USDOT Announces $423 Million In Grants Nationwide to Revitalize America’s Bus Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will award $423 million in transit infrastructure grants nationwide to improve the safety and reliability of America’s bus systems and enhance mobility for transit riders. A total of 94 projects in 42 states and the District of Columbia will receive funding from FTA’s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. A list of the selected projects is available online. "Public bu...
In-depth knowledge and advanced data are crucial to saving costs, improving quality and reducing timescales of street works, says Gaist
Skipton, UK: With an ever-increasing number of street works taking place across the UK’s highway networks each year, telecommunications providers need to take advantage of in-depth analysis and data in order to cut costs, improve quality and speed up widescale fibre deployment, Gaist Head of Business Development, Ian Job said today. Addressing the specialist consultants at a private street works conference, Job highlighted how in-depth imagery before and after the necessary street works can p...
HNTB awarded national program management oversight contract from the U.S. Federal Transit Administration
ARLINGTON, Va. – HNTB Corporation received a contract from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration to provide project management oversight services in support of major transit capital projects nationwide. As PMO contractor, HNTB will support FTA’s technical and management role in assessing the ability of transit project sponsors to successfully implement FTA’s capital programs. PMO contractors provide recommendations and insights to assist FTA in determi...
KAI Receives AGCMO Keystone Award for Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being Project
St. Louis, MO - The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) presented KAI with a Keystone Award in the General Contractor Building Construction on a Project Under $15 million category on Nov. 4 for its design-build work on the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being in St. Louis. The Keystone Awards honor the achievements of Missouri’s construction firms and their employees in building facilities that support and enhance quality of life. Located at 1000 North Vandeventer Ave. in the...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $500,000 for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Vermont
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the immediate availability of $500,000 in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help repair roads damaged by storm events in Vermont that affected several counties. The funds were approved after being requested by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). “These emergency funds will help pay for essential repairs to roads and bridges in Vermont damaged by recent storm...
Washington State, Oregon Join Forces to Replace I-5 Highway Bridge
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (D) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) launched a bi-state effort on November 18 to replace the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects the two states. [Above photo via the Washington State Governor’s Office.] “This is a new day,” Gov. Inslee said in a Medium blog post. “We need to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River to benefit both Washingtonians and Oregonians.” Gov. Brown (left) and Gov. Inslee Gov. Brown noted in...
PennDOT’s Leslie Richards Tapped to be General Manager of SEPTA
Leslie Richards (seen above at podium), secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, will become the next general manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority or SEPTA effective January 202o. SEPTA is the regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It employs 9,500 people and is...
Wärtsilä delivers 40 MW engineered equipment for MCM Power to meet Myanmar’s increasing energy demand
The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a 40 MW extended engineered equipment supply contract for a power plant in Shwe Taung, southern central part of Myanmar. The baseload power plant will feed the national grid and will help to alleviate the country’s ongoing energy shortage. The order by independent power producer (IPP) MCM Power with Wärtsilä was placed in September 2019, and the delivery is being expedited on a fast-track basis. The plant will operate on four Wärtsilä 34SG engine...
GRCC to start training program for municipal water system maintenance with JPMorgan Chase grant
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Community College will start a training program focused on jobs related to water, public works, clean energy and river restoration projects with a $150,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase. GRCC is teaming up with the cities of Grand Rapids and Kentwood, the nonprofit Grand Rapids Whitewater, the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority’s Whitewater Project team on the West Michigan Clean Water and Environmental Certifica...
MIT Report Analyzes Factors That May Impact Personal Mobility Choices
A new report issued by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative (MITEI) details how individual travel decisions will be shaped by complex interactions between technologies, markets, business models, government policies, and consumer preferences —especially when it comes to the broader adoption of alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). That report – entitled Insights into Future Mobility – is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the...
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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