Five Key Trends in Transportation Technology: From Automated Vehicles to AI, Advancements Are Remaking the Way We Move
The transportation industry finds itself at the forefront of a dynamic era marked by unprecedented technological advancements. By Ben Pierce, David Ungemah, Mike Lewis, Rob Mowat and Jim Hanson Automated vehicles are reshaping traditional models of transportation, promising enhanced safety and efficiency. Managed lanes are transforming how we conceptualize and utilize road networks, optimizing traffic flow in urban corridors. Electric vehicles (EVs) are marching inevitably forward, becom...
Rail Infrastructure Revival: Upgrading the Century-Old Loxahatchee Bridge
The Loxahatchee Bridge project increased rail capacity and improved reliability along the corridor that serves as a key link in the regional passenger-rail service between Miami and Orlando. The Loxahatchee Bridge project in Florida showcases how ingenuity, collaboration and adaptability were applied to modernize—rather than replace—a century-old bridge to benefit the community and commerce alike. Restoring the bridge to its original full use, combined with many unknown conditions and weak...
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Transportation Troubleshooting: How Close Is U.S. Transition to Zero-Emissions Trucks?
After a surge in capital investment and hiring in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the trucking industry has struggled for the last 18 months with lower demand, declining freight rates and increasing diesel prices. So it may seem premature to ask the trucking industry to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by adopting expensive new electric and hydrogen vehicles. But the Biden Administration still hopes to achieve this ambitious and worthy goal, and with careful approaches to im...
Engineering the Future: Infrastructure Is the Hypothalamus of Society
The basic functions of your body are controlled by the hypothalamus—think “breathe, breathe, heart beats, I’m hungry.” Similarly, every aspect of a modern economy is based on the foundation provided by a strong, efficient and resilient infrastructure. It supports a modern economy, silently, with a select few understanding the large amount of work required to keep it running. Society doesn’t see such infrastructure until there’s a catastrophic failure. Following a failure, there’s a rush to judgm...
Thoughts From Engineers: Enhanced Aquifer Recharge Goes Mainstream
Sometimes it takes converging events to suddenly ramp up interest in a particular water-management technology. Articles with headlines such as “America is using up its groundwater like there’s no tomorrow” (bit.ly/IsNoTomorrow) do little to quell fear, but data show that the United States has hit all types of records in recent years—from record heat and drought to precipitation and flooding. Notwithstanding the many climate and aquifer model projections in circulation, the common theme is uncert...
Infrastructure Outlook: A Better Road Ahead for Baltimore Harbor Traffic
Peter Vanderzee Despite unforeseen complexities related to recovery of those who perished and complex entanglement of the collapsed structure with the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key (FSK) bridge collapse, transportation officials in Maryland now expect to be able to reopen the Baltimore Harbor Channel to commercial ship traffic this coming week, less than two months after the maritime disaster that destroyed the main span of the FSK Bridge. While this is good news, the bigge...
Global Capital Projects Outlook Released
Despite many challenges, the survey shows optimism remains high in the construction world, with digital technologies, economic growth and recovery, and sustainable building projects identified as key areas of growth. In today’s turbulent economic conditions, people who build our infrastructure projects want to know the status of their business and what the future holds. To help answer that, InEight, a company that develops and sells construction management software, launched its...
Multi-Billion Dollar Investments Propel Bridge Repair and Replacement Projects Nationwide
Approximately $14.4 billion is spent yearly to repair, rehabilitate or replace bridges in America. However, that yearly amount has increased and will continue to increase because the backlog of critically needed bridge repairs is estimated to be $125 billion. With about 50,000 bridges with very significant issues awaiting attention, an estimated 40% of them can be rehabilitated, but at least 35% will require a complete replacement. Many of the bridges in America were constructed about the same t...
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