Delays are growing across England’s road network, with the average delay now at 11.6 seconds per vehicle per mile, compared to free flow. That is a 5.5% increase on year ending June 2024, according to ...

Liz Truss says the UK’s experiment with smart motorways has failed and should be brought to an end. The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister made the comments in response to an ...

The widow of a man who was killed on a smart motorway is campaigning for the release of unpublished road evaluation reports. Jason Mercer, 44, was killed on the M1 near junction 34, Sheffield, where ...

UK motorists are shunning smart motorways amidst fears over the new traffic measures that could leave them out of pocket by £100, coupled with anxieties about the absence of hard shoulders. A freshly ...

A third of drivers feel 'a lot less safe' on smart motorways than they did three years ago, according to a new AA survey. While just 2 per cent of the panel of 13,500 UK licence holders said they feel ...

After a series of high-profile fatal accidents, the U.K. Dept. for Transport has scrapped plans to roll out $1.2 billion worth of additional “smart motorways.” However, the government will retain the ...

Smart motorways have become increasingly commonplace on the UK motorway network over the last few years - and increasingly controversial among drivers. Their advocates say they can help to ensure a ...

In one of his essays, George Orwell pilloried the use of “political language” – consisting “largely of euphemism, question begging and sheer cloudy vagueness”, said Leo McKinstry in the Daily Express.