Shared Bike and E-Scooter Trips More Than Doubled Last Year, NACTO Says
According to an annual shared micro-mobility report compiled by the National Association of City Transportation Officials and released on April 17, more than twice as many shared bicycle and e-scooter trips were taken in 2018 – 84 million – compared to 2017. The group noted that 36.5 million of those “micro-mobility” trips were taken on station-based bikes – an increase of 9 percent from 2017 – with only 9 million trips taken via dockless shared bikes, while another 38.5 million trips were taken...
Rhode Island: $715M in Bridge and Road Repairs are Planned
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island transportation officials say they’ll have 77 construction projects this year totaling $715 million. The state began tolling trucks last year to pay for bridge and road repairs. Neighboring Connecticut is considering whether to implement tolls. The Department of Transportation held an event Friday to begin its 2019 construction season at the Interstate 295 bridges between Johnston and Cranston, Rhode Island. The department is repairing the bridges this y...
SCDOT Repairs Continue to Damaged College Park Road Bridge Over Interstate 26, Closures Planned
Repair work is continuing on a major overpass of Interstate 26 in Berkeley County that was damaged earlier this month when a tractor-trailer crashed into it. The S.C. Department of Transportation has modified pavement markings, signs and overhead signals so that the overpass can continue to accommodate traffic, officials stated. State transportation officials issued an emergency contract to repair the bridge as soon as possible and restore normal operations. ...
State DOTs Bracing for Potential Changes to 5G Spectrum
In a White House press briefing on April 12, President Trump committed his administration to “freeing up as much wireless spectrum as needed” to speed up the build out 5G wireless networks; a move that could open the 5.9 GHz transmission band, currently reserved for transportation communication needs, for other commercial uses. [Above: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour.] “Secure 5G networks will absolutely be a vital link to America’s prosperity and national security in the 21st cen...
Fugro Supports Targeted Maintenance of Dutch Roads Under New 5-Year Survey Contract
Fugro is commencing a five-year contract to undertake road pavement condition surveys in the Netherlands for Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management). The contract includes an option to extend to 10 years. Collecting surface condition and road measurement data from 8,600 kilometres of principal highways each year, Fugro will use the latest generation of its Automatic Road Analyzer (ARAN), which is adapted to meet European specifications and includes...
Topcon Announces Cloud-Connected Logistics Application for Paving
LIVERMORE, Calif., U.S./ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, the Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces the introduction of Pavelink, a cloud-based logistics application designed to connect every stakeholder in real-time throughout the paving process. The mobile application is designed to complete a connected ecosystem workflow between the asphalt plants, delivery trucks, company office, and paving site. The software as a service (SaaS) application has been developed by the Topcon Technology Ein...
Design & Construction of More Forgiving Roadways Will Help Save More Lives & Reduce Injuries, ARTBA Tells Congress
(WASHINGTON)—The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) April 9 called for a fundamental shift in how the nation approaches road safety, emphasizing the need to design and build a transportation network that better compensates for error so that drivers, passengers, workers and other road users don’t pay for behavioral mistakes with their lives. The association submitted written testimony to a House Highway & Transit Subcommittee hearing, “Every Life Counts: Improving S...
Acrow Supplies 61 Bridges to Panama’s Ministry of Public Works for Rural Infrastructure Development
(Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce that it provided Panama’s Ministry of Public Works with 61 modular steel bridges in 2018, along with training on assembly and installation of the structures to enable local engineers, technicians and contractors to implement this priority infrastructure project. Acrow is pleased to further report that approximately half of the bridges have already been installed. ...
Twenty-Eight Bridge Grants Awarded in South Dakota
The South Dakota Transportation Commission has awarded 28 preservation, rehabilitation, and replacement bridge improvement grants – known as the BIG program – to 22 cities and counties across the state totaling approximately $13.93 million. The BIG program – created in 2015 by Senate Bill 1 – sets aside $7 million per year from funds generated by license plate fees to be used to repair and replace aging local bridges. The South Dakota Department of Transportation adds an additional $8 million...
The Trusted Noise Barrier Wall for Virginia I-66 Project
Durisol® awarded the supply the noise barrier walls for the I-66 outside the Beltway highway transformation, with installation set to begin June 2019. Prince William County, VA – The transformation of the Virginia I-66 will begin this coming June and will require the supply of Durisol absorptive wall panels for a 523,000 square foot noise barrier wall along the highway. To mitigate the highway traffic noise impact on adjacent residential communities, noise walls will be constructed or repl...
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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