USDOT Would See Significant Change via OMB Proposal
As part of the 132-page reorganization plan proposed by the Office of Management and Budget to reorganize the federal government's structure, the Department of Transportation would undergo a series of changes that would see duties added as well as deleted from its portfolio. First, Army Corps of Engineer commercial navigation functions would move to USDOT, while all of the other activities of the Corps – including flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration,...
Trump Administration Reveals Plan to Reorganize Federal Agencies
A 132-page reorganization plan for key federal agencies released by the Office of Management and Budget on June 21 calls for, among other things, shifting the civil works program Army Corps of Engineers out of the Department of Defense and splitting it between the U.S. Department of Transportation and Department of the Interior, while "spinning off" federal responsibility for operating the nation's air traffic control system from the Federal Aviation Administration and USDOT altog...
Transportation Research Record: Early Access Papers Addressing Construction
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released 12 early access papers addressing construction, including: Leveraging Intelligent Compaction and Thermal Profiling Technologies to Improve Asphalt Pavement Construction Quality: A Case Study (link) Managing Public Communication Strategies in Accelerated Highway Construction Projects (link) Traffic Flow Modeling of Diverse Work Zone Activities (link) Influence of Thermal Sweep on G...
Camera Views of Puna Routes Available; Additional Alternate Evacuation Routes for Lower Puna Planned
HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the availability of thermal and visual camera views of the cracks at mile markers 14.4 and 14.6 on Keaau-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) and a camera view of Highway 11 at the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The camera views may be accessed at http://ops.punatraffic.com and are made available to assist emergency management and lower Puna residents with decision making during the continuing volcanic activity from Kilauea Volcano...
$6.5M Apache Trail Road-Improvement Project Should be Done by End of Summer
A road improvement project along 17 miles of State Route 88 east of Phoenix is expected to be completed by the end of summer, state officials say. The Arizona Department of Transportation said on its website that the $6.5 million project focuses on roads starting “3 miles east of Apache Junction and ending 7 miles east of Tortilla Flat (milepost 203 to 220),” within the Tonto National Forest. SR 88, also known as Apache Trail, is a scenic, winding road that leads to Canyon Lake and other r...
High-Speed Rail Networks and Population Mobility Management in China
Minneapolis, MN, USA – East View Press, the publishing arm of East View Information Services, is pleased to announce the publication of High-Speed Rail Networks and Population Mobility Management in China. Fifteen years after the first track was laid in 2003, China’s high-speed rail or “bullet” trains boast a succession of world-leading superlatives. The largest network — nearly 16,000 miles. The fastest speed — up to 217 mph. The longest line (Beijing-Guangzhou) — 1,428 miles. The large...
'We Need Governor's Signature': Amtrak's Restart in Mobile in Ivey's Hands as Deadline Looms
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey must decide by Wednesday whether the state will make a $5.3 million commitment over three years to bring Amtrak service back to Mobile, connecting the city with New Orleans. Rail advocates who are pushing for the return of Gulf Coast passenger rail say that Ivey has yet to meet with them and frustrations are mounting. Said Jerry Gehman, the governor's designee to the 21-member Southern Rail Commission: "On Thursday, this project is dead for Alabama....
I-95 Bridge, Often Hit by Trucks, to be Raised in Norwalk
The state Department of Transportation is moving ahead with a $10 million project to raise an I-95 bridge that has been hit several times by trucks. DOT says it’s been struck so many times the bridge is “structurally deficient and functionally obsolete.” In 2015, one truck strike was so severe it damaged steel girders and a waterline underneath the bridge. The problem with the 60-year-old Strawberry Hill Avenue bridge is not enough clearance over I-95. Plans include increasing the clea...
Five Bridges to Be Replaced Along I-85 in Jackson and Franklin Counties
GAINESVILLE– The first of five bridges over Interstate 85 (I-85) in northeast Georgia closed this week in Jackson County as part of a $16.6 million project. The I-85 Corridor Bridges project will fully replace bridges in service for over 55 years and enhance safety by increasing lane width and adding shoulders to travel lanes. These replacements are part of a larger Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) effort to improve bridge infrastructure statewide. Construction began Monday...
Driverless Shuttle Launches at Australia’s First Innovation District
The five-year Flinders University trial is the first time autonomous buses have operated on public roads in South Australia. The Flinders Express (FLEX) will initially provide ‘first mile–last mile’ shuttle services between the nearby Clovelly Park Train Station and Tonsley’s Main Assembly Building, then connections to bus stops on the major South Road artery and businesses within the Tonsley precinct. A former Mitsubishi car manufacturing site in Adelaide’s southern suburbs, the Tonsley I...
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