Featured Articles
Featured Articles brings together the top-performing and most talked-about articles published on Highways Today. Curated by our editorial team, this collection showcases standout stories that have captured industry attention — from groundbreaking projects and cutting-edge technologies to expert insights and global trends shaping the future of infrastructure.
Insta360 Redefines the AI Webcam for Professional Work at CES
Insta360 Redefines the AI Webcam for Professional Work at CES For much of the past decade, webcams have lagged behind the realities of modern work. While construction, infrastructure, and industrial t...
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The New Blueprint for Sustainable Mining
The New Blueprint for Sustainable Mining Mining and quarrying have long been synonymous with environmental disruption, from gaping open pits and scarred landscapes to polluted waterways and deforestat...
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EBRD Financing Unlocks Heavy Lift Infrastructure Across Central Asia
EBRD Financing Unlocks Heavy Lift Infrastructure Across Central Asia Across Central Asia, a quiet but decisive shift is under way. Wind farms are rising across open steppe, ports and rail corridors ar...
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EU Backs Rail Upgrade in Montenegro to Bolster Balkan Connectivity
EU Backs Rail Upgrade in Montenegro to Bolster Balkan Connectivity The European Union has committed a substantial €175.6 million package to reconstruct 39 kilometres of the Bar-Golubovci railway line,...
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Hawaii Builds a Data Driven Road Network With Bentley Blyncsy
Hawaii Builds a Data Driven Road Network With Bentley Blyncsy Across the global road sector, one challenge refuses to go away. Governments spend billions building and upgrading highways, yet most of t...
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Solid State Batteries Move Onsite as ProLogium Targets Construction at CES
Solid State Batteries Move Onsite as ProLogium Targets Construction at CES Solid-state batteries have long promised a step change in safety, performance, and reliability, yet large-scale industrial ad...
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Caterpillar shows of Cat AI Assistant at CES
Caterpillar shows of Cat AI Assistant at CES After more than a century of engineering progress, Caterpillar Inc. has reached another inflection point with the launch of Cat AI Assistant. Rather than t...
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Bobcat is Rewriting the Rules of Compact Equipment at CES
Bobcat is Rewriting the Rules of Compact Equipment at CES The construction sector rarely changes direction overnight. Progress tends to arrive in measured steps, shaped by hard lessons learned on real...
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Greening Riyadh Through Yokogawa Intelligent Urban Control
Greening Riyadh Through Yokogawa Intelligent Urban Control Riyadh is in the middle of a profound transformation, one that places environmental quality and liveability at the heart of urban planning. T...
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Oshkosh Corp Showcases Autonomous, AI and Electric Solutions at CES
Oshkosh Corp Showcases Autonomous, AI and Electric Solutions at CES At CES, booth #4418 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center became a showcase for how work is evolving across constructi...
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Lenovo and NVIDIA Push AI Cloud Infrastructure to Gigawatt Scale
Lenovo and NVIDIA Push AI Cloud Infrastructure to Gigawatt Scale Artificial intelligence has moved beyond experimentation and pilots. Across every major economy, AI is now a production workload, expec...
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The Smart Quarry and the Age of Data Driven Extraction
The Smart Quarry and the Age of Data Driven Extraction Modern quarrying is undergoing a quiet revolution. Once perceived as dusty, rugged sites relying on brute force and old-school intuition, quarrie...
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Bentley Systems Expands Asset Analytics Capabilities with Strategic Acquisitions
Bentley Systems Expands Asset Analytics Capabilities with Strategic Acquisitions Bentley Systems has taken a decisive step to reinforce its position in infrastructure asset intelligence with the acqui...
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Digi International Brings the Edge to Cloud IoT Solutions at CES
Digi International Brings the Edge to Cloud IoT Solutions at CES Each January, CES acts as a barometer for where technology is heading next, and in 2026, the spotlight falls squarely on connected syst...
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Magna AI Joins NVIDIA Inception for Production-Grade AI Infrastructure
Magna AI Joins NVIDIA Inception for Production-Grade AI Infrastructure Artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold. It is no longer a laboratory experiment, a pilot project, or a future aspiration...
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Greece Digitising Public Property for a True Digital Overhaul
Greece Digitising Public Property for a True Digital Overhaul Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance is moving decisively to modernise the way the state understands, protects and utilises i...
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Indonesia Welcomes Its First Electric Wheel Loader From Volvo CE
Indonesia Welcomes Its First Electric Wheel Loader From Volvo CE Volvo Construction Equipment has taken a decisive step in Indonesia’s journey towards low-emission construction with the delivery of th...
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Intertraffic Amsterdam sets the Stage for Traffic Technology and Urban Mobility
Intertraffic Amsterdam sets the Stage for Traffic Technology and Urban Mobility Intertraffic Amsterdam has long been recognised as the world’s most influential meeting place for traffic technology and...
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Resetting the Clock on West Yorkshire Mass Transit
Resetting the Clock on West Yorkshire Mass Transit West Yorkshire’s long anticipated mass transit scheme has entered a more deliberate phase, with the UK government and the West Yorkshire Combined Aut...
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Teledyne FLIR Debuts Thermal Vision for ADAS and Autonomous Safety at CES
Teledyne FLIR Debuts Thermal Vision for ADAS and Autonomous Safety at CES Thermal imaging has been quietly reshaping vehicle safety for years, yet the conversation has often centred on software and pe...
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Brazil Reopens Consultation for Strategic Port Lease at São Sebastião
Brazil Reopens Consultation for Strategic Port Lease at São Sebastião Brazil’s port sector rarely stands still for long, yet some decisions carry more weight than others. The reopening of public consu...
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Major Stations, Rail and Systems Contract Opens for Toronto Subway Expansion
Major Stations, Rail and Systems Contract Opens for Toronto Subway Expansion Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have taken a decisive step forward in delivering one of the Greater Toronto Area’s mos...
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Renewable Energy and Logistics Infrastructure Investments in Kazakhstan
Renewable Energy and Logistics Infrastructure Investments in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s push to modernise its energy and logistics backbone has taken a decisive step forward with new financing from the E...
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TomTom Redefines Lane-Level Mapping and ADAS
TomTom Redefines Lane-Level Mapping and ADAS The push towards safer, more automated mobility has exposed a long-standing weakness in digital mapping. High-definition maps have traditionally delivered...
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Predicting Road Quality and Accessibility in Asia and the Pacific
Predicting Road Quality and Accessibility in Asia and the Pacific Roads sit at the heart of economic and social life. They connect workers to jobs farmers to markets and communities to schools and hea...
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Hyundai’s MobED a Turning Point for Mobile Robotics at CES 2026
Hyundai’s MobED a Turning Point for Mobile Robotics at CES 2026 Hyundai Motor Company has secured a landmark moment in its technology journey, winning the Best of Innovation Award in the Robotic...
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Inside xTool’s Shift to AI-Powered Creative Manufacturing at CES
Inside xTool’s Shift to AI-Powered Creative Manufacturing at CES At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, xTool arrives with a clear statement of intent. The global premium consumer technology brand is no longer pos...
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How Quarries and Aggregates Power Modern Infrastructure
How Quarries and Aggregates Power Modern Infrastructure Modern infrastructure is literally built on rock. Every highway, bridge, rail bed, airport runway, and wind farm rests upon millions of tonnes o...
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Unimogs Reinforce Front Line Flood Response in Britain
Unimogs Reinforce Front Line Flood Response in Britain When floodwaters rise and access routes disappear, the speed at which equipment and people can reach the front line often determines the scale of...
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Building a Robot-Ready Construction Workforce
Building a Robot-Ready Construction Workforce Across global construction markets, the pressure points are stacking up. Chronic labour shortages, an ageing workforce, tightening safety regulations, and...
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Bobcat Creating a Human First Vision for Smarter Construction Equipment at CES
Bobcat Creating a Human First Vision for Smarter Construction Equipment at CES The construction industry does not change overnight, but when it does, the shift tends to be decisive. At CES 2026 in Las...
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Rio Tinto Deepens Partnership with Yinhawangka People in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto Deepens Partnership with Yinhawangka People in the Pilbara Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto have taken a significant step in redefining how large-scale mining operates on tra...
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EBRD Investment Securing Water and Agriculture in Morocco
EBRD Investment Securing Water and Agriculture in Morocco Water has always shaped Morocco’s agricultural heartlands, but in recent decades the balance has tilted dangerously. Declining rainfall, risin...
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Hands-on STEM Robotics and AI Learning with FrodoBots EarthRover Mini+
Hands-on STEM Robotics and AI Learning with FrodoBots EarthRover Mini+ Robotics has long promised to bridge the gap between digital learning and the physical world. In recent years, however, that prom...
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Reengineering Asphalt Performance with Algae Derived Binders
Reengineering Asphalt Performance with Algae Derived Binders Snow, ice and repeated freeze thaw cycles have a habit of exposing the weakest points in paved infrastructure. Across colder regions, winte...
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Almonty and South Korea Take Centre Stage in the Global Tungsten Supply Chain
Almonty and South Korea Take Centre Stage in the Global Tungsten Supply Chain Almonty Industries Inc. has crossed a decisive threshold at its flagship Sangdong Mine in South Korea. The successful deli...
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Investing in Power for Saudi Arabia’s Mountain Economy
Investing in Power for Saudi Arabia’s Mountain Economy High above the Red Sea coast, where the Sarawat Mountains reshape long-held assumptions about Saudi Arabia’s geography, Soudah Peaks is emerging...
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Sharper Insights for Critical Minerals with Data-Driven Mining
Sharper Insights for Critical Minerals with Data-Driven Mining GeologicAI has taken a decisive step to strengthen its position in the global critical minerals sector with the acquisition of Lumo Analy...
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Humans and Machines Redefine Construction Careers
Humans and Machines Redefine Construction Careers Around the world, construction sites are undergoing a quiet revolution. Machines are taking over the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” tasks, and human wor...
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Santa’s Smart Logistics
Santa’s Smart Logistics How the North Pole Would Deliver Christmas in the Digital Age Every December, the same question quietly lingers in the background. How could one operation possibly deliver bill...
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ADB Expands Finance and Infrastructure Investment in Papua New Guinea
ADB Expands Finance and Infrastructure Investment in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea stands at a pivotal moment in its development trajectory. With a rapidly growing population, vast natural resourc...
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Poland’s Offshore Wind Ambitions Gain Momentum with EIB Finance
Poland’s Offshore Wind Ambitions Gain Momentum with EIB Finance The European Investment Bank will commit €600 million to the construction of BC-Wind, a 390 MW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea that...
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Strategic Finance Behind Europe’s Lithium Energy Ambitions
Strategic Finance Behind Europe’s Lithium Energy Ambitions Europe’s race to secure critical raw materials has taken a decisive step forward with the European Investment Bank agreeing to provide €250 m...
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EBRD Road Finance Reinforces Moldova’s Gateway to European Markets
EBRD Road Finance Reinforces Moldova’s Gateway to European Markets Moldova’s road network has moved back into the spotlight following a fresh commitment from the European Bank for Reconstruction and D...
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ADB Financing Climate Resilient Roads in Timor Leste
ADB Financing Climate Resilient Roads in Timor Leste The Government of Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank have formalised a significant financing package aimed at restoring and futureproofing...
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IsDB Mobilises $1.36 Billion in Development Finance for the Region
IsDB Mobilises $1.36 Billion in Development Finance for the Region The Islamic Development Bank has approved a substantial new financing package worth approximately US$ 1.365 billion, marking one of t...
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ADB Mobilises Climate Finance for Ulaanbaatar’s Urban Transport Upgrade
ADB Mobilises Climate Finance for Ulaanbaatar’s Urban Transport Upgrade The Asian Development Bank has approved a $60 million loan for the project finance to support the Government of Mongolia in tran...
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EBRD Channels Investment into Türkiye’s Wind Power Future
EBRD Channels Investment into Türkiye’s Wind Power Future Türkiye’s renewable energy transition has taken another decisive step forward as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has comm...
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Yokogawa and the Digital Backbone of Green Riyadh
Yokogawa and the Digital Backbone of Green Riyadh Saudi Arabia’s ambition to reimagine its urban centres is no longer theoretical. With the Green Riyadh initiative, the capital is being reshaped as a...
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3D Printing Big Ideas into Reality
3D Printing Big Ideas into Reality Additive Engineering Solutions did not begin as a conventional start up story. There was no grand business plan sketched on a whiteboard or investor pitch rehearsed...
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