Lorry drivers 'don't feel welcome or safe' at truck stops08/11/2024 The transport watchdog has called for improved facilities for lorry drivers after a survey revealed that drivers often don't feel welcome, safe or able to get a decent meal or proper rest. |
Freight and coach firms dissatisfied with SRN24/10/2024 Fewer than half of logistics and coach businesses are satisfied with England’s strategic road network, according to the latest survey. |
80% of festive travellers hit the roads, with 20m trips predicted19/12/2022 Festive season travellers are flocking to the roads, with around eight in 10 planning to hit the network this year, as rail strikes leave some areas of the country without any trains. |
Scrum on in: Rugby services gets top score24/10/2022 Rugby services on the M6, run by Moto, has been rated the best motorway services in a user survey. |
Road works top drivers' SRN gripes21/07/2022 Fewer than half of road users are satisfied with National Highways' management of roadworks, according to the latest national survey of drivers, who rated the M40 as the English motorway with the best journey experience. |
Transport Focus: Helping road users shape the journey ahead01/06/2020 Anthony Smith, chief executive of the independent watchdog Transport Focus, discusses how to ensure the user voice shapes long-term roads investment. |
Watchdog tells Highways England to up its game on safety11/11/2019 The head of the national transport consumer watchdog has called on Highways England to do more to improve the safety of ‘smart motorways’, including speeding up the roll-out of stopped vehicle detection. |
Worst motorway service stations revealed02/08/2019 Transport Focus has unveiled its Motorway Services User Survey - rating and ranking the nations best and worst. |
Look again at motorway junction signs, watchdog says01/05/2019 The transport watchdog has recommended that junction numbers on motorway signs should be moved to cut crashes at junctions. |
Transport Focus: 'The road users' voice is finally arriving'13/11/2018 Having represented SRN users for around three years now, Transport Focus evidence base is emerging as potentially world class, something chief executive Anthony Smith is rightly proud of. |
Four in five users satisfied with SRN08/11/2018 Transport Focus has published what it says is ‘the most significant and robust picture ever’ of driver satisfaction on the strategic road network. |
Drivers want to see road congestion tackled29/11/2016 A survey into what drivers want when using England’s motorways and major A-roads has revealed that easing congestion is their top priority. |
Road users want better information when stuck in roadworks16/11/2016 A report from transport user watchdog Transport Focus says the highways industry must consider the needs of people in vehicles when carrying out roadworks. |
Transport Focus to highlight road users at Highways SIB01/09/2016 Transport Focus (TF) will explain its work in representing the interests of road users on the strategic road network at this year’s Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) event. |
Transport Focus: Roadside facilities must be improved26/07/2016 Research carried out by Transport Focus has shown that a number of road users' are dissatisfied with roadside facilities. |
A-one+ gets visit from Transport Focus director22/09/2015 Guy Dangerfield, road user director for Transport Focus, visited highways service provider A-one+ last month. |
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