House Overwhelmingly Passes Long-Term FAA Reauthorization Bill
Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 393 to 13, the House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), a five-year bill to reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, provide much needed long-term stability for the Nation’s aviation community, authorize robust investment in U.S. airports, improve America’s competitiveness in the global aviation sector, strengthen passenger protections, and ensure the safety of the system for the trave...
Air Travel Consumer Report: February 2018 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2018. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer. On-Time Performance In February 2018, the reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 79.3 percent, down from both the 82.6 percent on-time rate in February...
Contraflow Trial to Add Third Lane on Keaau-Pahoa Road Near Hawaiian Paradise Park to Begin Monday, April 30, 2018
HILO – The contraflow trial on Keeau-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) from Kaloli Drive to Shower Drive will begin at 6 a.m., Monday, April 30, 2018 and will run through the morning of May 11, 2018. This lane will be available to northbound motorists regardless of the number of people in their car from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. during the trial. A conceptual drawing showing the contraflow setup is available here. During contraflow operations, HDOT Hawaii District staff will provide pedestri...
Maryland Transit Agency Offers Grants to Help Spur Innovation by Local Systems
The Maryland Transit Administration introduced a new $2 million annual "Statewide Transit Innovation Grant" program for the next two fiscal years, under which local transit agencies and county officials can apply for state funding to help plan, design or build innovative mobility projects. The MTA, which is part of the state Department of Transportation, said some examples of eligible projects are corridor and feasibility studies, bus rapid transit routes, dedicated bus lanes, transit signal...
Hawaii DOT Works to Repair Highway Wrecked by Flooding
The Hawaii Department of Transportation said it is joining forces with other state, county and federal agencies to clear and repair sections of the Kuhio Highway between Lumahai and Wainiha on Kauai Island's North Shore after what was reported as "historic rainfall" triggered flooding and mudslides. The well-traveled highway is a two-lane road with a number of one-lane bridges, so that slides can easily halt traffic in each direction. It is also the only road serving some areas. The Nation...
SMDI Updates Guide Specification for Highway Bridge Fabrication with High Performance Steel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has published an updated version of Guide Specification for Highway Bridge Fabrication With HPS 100W (HPS 690W) Steel for Non-Fracture Critical Applications, which is available for free download ( click here ). The document provides bridge owners, designers and fabricators with the latest recommended methodology to fabricate and weld structures using A...
Year In Infrastructure Finalist: Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge
Informed Infrastructure interviewed Daniel Mariscal, a structural engineer with AECOM's Bridge Group, at Bentley Systems' Year In Infrastructure event held Oct. 10-12, 2017, in Singapore. He represented AECOM for a Finalist Project in the category of "BIM Advancements in Bridges" with the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge recently built in New Haven, Conn. AECOM used Bentley’s RM Bridge for structural modeling and design, including construction sequence, post-tensioning, stay-cable force adjustments...
PennDOT Highlights Progress on Public-Private Bridge Partnership
Harrisburg, PA – There are 390 bridges complete and open to traffic with 50 under construction in the state's public-private partnership (P3) for bridges, the Rapid Bridge Replacement project, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards said at a media event today. As part of the statewide project, an additional 20 bridges are expected to start construction and eight are scheduled to complete construction by the end of April. "We are making significant investment...
Bryant Orders 83 Bridges Closed in Emergency Declaration
Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday declared a state of emergency, issuing a proclamation that orders the Mississippi Department of Transportation to immediately close 83 city and county bridges that have been judged deficient by federal National Bridge Inspection Standards and the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction.The announcement comes almost a week after the U.S. Department of Transportation notified the state that the Federal Highway Administration is concerned that the bridges remai...
N. Carolina DOT Contracts for Set of Projects to Improve 95 Road Miles in 2 Years
The North Carolina Department of Transportation said it will start work April 30 on a series of projects across four counties that includes the Winston-Salem area that will upgrade 95 miles of roads over the next two years. It said that will be under nearly $19 million in contracts for work across Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph and Rowan Counties that will improve portions of US 52, NC 8, 109, 47, 150, 65, 66, 67 as well as 45 sections of secondary roads. It is an example of the way many stat...
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