BTS Statistics Release: May 2016 North American Freight Numbers
Trucks carried more U.S. freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in May 2016 compared to May 2015 but declines in all other freight modes led to a 3.1 percent decrease to $89.8 billion in the total current dollar value of cross-border freight. May was the 17th consecutive month that the total value of U.S.-NAFTA freight declined from the same month of the previous year, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Depar...
Volunteers from Arup and Bechtel Build Footbridge in Rwanda
A team of volunteers from Arup and Bechtel are spending two weeks of their summer building a pedestrian bridge in Rwanda. The new span will provide safe, year-round access to schools, markets, and health care facilities for the 12,000 residents of Kukibuye. In the last year, two people were killed and seven were injured while walking across the logs that currently cross the Mukungwa River near the northwestern Rwandan village. The team of ten engineers drawn from Arup and Bechtel have part...
Fluor-Led Team Completes Second Major U.S. Transit P3 Commuter Rail Line from Denver’s Union Station to Westminster
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Denver Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Project completed and opened the six-mile B Line from Denver’s Downtown Union Station to Westminster Station located in the growing Denver-Boulder corridor. This milestone marks the second major commuter rail line opening on the public-private partnership (P3) project this year for the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), following the April 2016 opening of the University of Colorado A...
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Announces Availability of $8.9 Million for Tribal Transportation Grants
A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that appeared in the Federal Register this week announced the availability of $8.9 million in competitive grants from the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds program. The FHWA plans to conduct outreach regarding the TTPSF in the form of a Webinar on August 3, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., ET. To join the Webinar, please click this link then enter the room as a guest: https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/tribaltrans/. Since last July, FHWA has awarded $8.5...
New Superstructure at Central Avenue Bridge Slides into Place
Toronto, ON — A new superstructure will be laterally slid into its permanent place today at the Central Avenue Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario. The Regional Municipality of Niagara has partnered with Hatch to replace the 63 year old bridge and extend the structure’s life as a local transportation corridor. “This is an exciting project milestone and impressive engineering achievement,” said Biljana Rajlic, Hatch’s Practice Lead for Highways & Bridges. “Our goal has been to reduce the impact of co...
Midtown Tunnel Opens to One Lane of Traffic; Lane Opens Six Months Ahead of Schedule
PASADENA, CA – Parsons, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation, is pleased to announce that one westbound lane of traffic is now open in the new, 4,300‑ft-long Midtown Tunnel under the Elizabeth River, which connects U.S. Route 58 between Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA. The tunnel is part of the $1.5 billion Elizabeth River Tunnels Project in which Parsons serves as managing partner of the joint venture responsible for providing program management, including oversight of both...
Toronto Pearson Unveils Latest Phase of Terminal 3 Redesign
Toronto Pearson today unveiled the latest redesigned space in the airport’s Terminal 3 – Node C. Designed by Stantec, Node C has been transformed into a passenger-focused space, full of natural light and dynamic retail. Stantec served as lead designer of the revitalized Node C, which is part of the ongoing enhancement of Toronto Pearson’s Terminal 3. “When we reimagined Node C, our focus was on creating the best possible passenger experience,” said Paul Gogan, Stantec’s Commercial Buildings P...
First Train Beam Installed at MiamiCentral
MIAMI – June 20, 2016 – The first of 247 massive precast concrete beams (also known as Florida I Beams or FIBs) was lifted into place at MiamiCentral Monday afternoon, as the 11-acre transportation hub continues to take shape in Downtown Miami. The beams average 73 feet in length and the largest spans are in excess of 120 feet. Approximately four FIBs will be installed each day over the next eight to ten weeks. The FIBs, produced in Tampa and trucked to Miami, sit on spring vibration isolator...
Equipped with Velodyne LiDAR’s HDL-32E, Novus Drive Debuts as India’s First Driverless Shuttle
MORGAN HILL, Calif. – Helping guide India’s first driverless shuttle, Velodyne LiDAR today announced that it has provided its HDL-32E real-time 3D LiDAR sensor to Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz, developer of the 14-seat Novus Drive autonomous vehicle. Built in Gurgaon, 20 miles south of New Delhi, the Novus Drive shuttle debuted at the recent 2016 Auto Expo Motor Show in Delhi, ferrying visitors from one pavilion to another. The Novus Drive achieves full autonomy through its on-board 32-channel Vel...
Maintaining a Safe and Secure Tunnel Infrastructure
By Urs Rufener, Security Applications Director, Siemens Building Technologies Globalization – the ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a worldwide network of communication, trade and travel – has shown tremendous acceleration over the past few decades. Global trade has increased nearly thirty-fold since 1950. This is also reflected in transport networks. Freight transport worldwide is forecast to increase over 60 percent by 2030....
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