The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) tasked a team of Purdue University engineers with collecting data on concrete maturity through select highway patching and paving projects. The team will use the data to provide a new evidence-based recommendation…
Video: State DOTs Leading the Evolution of Drones
In this Transportation TV News Special Report, Building Highways in the Sky: State DOTs Leading the Evolution of Drones learn about a March 2018 survey…
Minneapolis’ Autonomous Infrastructure: Drones
Minnesota is tapping drones to improve safety inspections for its aging bridges.
Tide-Triggered Tremors Give Clues for Earthquake Prediction
The triggering of small, deep earthquakes along California’s San Andreas Fault reveals depth-dependent frictional behavior that may provide insight into patterns signaling when a major quake could be on the horizon, according to a paper released this week…
RIEGL Laser Scanners Used in Forensics and Accident Reconstruction
The use of the RIEGL terrestrial laser scanners, combined with RiSOLVE, is optimized for accident collision investigations. The state of the art hardware and software can be used to rapidly collect evidence at the scene of collisions, which helps to reduce…
AmeyVTOL Transforms Asset Inspection Using Unique Drone Technology
A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and world leading drone technology experts, VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to…
Velodyne LiDAR Announces Partnership Agreement with Dibotics
MORGAN HILL, Calif., July 12, 2016— Aiming squarely at the emerging markets of drone mapping and mobile robotics, Velodyne LiDAR today announced a partnership agreement with Dibotics,  a Paris-based pioneer in GPS-denied and infrastructure-less navigation.…
Kestrel Introduces the 5200 Professional Environmental Meter
Boothwyn, PA, June 30, 2016 – Kestrel Weather Instruments, a Nielsen-Kellerman brand, has launched the Kestrel 5200 Professional Environmental Meter to the construction industry to provide weather and building performance readings critical to delivering…
Georgia DOT Marks 20 Years of Navigator 511 and the Transportation Management Center
ATLANTA - When Atlanta won the bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Georgia Department of Transportation knew that it was vital to address traffic management for the two million visitors that would come to the region. Since the late 1980s, Georgia DOT…
Development Underway on a Global Standard for Car-to-Cloud Data Exchange
BERLIN, June 29, 2016—HERE, the location cloud company, today announced a significant step forward in efforts to drive a global standard for vehicle-to-cloud data - a development which in turn brings the promise of automated vehicles closer to reality. Following…
