as part of a study of aspects of normal road-building practice in tropical countries, the states of compaction achieved in road bases and earthworks were investigated at ten road construction schemes ...

Many of the concrete road surfacings in the UK have been in service for over 30 years and are starting to suffer from reductions in skid resistance and texture. This report explores the state of the ...

This report describes the road trials of High Modulus Base (HMB), a high stiffness roadbase macadam manufactured to the standard UK composition for dense bitumen macadam (DBM) using a binder with a ...

The aim of this project was to assist the Highways Agency in re-assessing current designs and specifications for continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) in the light of performance data from ...

The Interest group brought together experts and clients to engage in meaningful discussions about the future of collision investigation. It was a day filled with insightful presentations, ...

Problems have been experienced on recent highway schemes with corrosion of galvanised steel buried structures (CSBS) due to chemical reaction from structural backfill. The corrosion has been ...

There has been much debate in the literature and elsewhere regarding cycle helmets and their potential to prevent injury. This cycle helmet safety research report was commissioned to provide a ...

Our portable driving simulator has interactive controls, frontal screens and wing mirror visuals with 180˚ projection of the driving scene. In addition, our simulators can be run with eye tracking and ...

The increasing size and power of construction plant and its potential to dissipate intrusive or possibly damaging levels of vibration into the environment, coupled with increasing attention being ...

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 ...

It's always good to receive recognition for the work you do and over the years, TRL has been fortunate enough to win a number of awards. Highlighted below are just a few of the more recent accolades ...

Detailed quantitative interviews were carried out with 650 people aged 16 or over, and a smaller number of key questions on cycling were included in an 'omnibus' survey with a nationally ...