DOE To Invest $128M In Sustainable Transportation Research
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to invest of up to $128 million in funding for research and development of sustainable transportation resources and technologies — money subject to the availability of appropriated funds, it stressed. [Above photo by the DOE.] That money – split between three separate funding opportunity announcements or FOAs– aims to ensure that American families “have greater choice in how their transportation energy needs are met,” explained Mark Menezes, deputy secre...
ARTBA: Transportation Construction Market To Shrink In 2021
The U.S. transportation construction market should shrink by 5.5 percent in 2021 primarily due to the severe economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual forecast released December 10 by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. [Above photo by the West Virginia DOT.] Overall, the value of work should drop from $294.2 billion in 2020 to $278.1 billion in 2021, according to Alison Premo Black, ARTBA’s chief economist. Alison Premo Black “Not su...
360 Transit Alliance Joint Venture selected to lead project controls for four Toronto subway lines
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have selected 360 Transit Alliance Joint Venture, which includes key partners Stantec and Jacobs, to execute a Program Control Services Contract for Ontario’s four priority transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area. These include the new Ontario Line, the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Yonge Street North Subway Extension, and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension – with a total estimated capital value of $28.5 billion. 360 Transit Alliance will...
Landslide Bill Clears Congress
Fairfax,VA – John M. Palatiello & Associates, Inc. (JMP&A), the nation’s leading government relations and association management firm representing the surveying, mapping, GIS, and geospatial community, applauded yesterday’s passage of the bi-partisan “National Landslide Preparedness Act”, H.R. 8810, in the U.S. Senate. The Senate action, by unanimous consent, followed earlier approval by the House of Representatives and clears the bill for signature into law by President Trump. The Senate bil...
Ecobot Joins Trimble’s GIS Partner Program to Empower Environmental Regulatory Reporting
Trimble GNSS Integrates with Ecobot’s Natural Resources Platform to Enable Fast Sub-Meter Accurate Wetland Delineation SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that Ecobot, a software company that provides cloud-based applications to speed environmental regulatory reporting, has joined Trimble’s Mapping & GIS Partner Program. As part of the program, Ecobot has implemented Trimble integration tools to add high-accuracy positioning capabilities within its wetland delineati...
U.S. Department of Transportation Launches New Regional Infrastructure Accelerators Program
Program will expedite delivery of transportation infrastructure projects through innovative finance and delivery methods; includes $5 million in financial support WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today launched a new demonstration program to establish several Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (Accelerators), which will expedite delivery of transportation infrastructure projects through innovative finance and delivery methods. The Department’s Build America Bureau (the Bur...
Wärtsilä gas conversion will add capacity to a Brazilian power plant owned by GERA Amazonas
The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to convert the UTE Ponta Negra power plant, located in the Brazilian city of Manaus, to operate on natural gas instead of diesel fuel. The conversion will upgrade the plant’s performance, reduce its environmental impact, lower the operating costs, and ensure its availability and performance reliability. The contract with GERA Amazonas (Geradora de Energia do Amazonas S/A), an independent energy producer controlled by FIP Vulcan, a fund...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $544.3 Million in Federal Funding Allocations for Seven Transit Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration today announced a total of $544.3 million in federal funding will be allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to seven transit infrastructure projects in Arizona, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina and Utah. Funding is provided through FTA's Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program. "This $544.3 million federal investment will help ensure that critical improvements can be made to our co...
Town of Apex selects Stantec to redesign downtown streetscape for improved public space and walkability
Seaboard Plaza Proposed(Image) Charlotte, NC- TSX, NYSE: STN: Continuing to support the town of Apex’s vision for a vibrant future, Stantec has been selected to lead the community’s downtown streetscape and parking design project. The project represents progress on three of the top ten priorities identified in the Apex Downtown Master Plan and Parking Study (Downtown Plan), adopted in 2019 with guidance from Stantec to set a course for the ongoing revitalization and economic vitality of...
North American Cities Should Pay Attention to UK Approaches to Climate Action
LONDON and NEW YORK, NY, December 17, 2020 -- Five years into the Paris Agreement—and in the lead-up to the 2021 UN climate negotiations in Glasgow—UK cities are taking bold climate action. Cities worldwide have much to learn from their UK peers' successes and challenges, according to a new report released Thursday by the 1000 CITIES Initiative, which aims to mobilize 1,000 cities to respond to the climate crisis. "We are currently off track to limit global warming. Cities in North America an...
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