Providence's T.F. Green Airport Runway 5 Extension Awarded ISI Envision(R) Gold
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – Providence’s Runway 5 Extension at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) has received the Envision rating system’s Gold award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), which recognizes sustainable infrastructure across the full range of environmental, social, and economic impacts. Operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), the project is the 16th overall Envision-rated project and first project rated in Rhode Island. The lengthening of T.F. Green’s main r...
A Crash for Safety – DLR Testing New Crash Concept for Future High Speed Trains
Rail accidents, even those that occur at low speeds, can have devastating consequences – in many cases, hundreds of tons of moving mass collide with each other, and carriages crash into each other or even derail. In order to protect passengers and crew members and minimise the consequences of accidents, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have developed a new kind of crash concept. It involves the use of special crumple zones, which are loc...
CDOT Launches Spanish-Language DUI Campaign
STATEWIDE — Determined to reduce the growing number of Hispanics who die in car crashes each year, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is launching a new Spanish-language impaired driving (DUI) television public service announcement (PSA). “Safety is a top priority for CDOT and this PSA continues our efforts to reach Colorado residents with culturally- and linguistically-relevant safety messaging,” said Sam Cole, CDOT Communications Manager. “The loss and suffering that comes wit...
Pennsylvania Selected to Host State Transportation Innovation Council Roundtable Discussion
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards today joined US Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Gregory Nadeau and FHWA Division Administrator Renee Sigel to showcase the Pennsylvania State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC). Pennsylvania was chosen to host because of the success of the Pennsylvania STIC. “We are proud to be playing a leading role nationally...
ADOT Honored for US 89A Repairs After 2015 House Rock Flash Flood
PHOENIX - After a spectacularly strong monsoon dumped 1.5 inches of rain on northern Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs in just 15 minutes, it was no surprise that mud and rocks had covered US 89A. But when Arizona Department of Transportation crews arrived on that day in August 2015, what they saw stopped their bulldozers in their tracks: boulders the size of elephants – 15 feet in diameter – and mud in seven different slides that covered portions of 24 miles of the only road across a wide area nort...
U.S. Department of Transportation Honors PennDOT in Nation’s First Highway Innovation Showcase
HARRISBURG, Pa. – U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Victor Mendez and Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau joined state and local officials today at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Innovation Showcase, and recognized the Keystone State as a model for the nation in using state-of-the-art technologies on its highway projects. “For many years, Pennsylvania has inspired other states with their transportation innovations,” said Deputy Secretary Mendez. “The PennD...
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Achieves Major Milestone With Carbon Neutral Recognition
DFW AIRPORT, Texas - Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport has become the first airport in North America to achieve Carbon Neutral status, one of only 23 airports worldwide to achieve the milestone distinction. The Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) Program upgraded DFW Airport to "Level 3+ Neutrality", which is the highest level of environmental achievement available to airports. The recognition culminates nearly two decades of sustainability efforts by DFW Airport to reduce its own e...
CH2M Research Team to Provide Guidance on Advanced Computer Maintenance Management System Integration for Airports
The Airport Cooperative Research Program, a U.S.-based industry-driven, applied research program that develops practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators, has selected CH2M as its research partner for developing practical step-by-step guidance material to improve the journey for the aviation industry and, specifically, airport managers when designing and implementing or refining a robust and reliable Computer Maintenance Management System. With a complex set of systems rivalin...
Transportation to the Volcano
The route up to the windy heights of Viento Blanco Wind Farm is ten kilometers long and leads past an active volcano. It follows a narrow winding mountain road lined with trees and rock overhangs and gradients of up to 18 percent uphill and 13 percent downhill. Seven Vestas V 112 wind turbines are being installed at the wind farm. The rotor blades were transported over a distance of 80 kilometers from the Guatemalan port of Puerto Quetzal to the Viento Blanco site by the DACO HEAVY LIFT DE CENTR...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces TIGER Awards Nearly $500 Million in Grants to Projects Focused on Safety and Economic Opportunity
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today nearly $500 million will be made available for transportation projects across the country in the eighth round of the highly successful and competitive Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. Secretary Foxx was joined by Jeff Zients, Director of the National Economic Council at the White House, and Mayor William Peduto of Pittsburgh, PA on a national call with reporters to highlight how...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
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