Episode 50

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28th Jan 2025

Local authorities and the private sector working together to solve our transport challenges

How can the highways industry overcome challenges like resource shortages, outdated infrastructure, and fragmented data systems to create a smarter, more efficient future of mobility?

This week's Highways Voices discusses these issues in a special panel discussion from the SWARCO User Group.

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Sean Bulmer from City of York Council, Staffordshire Council's Emily Madsen, LCRIG CEO Paula Claytonsmith and SWARCO UK's Managing Director John Pickworth explore the pressing issues preventing progress toward future mobility.

From staffing constraints to leveraging AI and integrated data systems, this discussion is tailored for industry professionals grappling with how to align innovation with real-world limitations.

You'll hear insights into how local authorities and private-sector partners are addressing resource and infrastructure challenges to make incremental but impactful progress, plus get an understanding on how data-driven decision-making and technology can revolutionise transport networks, from easing traffic congestion to reducing obsolescence issues.

You'll also learn about some practical strategies to balance innovation with immediate operational needs, ensuring continuity while fostering future mobility.

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Highways Voices: Talking Roads and Transport Technology innovation
The highways and transport technology industries' podcast from Highways-News.com
The Highways Voices podcast is a must-listen for professionals in the Highways and Transport Technology industries covering construction, maintenance, Intelligent Transport Systems and Public Transportation.

Presented by leading journalists Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum, you’ll hear industry leaders sharing insights you won’t hear anywhere else, giving you a taste of the latest thinking about the sector's new techniques and technologies, collaborations and innovations. All in the time it takes for an average daily commute (or dog walk!).

We bring you keynote-speaker quality guests into your phone or laptop, ensuring every time you listen you’ll learn something new you can use in your day-to-day job.

Plus, you'll catch up with the top stories from the daily newsletters sent by Highways-News.com and hear the latest from our podcast partners LCRIG, the TTF, ADEPT and ITS UK.

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Highways Voices is the weekly podcast from Highways-News.com. In it, Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum speak to thought leaders, decision makers and inventors in the highways and transport technology industries. New editions are unloaded every Wednesday.