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The Victoria line, extended to Brixton by July 1971, was London's first completely new underground line since the 'tube boom' of the early twentieth century. The new line created connections between the underground and national rail networks, and relieved congestion on London's transport network. Three decades later, Brixton station was at the forefront of a new challenge, this time to improve accessibility of the London Underground network to disabled and encumbered passengers. In 2001 work began to provide step-free access from street to platform levels at Brixton station, to alleviate congestion within the station, and to harness additional benefits by constructing new office and retail facilities. This paper describes the construction, emergency preparedness, site safety, contract administration and assurance aspects of delivering the project. The project successfully executed demolition, building construction, structural, tunnelling and services works while maintaining the safe and effective operation of the station. A number of recommendations are made to assist in the execution of similar projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Highways Agency's National Traffic Control Centre (NTCC) became fully operational in November 2003. The services provided by the control centre are key to satisfying the objectives of providing better information to travellers and ensuring more reliable journeys. This paper describes the policy context within which the control centre has been delivered; the means by which it collects data on conditions on England's motorway and all-purpose trunk road network; how those data are analysed; and the means by which information is disseminated to the general public. These services are providing the catalyst for the development of traffic information delivery tools by the Agency and private sector information providers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]