car testing

Autonomous vehicle testing promises to become more focused and less costly with the use of a new geospatial database, featuring details of complex highway junctions .

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Highways tech investor says teamwork is key to standing out

Recognising the value of the people you are investing in matters just as much as the technology on offer, according to one venture capital firm.

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Projects and people celebrated in annual transport programme awards

Recipients of the Chief Scientific Adviser awards were honoured at a Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) showcase in Leeds.

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Data logging in extreme temperatures

In this challenge, HMGCC Co-Creation seeks solutions to ensure data loggers can continue to operate, even at high temperatures.

A large cargo ship is docked at a busy port terminal at sunset, with colorful shipping containers stacked on board. Industrial cranes are actively loading and unloading containers. To the right, a truck carrying a container drives along a road parallel to the port, symbolizing the integration of maritime and road transport in global logistics. The sky is painted in vivid hues of orange, pink, and purple.

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Zero Emission HGVs and Infrastructure: UK Investment and Export Potential

The transition to zero emission road freight presents an economic opportunity for the UK, with global demand expected to grow over the next decades.

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Transport innovators urged to better consider accessibility in their designs

Leading lights from recent cohorts of the Transport Research & Innovation Grants programme gathered in Leeds for a showcase event, which included a keynote address from accessibility champion James Lee.

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Spending Review 2025: Connected Places Catapult response

In recent weeks there have been a flurry of announcements leading up to last week’s Spending Review. We are also expecting announcements that will build on these plans, such as the 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy and the Industrial Strategy 2035.