A new package of EU transport proposals that promise to revolutionise road safety in coming years has been welcomed by the UK’s biggest road safety charity IAM RoadSmart.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, confirmed on 8 June that the UK capital’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be expanded up to the North and South Circular boundary in 2021.

Following more reports of gangs in northern France trying to get on board UK-bound lorries, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) is urging truck operators to report migrant trouble to a dedicated incident line.

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the Department of Transport have now released the supplement to the UK plan for tackling roadside NOx consultation, adding a further 33 local authorities to the 27 already tasked to clean up their air.

The Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) is urging fleet managers to increase the frequency of driving licence checks for high-risk drivers.

Highways England, the UK government company responsible for the country’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads, has joined forces with the Freight Transport Association (FTA) to offer bespoke safety training for drivers who travel on smart motorways.

The UK government’s plans to provide more lorry parking across the country don’t go far enough to address the lorry parking crisis.

Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks have agreed to share real-time data to expand coverage of the companies’ connected safety technology, a cloud-based system that allows vehicles to communicate with each other and alert drivers of nearby hazards.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is calling on the UK government to avoid a knee-jerk response to clean air legal action from the European Commission.

From Saturday 14 July 2018, heavy vehicle test certificates in the UK have changed to make them clearer and easier to understand.

An ongoing strike at one of its crucial suppliers of cast engine components means that Scania is unable to fulfil its deliveries to customers of more than 2,000 trucks ordered with V8 engines. New sales of industrial and marine V8 engines are also affected.

In a speech at the Microlise Transport Conference at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 16 May, Road Haulage Association Chief Executive, Richard Burnett called for the UK government to work with truck operators to improve air quality in cities rather than penalising them with charges and fines.

The announcement that licence regulations are to be relaxed for drivers of some alternatively-fuelled vans has been warmly welcomed by the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

A Scania R 500 has won this year's ‘Green Truck Award’ by a healthy margin. The German fuel test focusses on lowest fuel consumption. Scania's new truck generation, with its updated 13-litre engine, ensured that Scania took the prize – again.

DVSA Chief Executive Gareth Llewellyn officially launched the DVSA Earned Recognition scheme at the Commercial Vehicle Show on 24 April.

An Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will come into force in Islington and Hackney in London in July 2018.

A new interim strategy to keep traffic moving on the M20 during Operation Stack is to be introduced by the Department of Transport in early 2019.

A new on board toll settling system, UTA One®, has been launched by cashless payment system provider UTA (Union Tank Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG), enabling tolls to be paid in all participating EU countries.

The Bath and North East Somerset Council has recently completed a three-month consultation period for the Bath Air Quality Action Plan.

A sole trader who ignored requests for tachograph and drivers’ hours records has been disqualified from operating vehicles for two years.