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WDM USA joined more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The convention and exhibition, held from January 13–17, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre, covered all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops. Contact us for future events The meeting...

EU member states have given strong backing to a package of new minimum vehicle safety standards.  If this legislation is passed, it will prevent 25,000 people from dying over 16 years – a massive step forward for road safety. Contact us for more information Antonio Avenoso, Executive Director of the European Transport Safety Council said: “We strongly urge members of...

Call for Proposals The Safer Roads International Conference was a triennial event for roadway safety professionals and transportation officials from around the globe. The conference brought together industry leaders, government officials, corporate roadway department personnel, and others in the roadway safety infrastructure industry, with a focus on improving processes and communication to work more efficiently. For the first time...

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has launched a new social media campaign in support of future EU vehicle safety standards. In May this year the European Commission announced a significant proposal to upgrade mandatory vehicle safety standards for all new cars, vans, lorries and buses sold in the EU. The combination of new standards and technologies could save 25,000...

Central government and private industry, including WDM® USA, have joined forces in a world-first investigation to assess braking distances on our unique chipseal roads. The NZ Transport Agency project, which was carried out by WSP Opus and supported by the New Zealand Police and Upper Hutt City Council, sought to identify whether bitumen tracking that occurs during warm...

Mark Stephenson, Head of Consultancy Services at WDM®, gave delegates at the Road Surface Treatment Association seminar an insight into the research carried out on the effectiveness of high friction surfacing treatment. WDM® have measured the in-service sideway force coefficient, or wet skidding resistance of HFST, across the UK. The data collected supports the TRL findings published...

The opportunity to help make American roads safer for her family and friends was the key incentive for Ryland Potter to join highway asset management specialists, WDM USA. W.D.M. Limited, the UK’s leading manufacturer of road surveying equipment, has appointed Ryland Potter as Director of Business Development for a newly-formed US subsidiary, WDM USA. Ryland spent...

WDM USA Limited will offer continuous surface friction measurement survey services to American highway authorities from 2019, to help deliver safer roads and save lives. The new US Company has been set up by W.D.M. Limited, the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of road survey equipment and foremost provider of road survey services. One of the Company...