Research publications
Research publications can be found listed below within year order.
Integration of Circular Economy Approaches into a Major Infrastructure Project Case Study
M1 SmogStop® Air Quality Barrier Trial Final Report
Microplastics and Contaminants of Concern in the Strategic Road Network
- Appendix A: Quantifying tyre wear particles and other microplastics from the Strategic Road Network
- Appendix B: Initial assessment to identify future contaminants of concern
Comprehensive review of asphalt recycling with a view to increasing recycled content in the medium-term:
- Subtask 1 – establishing the current situation
- Subtask 3 – technical demonstration of solutions – thin surface recourse recycling
Investigation of 'microplastics' from brake and tyre wear in road runoff
Air Quality Trial – one way traffic flow A35 Chideock
Light vehicle motorway nitrogen oxide exhaust emissions - A review of Highways motorway speed banding methodology
- Air Quality Barrier Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Modelling
- Air Quality Barrier Report – Preliminary Feasibility Study
- Air Quality Feasibility Study – Green Infrastructure – A5036 Port of Liverpool Access Scheme
- Air Quality Pilot Study – Mineral Polymer Barrier – Summary
- Collaborative research project-replacement of rolling straight edge and reduction of rolling tolerances
- Driving Change – Applying Behavioural Insights to Improve Air Quality on the UK’s Strategic Road Network – Report 1 of 2
- Driving Change – Applying Behavioural Insights to Improve Air Quality on the UK’s Strategic Road Network – Report 2 of 2
- Eco-driving test results
- Incident Timeline Mapping Phase 1
- A Human Centric approach to capturing project memories for Lean Improvement
- A2 M2 Connected Corridor Infrastructure Feasibility Study Project 1
- A2 M2 Connected Corridor Data and Services Feasibility study Project 3
- Air Quality Geographic Pilot Study – A38 Derby – Executive Summary
- Air Quality Geographic Pilot Study – A38 Derby – Final Report
- Air Quality Geographic Pilot Study – Birmingham M6_M6 Toll
- Air Quality Geographic Pilot Study – M1 Tinsley – Non-Technical Summary
- Air Quality Geographic Pilot Study – M1 Tinsley – Final Report
- Air Quality Geographic Pilot Study – M60 Manchester – Summary
- Air Quality Geographical Pilot Study – Manchester M60 – Final Report
- An intervention framework for safer Driver Behaviour on the SRN
- An Intervention Framework for Safer Driver Behaviour on the SRN
- Application of Remote Survey Data for Geotechnical Asset Condition and peformance
- Application of remote survey data for geotechnical asset condition and performance
- Better understanding of the surface tyre interface
- Building on 2014 Fatality Research undertaken in 2015/16 developing the knowledge bank to include next 3 years data
- Collaborative research into new asphalt surfacing: Road trials
- Sub-Task 1 Premium Asphalt Surfacing System Road Trial
- Sub-Task 2.1 Premium Asphalt Surfacing System Road Trial
- Sub-Task 2.2 RFID Tags installed in Highways Trials
- Sub-Task 3 – Noise Evaluation
- Sub-Task 4 – Best Practice and Specification for Joint Construction
- Sub-Task 5 Best Practice for Recycling Asphalt Pavements
- Data Fusion Reporting
- Delivering Demand and Utilisation
- Develop Intelligence Capabilities – Customer Insight & Social Demographics utilising MAST (Mosaic Public Sector)
- Commuters involved in collisions on the Strategic Road Network
- Young drivers involved in collisions on the Strategic Road Network
- Towing Drivers involved in collisions on the Strategic Road Network
- Towards Zero Study on fatal collisions on the SRN during 2014
- Small goods vehicle drivers involved in collisions on the strategic road network
- Senior drivers involved in collisions on the Strategic Road Network
- Pedestrians and Pedal Cyclists on the Strategic Road Network
- Motorcyclists on the Strategic Road Network
- HGV and bus drivers involved in collisions on the Strategic Road Network
- Dynamic Speed Limits – Air Quality Analysis Summary
- Dynamic Speed Limits – Peer review of Air Quality Analysis
- Electric Van Demonstrator Project – Final Report
- Evaluation of Scheme Forecasting Phase 2
- Experiments investigating the effect of fog and the transition between lit and unlit sections of road
- Expressways customer insight and engagement
- Fatigue and road works – Driving simulator study
- Handover of Geotechnical As-Built Data
- Highways England Electric van demostrator Project
- Innovation in High Speed Friction Measurement – 1st
- Algorithm Improvement – 2nd
- Geometric Research – Corner Radius Horizontal Alignment and Loop Selection
- Geotechnical hazard knowledge
- Geotechnical resilience enhancement measures
- Impairment to peripheral detection when driving
- Implementation of risk-based portfolio planning
- Improved Determination of Pollutants in Highway Runoff Phase 2
- Improved use of information in Geotechics – Pt 2
- Improved use of Information in Geotechnics – Pt 1
- Improving Durability TSCS – Measuring Asphalt Density
- Improving Vulnerable User Design Tools
- Innovative Geotechnical Repair Techniques
- Innovative Geotechnical Repair Techniques – Comparative LCA
- Innovative Geotechnical Repair Techniques-Effectiveness of EKG
- Innovative Geotechnical Repair Techniques-Effectiveness of FRS
- Innovative Geotechnical Repair Techniques-Effectiveness of Willow Poles
- Innovative Geotechnical Repair Techniques-Future Trials
- In-service performance of EME2
- Motorway Fuel Price Trial
- Maintenanace Assistance Vehicles- Functional design specification
- National warning letter service
- Paraffinic Fuels Emission Testing – Final Report
- Production and delivery of Guidance on Sustainable Drainage Systems
- Review of Geotechnical asset data
- Review of Impact of Road Lighting
- Review of recent research and operational experience in the use of brine and other liquid de-icers
- Road surface properties and high speed friction-The effect of permeability
- Self-healing asphalt using embedded capsules.pdf Functions
- Spectroscopic Analysis of Roads at Traffic Speed.pdf Functions
- Stationary Vehicle Detection System (SVD) Monitoring
- Strategic road network simulation sprint
- Strengthened Earthworks
- Support goods vehicle incident prevention
- Support Goods Vehicle Incident Prevention – Diesel Spillages
- Support Goods Vehicle Incident Prevention – Diesel Spillages (DS2)
- Support Goods Vehicle Incident Prevention – Drivers’ Hours
- Support Goods Vehicle Incident Prevention – Tyre Management
- HGV Incident Prevention Project – Interim Diesel spills report
- HGV Incident Prevention Project – Interim Drivers’ Hours report
- HGV Incident Prevention Project – Interim Tyres Report
- Surface treatment options for concrete Roads
- TD 41 & TD 42 Safety Research
- The Determination of VMS Display Requirements for Expressways
- Use of VSS to replace ground signs Stage 2
- Air Quality Dynamic Control and Junction Management Pilot Study Technical Report
- Air Quality State Aid – HGV Incentivisation Scheme
- Assessment Procedure for ‘Innovative’ techniques and materials
- Canopy Research and Development Report
- Circular Economy – Approach and Routemap
- Geotechnical considerations and techniques for widening highway earthworks
- Guide to Road Safety Route Treatments
- Lean Collaborative Research with Academia 2015-16 – Final Reports:
- Highways England Earthworks Overview Document
- Increasing Efficiency of Earthmoving and Pavement Processes at Highways England
- Optimising Handover Overview Document
- Optimising Handover of As-Built Data from Highways England Major Schemes to Maintenance Service Providers
- Advancing the Implementation of Lean in Highways Overview Document
- Advancing the Implementation of Lean within Highways England’s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
- Visual Management/Visual Controls Implementation Pilot: 5S in Highways Construction and Maintenance
- Accelerating BIM adoption in the supply chain
- Realising Social Value Within the Desgn and Delivery of Highways England Infrastructure Projects
- Monetising Human Impacts – CLeMM final report
- Monetising Human Impacts – CLeMM user Guide
- Continuous Improvement in the Highways Supply Chain Benefits and Challenges
- From Construction to Production: Enablers, Barriers and Opportunities for the Highways Supply Chain
- Intelligent Products Overview Document
- Intelligent Products in Highways England
- Resilience of geotechnical assets on the Strategic Road Network to severe weather events Phase 2 – Final report
- Towards Zero — Study on fatal collisions on the SRN during 2014
- Understanding and Influencing Driver Compliance
- Vehicle Roadworthiness
- Collaborative Lean Research Projects MoU 2014-15 – Final Reports:
- Development of a reference surface for the assessment of pavement skid resistance measurement devices
- Hazardous Material in Infrastructure Construction Project Report
- M25 J5-7 Twelve Month Evaluation Report, Version 2.0 Final
- M25 J23-27 Twelve Month Evaluation Report, Version 2.0 Final
- Performance review of skid measurement devices
- Re-Validation of Speed Flow Curves Final Report Final
- Skid Support 2014:
- Smart Motorways – Call Off Support publications:
- Surface Treatment Options for Concrete Roads – Ultra thin surfacing systems
- Understanding the durability of high friction surfacing
- Climate Change (Carbon Reduction and Connectivity):
- Comparison of SCRIM and SKM sideway-force skid resistance devices
- Highways Agency skid resistance survey policy 2014: a review
- Infrastructure and material criticality – project findings report
- Laboratory studies investigating the use of blended PSV aggregates
- Motorways Programme Productivity Research Report – M25 Outputs
- Pothole Development Scoping Study – Final Report
- Preparing the Strategic Road Network for electric vehicles:
- Preventing entry to the Strategic Road Network
- Scoping Study Report for Monitoring of the First Managed Motorways – All Lane Running
- Thin surfacing performance review (2013): Final Report
- Understanding the origins and traceability of key materials used on the strategic road network
- Use of MS4 Variable Signs and Signals to Display Signs for Advance Warning of Road Works
- 515681 Information for Managing Safety on the Highways Agency Network 2009 Issue 1
- All Lanes Running (ALR) Alternative Temporary Traffic Management techniques Simulation studies
- Alternative Legends for Close Following
- Brine Spreading Trials Final Report
- Carbon data analysis and verification findings report
- Collaborative Planning and BIM
- Cooperative Vehicle Highway Systems Advice Project Report
- Defining Enforcement Technology for Managed Motorways ALR
- Detection of changes in pavement texture condition using high resolution 3D surface measurements – Research into pavement surface disintegration
- Development of the Measurement of Injury Risk (MIRi) Index Report
- Economics of climate change adaptation and risks
- Effectiveness of Close Following Deterrents
- Effectiveness of Preservatives on Asphalt Mixtures Project Report
- Extreme Cold Treatments Report
- Future Managed Motorways Concept Development – Simulation Studies
- Future Managed Motorways Concept Development– Task 1 Design Comparison Final Report
- Future Managed Motorways Concept Development Task 2 Design Assurance Final Report
- Future manage Motorways Concept Development Task 3 Synthesis Study Final Report
- Future Managed Motorways Concept Development Additional Task – ADS Obscuration Final Report
- HA Road Lighting Control System Phase 1 Project Report
- Highways Agency State of the Network Construction Report Waste Data
- Highways Agency Sustainability Leadership Assessment
- Impact of roads on wellbeing
- Implementing Lean in construction
- In Vehicle Traffic Management – The Trial – Summary Report
- Managed Motorways – All lane running
- Interim Advice Note (IAN) 161/13
- Managed Motorways – All lane running – Hazard elimination schedule
- Managed Motorways – All lane running – Generic safety report
- Managed Motorways – Demonstration of meeting safety objective report
- Managed Motorways – All lane running – Provision of adequate guidance review
- Managed Motorways – All Lanes Running – All-Purpose Trunk Roads/Dual 3-lane Motorway Analysis and Hazard Assessment
- Managed Motorways – All Lanes Running – Evaluation of the Provision of Refuge Areas
- Managed Motorways – All Lanes Running – Maintenance – ERIC Assessment
- Managed Motorways Future Design
- Monitoring of Emergency Refuge Areas (ERAs) Final Report
- Optical Spectroscopy of Binder Condition at Traffic Speed – Final Report
- Optimum Interventions for Thin Surfacing
- Reducing Cost of Road Lighting Implementation Paper
- Reduced Energy Lighting – White Light Sources
- Sign Size Design Review of TTM Signs
- Surface Treatment Options for Concrete Roads
- Traffic Officer Vehicle Conspicuity Final Report
- Treatment Matrix Review Final Report
- Use of high-resolution 3-D surface data to monitor change over time on pavement surfaces
- Water Use in the Supply Chain
- 515681 Information for Managing Safety on the Highways Agency Network 2009 Issue 1
- Acoustic durability of timber noise barriers:
- A Review of Bat Mitigation in Relation to Highway Severance (Highways Agency 2011)
- A Risk-based framework for geotechnical asset management - phase 2 report
- Asphalt Preservatives Report
- Brine Spreading Trials Final Report
- Conemaster Report
- Control Room Human Factors Review - Guidance Document
- Cooperative Vehicle Highway Systems Implications for the Highways Agency
- Deformation of Thin Surfacing Report
- De-icing materials and corrosion
- Development of the Measurement of Injury Risk (MIRi) Index Report
- DMRB Air Quality Model Verification - A Good Practice Guide
- DMRB Geology Soils Scoping Report FINAL
- European Cost Comparison - Cost differences between English and Dutch Highway Construction (2009) EC Harris and TRL
- Gibson J (2010). Foresighting Project - Global approaches to managed motorways and research activities. Arup
- Grooved Concrete & Skid Resistance
- HA Water Footprinting Report
- Highways Agency State of the Network Construction Report Waste Data
- Improving Stability of Emergency Traffic Management Signs
- Incident Management on Managed Motorways Report
- Inundation on pavements report
- Lean benchmarking of Highways Agency supply chian (2011). Mott McDonald
- Long term trends in emissions and air pollution (2007-2010):
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2007
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2008 volume I
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2008 volume II
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2009 volume I
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2009 volume II
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2010 volume I
- The Highways Agency roadside air pollution monitoring network report - 2010 volume II
- M60 hourly 2007 data
- M60 hourly 2008 data
- M60 hourly 2009 data
- M60 hourly 2010 data
- M4 Theale site 2 2007 data
- M4 Theale site 2 2008 data
- M4 Theale site 2 2009 data
- M4 Theale site 2 2010 data
- M25 site B hourly 2007 data
- M25 site B hourly 2008 data
- M25 site B hourly 2009 data
- M25 site B hourly 2010 data
- Bell Common hourly 2007 data
- Bell Common hourly 2008 data
- Bell Common hourly 2009 data
- M42 MM Monitoring and Evaluation Three Year Safety Review (2011) Mott MacDonald
- Managed Motorways In-Vehicle Data Requirements:
- The journey ahead: Delivering Managed Motorway information directly to in-vehicle devices Summary report. (2010). Scott Wilson, Bristol, UK. REF:511502
- The journey ahead: Delivering Managed Motorway information directly to in-vehicle devices Analysis report. (2010). Scott Wilson, Bristol, UK. REF:511502
- Managed Motorways 2 Concept Development - Simulation Studies:
- Managed Motorway Ground Investigation Process Improvement Presentation
- Managed Motorways - Additional Simulation Studies:
- MTTV Final Report
- Optimization of Thin Asphalt Layers Report
- Performance of quieter surfaces over time
- Reduced Energy Lighting - White Light Sources:
- Review of Traffic Officer Service Crewing Levels Reports
- Risk Approach to Prioritising Maintenance - Risk Factors for Value Management Report
- Road accidents involving deer
- Road Worker Conspicuity:
- Rock slope hazard assessment. (2010). Mott MacDonald, Bristol, UK. Ref: 652(666)MTSC
- Single Crew Test Design Main Report:
- Simplification of Temporary Traffic Management Signage
- Speciman Monitoring Final Phase
- Speed compliance in overnight road works report
- Sustainable Construction, Maintenance and Operations Reports
- Sustainable Construction Literature Review
- Summary of Sustainable Construction Review
- Review of DMRB
- Implementing and Environmental Assessment Approach
- A Review of Sustainable Procurement Initiatives
- Understanding Resource Use and Waste Generation within the Network: A Mass Balance Approach
- Reporting and Performance - Review of HA and SP Tools
- An Overview of HA Cost Benefit Processes and Sustainability
- Environmental Sustainability in Value Management for Highway Maintenance Schemes
- Identifying Resource Efficiency Indicator Mechanisms for the HA
- Exploring Resource Efficiency Measurement Methods on HA Schemes
- Case Study: Construction of the A30 Bodmin
- Case Study: Construction of the A590 High
- Case Study: Construction of the M40
- Case Study: Construction of the M60 Junction
- Traffic Officer Service - Specialist Human Behaviour Evaluation of Single Crewing Deployment:
- Use of New Materials to Reduce Traffic Sign Lighting Report
- Variable Crewing Research and Policy Feasibility Report:
- Road Safety Audit Newsletter - April to June 2024
- Road Safety Audit Newsletter - January to March 2024
- Road Safety Audit Newsletter - October to December 2023
- Road Safety Audit Newsletter - July to September 2023
- Road Safety Audit Newsletter - January to June 2023
- Quarterly review October-December 2022
- Road Safety Audit - July to Sept 2022
- Quarterly review April-June 2022
- Quarterly Review - January to March 2022
- Quarterly Review - October to December 2021
- Quarterly Review - July to September 2021
- Quarterly Review - April to June 2021
- Quarterly Review - January to March 2021
- Road Safety Audit Quarterly Review - October to December 2020
- Quarterly reports July - Sept 2020
- Road Safety Audit Bi - Annual Review Jan - June 2020
- Quarterly report October 2019 – December 2019
- Quarterly report July 2019 – September 2019
- Quarterly report April 2019 – June 2019
- Quarterly report January 2019 – March 2019
- Quarterly factsheet – October 2018 – December 2018
- Quarterly report October 2018 – December 2018
- Quarterly report July 2018 – September 2018
- Quarterly reports April 2018 – June 2018
- Quarterly reports January 2018 – March 2018
- Quarterly reporting and factsheets guidance notes 2017
- Quarterly reports October 2017 – December 2017
- Quarterly reports July 2017 – September 2017
- Quarterly reports April 2017 – June 2017
- Quarterly reports January 2017 – March 2017
- Quarterly reports October 2016 – December 2016
- Quarterly reports July 2016 – September 2016
- Quarterly reports April 2016 – June 2016
- Quarterly reports January 2016 – March 2016
- Quarterly Rrport October 2015 to December 2015
- Quarterly factsheet – July 2015 to September 2015 (Rev. 3)
- Quarterly report and guidance notes – July 2015 to September 2015
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