WYDOT Avalanche Control
Winter in Wyoming means snow, ice and slick roads. And in some parts of the state, it also means avalanche danger. WYDOT avalanche technicians work to keep roads open and travelers safe.
Video: ODOT Looks at Extensive Improvements Along I-205
ODOT released a new video featuring community stakeholders and ODOT staff discussing recent congestion relief and safety improvements to Interstate 205 in Portland. These improvements include new ODOT RealTime traveler information signs, new auxiliary lanes (ramp-to-ramp connections), bike and pedestrian upgrades and new pavement. The I-205 work is part of the landmark transportation funding package, House Bill 2017 (known as “Keep Oregon Moving”), which is already helping people get their...
Stantec Selected as Lead Designer for I-64 Widening Project in West Virginia
Charleston, WV- TSX, NYSE: STN: Top ten global design firm Stantec has been selected to lead design for the I-64 widening project in Cabell County, West Virginia. As part of the $71.7 million design-build project, approximately 2.5 miles of the four lane Interstate will be widened to six or eight lanes and five overpass bridges will be replaced. Stantec will also lead extensive drainage design services for the new impervious area along the road, with the addition of bio-retention ponds and perfo...
Video: Ford’s Don Butler Focuses on Future of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Connectivity
In a speech at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2019 annual meeting in St. Louis, Don Butler, executive director for Connected Vehicles and Services at Ford Motor Company, stressed that reserving the 5.9 GHz wireless communication spectrum for transportation safety use is critical to the future of vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity.
PennDOT Data Shows Pennsylvania Roundabouts Reducing Fatalities, Injuries, and Crashes
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that according to department data, fatalities, injuries, and crashes decreased overall at 19 roundabouts at 16 locations after they were built. "We are glad to promote the use of roundabouts throughout the commonwealth," said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards. "The facts speak for themselves. Roundabouts save lives and reduce crash severity over standard stop or signal controlled intersections." ...
Project Uses Highway Sensors to Track Lifecycle of Concrete
A team of Purdue University engineers is using roadway sensors to compile data on “concrete maturity” during select highway patching and paving projects – a project that seeks to establish “evidence-based recommendations” on the optimal time to re-open highways to traffic once construction activity is completed. [Above Photo by Erin Easterling for Purdue University.] The Indiana Department of Transportation is overseeing this project, which so far has embedded sensors into three state high...
Video: VDOT Materials Lab Tests Asphalts, Concrete
Wayne Bartholomew, the VDOT lab supervisor, and his team test the different materials for drivers.
Fluor Joint Venture Selected for Vital Asheville, N.C. Interstate Expansion Project
IRVING, Texas & GREENVILLE, S.C. – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture together with United Infrastructure Group, Inc. was selected by the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to widen and improve a 7.5-mile stretch of Interstate 26 from Exit 40 (N.C. 280/Airport Road) to the I-40 interchange in Asheville, N.C. Fluor will book the $263 million contract in the third quarter of 2019. The project will widen I-26 from two lanes to four lanes in each directio...
Stantec to Lead Design for Florida’s $212 Million Turnpike Reconstruction and Capacity Improvements
ORLANDO, FL- NYSE, TSX: STN: The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which operates its 461-mile system of limited access toll highways, has selected Stantec to design the reconstruction and capacity improvements for Florida’s Turnpike/State Road (SR) 91 in Lake County. Stantec’s design for the project, with a construction cost of $212 million, will increase the number of travel lanes from four to eight and will facilitate future express lane and el...
ARTBA’s Transportation Safety Industry Division Turns 40
(WASHINGTON) - A landmark anniversary in the effort to improve traffic safety is being celebrated this year with the 40th anniversary of the creation of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) “Traffic Safety Industry Division” (TSID). The anniversary was commemorated at the division’s recent annual summer meeting and social in Columbus, Ohio, held in conjunction with meetings of the American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the National...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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