FRA Unveils Recommendations for Faster Rail Travel in the Northeast Corridor
More trains. Faster travel. Smoother rides. After four years of gathering ideas from elected and state officials, as well as the public, the Federal Railroad Administration this month released its recommendation for faster, more modern train travel along the busy Northeast Corridor. “In order to keep moving forward, we need a new vision for the Northeast Corridor — a corridor that can move an ever-increasing population safer, faster and more reliably than before,” said FRA Administrator Sa...
USDOT Secretary Foxx Releases Final Report on the Every Place Counts Design Challenge
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the release of the USDOT Ladders of Opportunity Every Place Counts Design Challenge report summarizing the experience and lessons learned from the four selected cities – Spokane, WA; Nashville, TN; Philadelphia, PA; and Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN – that participated in the Every Place Counts Design Challenge. USDOT convened residents, state and local transportation officials, city staff, and urban design professionals for a dynamic...
USDOT's ITS Joint Program Office Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Today, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) celebrates its 25th anniversary. On December 18, 1991, the ITS JPO was founded as part of the federal aid transportation program reauthorization. Its founding was a significant public commitment to ITS technology. The founding of a federal ITS program was a crucial step that laid the foundation for the innovative research, development, deployment, and public-private partnerships that have continued to this day. S...
AISC Supports ARTBA’s Grassroots Effort to Impact Infrastructure Activity
(Chicago, IL) - AISC is supporting ARTBA’s (American Road & Transportation Builders Association) grassroots effort to impact infrastructure activity. As such, we encourage everyone to visit ARTBA’s Grassroots Action Center, which will automatically send an email message, a tweet and Facebook post, to your representative and two senators. The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate won’t reconvene until early January and when they do, there’s a lot of work to get done. AISC encourages eve...
America's First Solar Highway Debuting Next Week
Next week, the Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway (The Ray), an 18-mile section of I-85 in West Georgia that is a model for the highway of the future, will unveil two state-of-the-art technologies that are firsts in the U.S.: Wattway drive-over solar panels that turn ordinary highways into power producers, and the WheelRight drive-over tire safety system that provides tire pressure and tread depth information to drivers to dramatically improve fuel economy and highway safety. The Ray’s 50-squar...
Fluor-Led Team Completes Tappan Zee Bridge Towers
IRVING, Texas -Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC, comprised of Fluor Enterprises, Inc., American Bridge Company, Granite Construction Northeast, Inc., and Traylor Bros., Inc., has completed all eight 419-foot towers of the iconic New NY Tappan Zee Bridge project. Construction of the eight sleek, chamfered-designed concrete towers – four on both the eastbound and westbound spans – began in the late summer of 2015. The towers will support the 2,230-fo...
Ontario Ministry of Transportation Committed to Pavement Management with Fugro's Specialized Technology
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) uses Fugro’s Automatic Road Analyzers (ARAN 7000 and ARAN 9000) to collect critical highway infrastructure data. MTO is committed to extending the lifespan of its road network and infrastructure by using ARAN data to assess the health of Ontario’s highway network. Fugro’s ARAN systems have enhanced the quality, quantity and reliability of acquired data enabling MTO to track, monitor and manage pavement and roadside assets in ways that were not fea...
Congress Passes Stopgap Funding Measure That Further Delays FAST Act Increases
The Senate completed work late on Dec. 9 on a continuing funding resolution that would keep most federal programs operating at fiscal 2016 levels through April 28, passing it 63- 60 36. That sent the measure to President Obama just in time to avoid a shutdown of most federal agencies that could have taken place starting Dec. 10. The House had voted 326-96 on Dec. 8 to approve the measure. Its passage means state departments of transportation and transit agencies will not be able to tap int...
New Plan to Replace 6/10 Interchange in Providence Addresses Community, Safety Concerns
Governor Gina M. Raimondo joined today with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti to announce a new road design for the 6/10 Interchange that keeps motorists safe, preserves project budget and timeline, improves regional traffic flow, helps to reconnect surrounding neighborhoods, creates miles of new bike paths, and makes acres of new land available for development. "As Governor, I come to work every day focused on providi...
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards LSU Consortium to Address Regional Transportation Needs
BATON ROUGE – A consortium of universities led by LSU has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a regional transportation research center. The Transportation Consortium of South-Central States, or Tran-SET, will focus on improving transportation infrastructure through the use of innovative materials and technology. It aims to support all phases of research, technology transfer, workforce development and outreach activities of emerging technologies that can...
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