Smart motorways were introduced as a cost-effective alternative to road widening, providing increased capacity and reducing congestion on the busiest sections of British motorway. What makes a smart ...

Ever since smart motorways were introduced in the UK in 2006, they have proved highly controversial. The concept was brought in to create much-needed capacity on key parts of a congested road network.

Smart motorways have been a "catastrophic" waste of money, says the president of the AA, with many schemes either losing money or barely breaking even. New research by the motoring organisation has ...

Smart Motorways were once lauded as the future of British motoring, but are now deeply unpopular, and their planned expansion has been put on hold. Why is this?

For many people, the rollout of smart technology across the UK’s road network has been clouded by fears about the removal of traffic-free safety lanes. Traditionally, motorway hard shoulders offered ...

On April 15, Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government announced that plans for new, dangerous “smart motorways will be cancelled in recognition of the current lack of public confidence felt by drivers ...