AppyWay maps 45,000km of UK kerbside restrictions

UK kerbside and traffic data company AppyWay has now mapped more than 45,000km of kerbside.

It claims this create a legal-grade digital twin of the rules of the road across the UK that is more than the circumference of the earth, which measures 40,075.017km.

Kerbside restriction dataset

The figure makes AppyWay’s dataset one of the largest standardised collections of kerbside restriction data in the world. It covers parking, loading and waiting restrictions across a growing list of local authorities, captured in a single consistent format.

AppyWay’s ability to map granular restrictions at scale comes at a time when the UK Department for Transport is making  it mandatory for English local authorities to publish machine-readable maps by the end of 2026.

“Local authorities have relied on hugely inefficient paper records and outdated systems for years. We are turning that into clean, standardised, usable data, and we are making it happen at scale”

The mandate supports the Automated Vehicles Act, which will enable kerbside compliance for RobotTaxis through machine-readable regulation maps, called Digital Traffic Orders (DTRO). AppyWay said councils that get ahead of the deadline now will avoid a rush later.

“We believe this is the same moment for kerbside management. Local authorities have relied on hugely inefficient paper records and outdated systems for years,” said Dan Hubert, founder and CEO of AppyWay. “We are turning that into clean, standardised, usable data, and we are making it happen at scale.

“We now work with nearly a quarter of local authorities in the UK, and we have a 75 per cent win rate on the contracts we bid for. That tells us we are building something that works and something the sector actually needs to create a less congested road network and a more efficient public service.”