The Highways Podcast - Episode 1 (9 March 2026)
The Highways Podcast is back with a fresh new look. This episode, Dominic Browne, editor of Highways magazine, discusses why you should never play poker with outgoing National Highways chief executive Nick Harris, the DfT's national road safety strategy, local road maintenance ratings, pavement parking and some of the exciting things the magazine has coming up. Listen in and join the debate.




























COMMENT AND ANALYSIS
Comment: Telematics and the future of fleet management
Kathryn Vassilissin, sales manager for vendor finance Siemens Financial Services (SFS), discusses the telematics revolution in fleet management.
Comment: To have transparency, we must first have clarity
Jonathan Munslow, chair of the NHT Network - the sector's largest public satisfaction survey - responds to the Government's recent local highways authority road maintenance ratings; arguing in favour of transparency but also the need for trust in the system that provides it.