Originally built to “manage traffic in a way that minimized environmental impact, cost and time to construct by avoiding the need to build additional lanes,” smart motorways were the pioneering idea ...

A year after the U.K. government halted the expansion of so-called "smart motorways," pressure is growing to reintroduce emergency hard shoulders on nearly 200 miles of national highways. A new BBC ...

More than 53,000 incidents of the mistake have been recorded in recent years, with thousands of UK drivers risking a £100 fine and three ...

Ever since smart motorways were introduced in the UK in 2006, they have proved highly controversial. The concept was brought in to create much-needed capacity on key parts of a congested road network.

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 ...

That’s as well as being dangerous and putting lives at risk, of course.” Smart motorways have become a prominent feature of the UK's road network, offering increased capacity and improved traffic flow ...

Ministers are being urged to reinstate the hard shoulder on smart motorways -Credit:Steve Parsons/PA Ministers are being urged to reinstate the hard shoulder on smart motorways. The RAC issued the ...

Smart motorway drivers face £2,500 fines for ignoring a sign on the motorway, it has been warned. Current smart motorways ...

On April 15, Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government announced that plans for new, dangerous “smart motorways will be cancelled in recognition of the current lack of public confidence felt by drivers ...

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 ...