A team of 21 from TRL are set to take on the Reading Half Marathon on Sunday 22nd March 2026, raising funds and awareness for Brake, the UK road safety charity dedicated to preventing road deaths and ...

The survey findings indicated that the driving public perceive glare from vehicle headlamps to be an important and widespread issue when driving at night. More than half of drivers reported either ...

Road Note No. 29 was published originally in 1960, and the first major revision was issued in 1965. As recently as 1968 the recommendations for unreinforced concrete pavements were reviewed by a Panel ...

AI in transport offers significant potential for efficiency, safety, and sustainability, but its adoption faces challenges that must be overcome to unlock its potential. Following an extensive ...

Author: TRL: Annabel Knightley, Alice Holcombe, Bharti Gupta, George Beard, Jack Hitchings, Joe Forrest. RiDC: Eric Harris, Hayley Dawson, Indigo Ayling, Naomi Care This report is a supplement to the ...

This study aimed to assess the impact of interacting with two infotainment systems, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, on four driver performance measures: reaction time, driving behaviour, eyes-off road ...

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Use of e-scooters is increasing and with it, the numbers of collisions involving the devices. This study aimed to investigate the ‘real world’ capabilities of privately owned e-scooters to provide ...

To understand how automated vehicles can fit into our future urban mobility needs and the barriers we must overcome before these vehicles become a reality on our roads. Our GATEway driverless pods ...

Glare on the roads is undesirable, as it can make drivers less able to see the road ahead. TRL is working with the Department for Transport to understand the factors that can cause glare, and how to ...

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) commissioned TRL to undertake a programme of research into the use of non-prescribed zebra crossings at side roads. A prescribed zebra crossing has black and ...

Goods vehicles, large passenger vehicles and other large vehicles such as agricultural vehicles and mobile machinery make up a relatively small proportion of the vehicles on the roads in Great Britain ...