PennDOT Breaks Ground on New District 6 Regional Traffic Management Center in King of Prussia
King of Prussia, PA – PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian and District 6 Executive Kenneth M. McClain were joined today by Transportation Chairs Sen. John Sabatina and Rep. Tim Hennessey, Upper Merion Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Jenaway and state and local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony to highlight the start of construction on the new District 6 Regional Traffic Management Center (RTMC) and parking structure on the existing PennDOT Engineering District 6 office property l...
Transportation Officials Report Increased Traffic on Some Roadways, But Reshaping of Industry for Years to Come Due To Pandemic
Five Months into COVID-19 Pandemic, the Country’s Most Important and Iconic Transportation Systems Continue to Feel Historic Impact and Loss of Revenue WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling, reports that many of America’s major roadways continue to experience significant impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Five months after...
New transportation technology program funding available
Projects that promote safety, improve access or mobility and update transportation technology can receive financial assistance in a new Innovative Technology Program created by the Kansas Department of Transportation. All transportation modes and technologies are eligible, including roadway (on and off the state highway system), rail, aviation, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), alternative fuels, public safety data, bicycle/pedestrian and public transit....
PennDOT Earns Regional America's Transportation Awards for Operations Excellence and Best Use of Technology
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently received regional America's Transportation Awards for operational excellence and best use of technology. The department's operational excellence award was for the Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement ProgramOpens In A New Window and the best use of technology award was for the Shaler Street Bridge ReplacementOpens In A New Window. "Innovation is at the heart of PennDOT initiatives across the state," said Pen...
New I-85/I-385 “Gateway” Interchange Receives Transportation Award
Gateway Recognized as #1 in “Operations Excellence” in Southeast The value Greenville area residents and businesses have gained from the new I-85/I-385 Interchange since it opened to traffic has just been affirmed with an award of excellence the project received from the Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO). The new interchange, known as the “Gateway” project, has received SASHTO’s top award for “Operations Excellence” among large road a...
DelDOT Earns Award for US 301 Mainline Project
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) earned regional recognition in the America's Transportation Awards for the US 301 Mainline Project which opened to traffic in January 2019. In the America's Transportation Awards competition sponsored by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, state DOTs compete in three categories: Quality of Life/Community Development; Best Use of Technology and Innovation; and Oper...
Western State DOTs Win Awards for Transportation Projects
A batch of transportation projects across Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State earned regional recognition in the 2020 America’s Transportation Awards competition for providing solutions that increase safety and save lives, make infrastructure more resilient, while improving the quality of life for their communities. [Above photo by the Hawaii DOT.] Patrick McKenna. Photo by the Missouri DOT. “The people who planned, engineered and built...
Nestlé Waters Becomes First Food and Beverage Company in the World to Earn Platinum Rating under the Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard
The Ontario, California Factory received AWS’ highest attainable certification, recognition of the site’s elite performance in water stewardship and community engagement All five California Nestlé Waters factories and all seven Arrowhead® Brand 100% Natural Mountain Spring Water factories are certified under the rigorous water standard ONTARIO, Calif. – Nestlé Waters North America today announced that its Ontario, California water bottling site is the first food and beverage factory in...
Great Outdoors Colorado and Gates Family Foundation Grant $205,000 to Help Land Trusts Remotely Monitor Conservation Properties in Time of COVID
DENVER – Keep It Colorado, a nonprofit coalition of conservation partners including land trusts, public agencies and conservation professionals, has received $205,000 in grants from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and the Gates Family Foundation. The grant allows Keep It Colorado to launch a program that will help 12 land trusts use remote technologies – such as satellite and aerial imagery – to monitor conservation properties across the state. Remote monitoring is being used as an alternative to...
Xylem’s revolutionary Leopold Type 360 underdrain features innovative backwashing capability
New bolt down model increases efficiency RYE BROOK, N.Y., – Xylem now offers the Leopold Type 360 underdrain, a bolt down underdrain system for greenfield projects and water treatment filtration rehabilitation projects. The underdrain system has an innovative design concept where backwash water flows in a 360-degree pattern, increasing efficiency by up to 20%. “The industry challenged us to create an underdrain that combines efficiency, straightforward installation and individually se...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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