North Dakota DOT Releases 5-Year Vision Zero Plan
The North Dakota Department of Transportation unveiled an ambitious five-year “Vision Zero Plan” that is viewed as a starting point for eliminating both fatalities and injuries due to motor vehicle crashes on the state’s highways. “There were 116 motor vehicle crash fatalities in North Dakota in 2017 [and] an interim goal identified in North Dakota’s Vision Zero Plan is to reduce annual motor vehicle crash fatalities to fewer than 75 by 2025,” Ashlee Doan, a public information officer for Nor...
Video: New Champlain Cable-Stayed Bridge
Our web series "Inside the giant" continues and this time, we talk about the Cable-Stayed Bridge and the installation of the main span segments and stays. The Cable-Stayed bridge is the signature element of the bridge and gives the structure a modern and uncluttered elegance. Frédéric Guitard, Area Manager, and Antonio Caracena, Superstructure Engineer, explain the challenges faced in the course of these complex operations
USDOT Announces Final Rule to Accelerate Project Delivery
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a final rule today to amend Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will accelerate project delivery. To date, the new rule is one of the department’s most expansive regulatory realignments of federal environmental transportation policy. “As directed by Congress, this much-needed rule will accelerate the delivery of new...
Helsinki City Transport Adopts Teleste’s S-AWARE® Platform to Build a Unified Situational Awareness System for the Helsinki Metro
Turku, Finland – 31 October 2018 – Teleste Corporation reveals that its S-AWARE® platform has been selected by Helsinki City Transport (“Helsingin kaupungin liikenneliikelaitos”) to drive improved situational awareness and safer travelling across the Helsinki metro system. The deployment of the platform will be started in 2019 and the project will be carried out in several phases and be completed the end of the year 2020. The total value of the deployment will be more than two million euros....
Wolf Administration Announces the Opening of Indiana CNG Transit Fueling Station
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Wolf Administration announced the formal opening of service at one of the 29 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations planned as part of a Public Private Partnership. Officials from PennDOT, Trillium CNG, and IndiGO-Indiana marked the start of fueling at the facility at 1657 Saltsburg Ave., Indiana. "This addition to our growing ranks of transit-based CNG stations means savings for transit operators and a step towards a better environment," Governor Wolf said....
MUJI and Sensible 4 Created Gacha -The First Autonomous Shuttle Bus in the World for All Weather Conditions
MUJI and Finnish autonomous driving company Sensible 4 have combined their expertise to create an elegant robotbus, first in the world to function in all weather conditions. The vehicle will be displayed to public in its premiere March 2019 in Helsinki. For this shuttle Sensible 4 provides the autonomous driving technology which ensures the vehicle with superior positioning, navigation and obstacle detection performance thus allowing autonomous driving throughout the year regardless of the e...
Annual Study Updates Impact of Traffic Congestion on Job Access Within Major U.S. Cities
The latest research updates for an annual study overseen by the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota estimates the impact of traffic congestion on access to jobs indicates that Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco are now the top three U.S. metropolitan areas for “loss in job accessibility” due to traffic congestion. [Above photo by Minnesota DOT.] The new rankings are part of the Access Across America study, which began in 2013 and is sponsored by the National Acce...
Comprehensive Bridge Reconstruction Design Project in Washington Opens to Traffic
Rimrock, WA - On October 22, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) celebrated the opening of the newly replaced Wildcat Creek Bridge on US 12 east of White Pass, Washington, with a grand opening event attended by local and state officials and dignitaries. Stantec, a global engineering and consulting firm, led the design of the comprehensive bridge replacement project of Wildcat Creek Bridge for WSDOT in collaboration with Graham Contracting. The previous 150-foot bridge cross...
New Champlain Bridge : Not Far from the Goal
This morning, media representatives were invited to participate in a project update and site visit of the Cable Stayed Bridge deck with, among others, the Honorable Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. At this occasion, Signature on the Saint-Lawrence (SSL) announced that the opening of the new Champlain Bridge to traffic will not take place on December 21st. That said, the work is progressing well and we are planning that the bridge structure will be compl...
Trump Signs Legislation Clearing Way for Long-sought Soo Lock Improvements
Legislation expected to lead to long-sought improvements and upgrades to the Soo Locks complex in Sault Ste. Marie, considered a vital linchpin to Michigan, the nation’s economy and national security, was signed into law by President Trump on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, following approval in the U.S. Senate. According to MFB National Legislative Counsel John Kran, the Senate approved S. 3021, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (WRDA 2018) by a 99-1 vote on Oct. 10, 2018. The U.S. House ov...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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