The European Commission has published new proposals which would relax current restrictions on heavy goods vehicle design, in a bid to reduce fuel consumption and save the lives of pedestrians [...]

Diesel refined from crude oil could be replaced or augmented by a near-identical fuel produced by genetically-modified E. coli bacteria, according to an article in the Proceedings of the National [...]

Operators are being invited to enrol selected drivers for training as road accident ‘first responders’ by a former trade union boss. David Higginbottom, former general secretary of the United Road [...]

DAF has launched a version of its Euro 6 XF tractor suited to operation with trailers of three-metre internal height, while enabling compliance with continental height limits. The XF Low [...]

There is still a widespread lack of awareness amongst transport operators about the requirements for Driver CPC, a new government-commissioned report has stated. The Driver CPC Interim Evaluation, which was [...]

UPDATE: The advice discussed in the story below has since been removed from the gov.uk website pending a review, following “queries” by trade associations. Information in this article therefore may [...]

A new compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station in Crewe is to be a benchmark for a network of such sites across the country in the years to come, supplied [...]

The Welsh government has rejected reports that a planned M4 relief road in south Wales could become the UK’s second toll motorway, as reported in two national newspapers yesterday. The [...]

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced plans which could see trucks entering the capital being mandatorily fitted with devices to protect cyclists, restricted to operating at specific times [...]