Earlier this year, we published an article investigating the worsening parking crisis in Dumfries. If you missed it, here’s the short version: Dumfries and Galloway Council axed traffic wardens from the regions, trusting motorists to voluntarily abide by parking restrictions. … Continued

Scotland has seen its fair share of peculiar traffic infrastructure decisions but none more so than this perplexing story from Dumfries. Motorists travelling down the one-way street Jenny’s Loaning in Castle Douglas are left confused and scratching their heads when … Continued

Earlier this month, Lanark’s A702 proved too much for a supercar taking part in the annual motoring pilgrimage, the Gumball 3000. The cross-Europe trek started in Dublin, before heading over to Edinburgh and then southward to continental Europe and Bucharest. However, the … Continued

The town of Lanark becomes an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) after alarming test results show particular areas of the town are critically close to violate the legal safety limit for air pollution. Due to the major impact air quality … Continued

In 2010 Dumfries launched a £155,000 bike hire scheme called Bike2Go, designed to encourage residents to swap their car for a bike. This was in line with the Scottish Government’s set vision during the same year: 10% of all journeys … Continued

In early 2014, Dumfries and Galloway Council made the decision to axe traffic wardens across the whole region. In the nine months immediately after the removal of wardens, the number of tickets issued fell from 3,363 to ~1,600. That, in and … Continued

Utilities work on the roads around Lanark are nothing new. In fact, it’s something motorists have to endure across the whole of Scotland — and when you’re dealing with 55,768 kilometres of infrastructure, that’s probably always going to be the case. Every … Continued

There’s too many traffic lights. That’s the message from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in a new study into traffic controls and the economy. And for anyone who spends their daily commute crawling along the street at the pace of … Continued

Earlier this year, investigators discovered that German car manufacturer Volkswagen had fitted defeat devices to millions of their cars, artificially reducing their emissions during pollution tests. If this is the first you’re hearing about defeat devices, let me catch you … Continued

The fact that driverless cars can traverse busy roads and negotiate crowded highways is impressive – some human drivers haven’t mastered it yet! However, you have to remember current driverless cars are limited to relatively slow speed and low stress situations. … Continued