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U.S. Airlines June 2021 Passengers Increased 304% from June 2020 but Still Declined 21% from Pre-Pandemic June 2019 (Preliminary)
U.S. airlines carried 304% more scheduled service passengers in June 2021 than in June 2020 (preliminary), according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 21 airlines that carry more than 90% of passengers. The 21 airlines carried 66.4 million passengers in June 2021 (preliminary), compared to 16.4 million passengers in June 2020 and the low of 3.0 million in April 2020, which was the lowest monthly total in BTS records dating back to 1974. Before the COVID-19 p...
Video: Rat Creek Slide Repair
Governor Gavin Newsom joined Director Omishakin and the District 5 team on April 23, 2021, when the department announced the reopening of Highway 1 near the heart of Big Sur in Monterey County. In this Caltrans News Flash, our engineers discuss their expeditious work to fix the washed-out section of highway in only 86 days, their contribution to public safety, and their cooperative work with local businesses and residents to reopen this legendary highway to the traveling public in such a short,...
Bowen Local Company Hillery Group delivering $15M of critical rail infrastructure
Bowen Rail Company today announced another Carmichael mine and rail Project contract, which has gone to local Bowen company Hillery Group to construct a new rail yard that will create more than 100 jobs during construction for regional Queensland. The $15M rail yard will be an important part of the business’ long term operating plan but is not required for the company to commence rail operations later this year. Bowen Rail Company CEO, Trista Brohier, said partnering with Hillery was another e...
Largest autonomous, electric vehicle fleet deployment in the US to provide playbook for future rollouts
Stantec GenerationAV™ will synthesize learnings from Colorado to accelerate global AV deployments Denver, CO - TSX, NYSE:STN Leading global design firm Stantec’s autonomous vehicle team, GenerationAV™, has been selected to create a playbook from the deployment process of the largest electric autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet in the US. Launched in Golden yesterday by the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, the AvCo Program is designed to improve public transportation using low-speed, connect...
Gov. Pritzker Signs Illinois High-Speed Railway Commission Bill as Congress Debates Infrastructure Deal
Commission’s Creation Comes as Congress Debates Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB399 on Friday, a bill authorizing the formation of the Illinois High-Speed Railway Commission. The commission will be responsible for creating a statewide plan for a high-speed line and feeder network connecting Chicago to St. Louis. It will be integrated with existing Amtrak and Metra services, intercity bus service and connect the Illinois cities of Rockford, Moline, Pe...
China to lead deployment of electric vehicles during 2021 to 2030 period, says GlobalData
China continues to be the largest electric vehicles market in terms of fleet size and annual sales as of 2020. The country is expected to maintain its dominant position during the 2021–2030 period as well, deploying more than 50 million electric vehicles in the next ten years, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Growth in the Chinese electric vehicles market is attributed to strong policy support from the government and the presence of various local and international elec...
Americans Riding Public Transportation in Greater Numbers
Some Areas Seeing More Than 80 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Ridership WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that transit ridership is rebounding in communities across the nation. Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's actions to tackle the pandemic, more Americans are on the move. As Americans are going to work, shopping and visiting friends and loved ones they are returning to transit. In some communities, transit ridershi...
HDR Experts Explain How PEL Studies Can Improve Decision-Making and Efficiency on Transportation Projects
HDR’s Latest Experts Talk Interview Explores the Benefits and Details of Planning and Environmental Linkage Studies Increasingly popular with state and local transportation agencies, planning and environmental linkage studies provide a streamlined process to help decision-makers engage stakeholders, identify critical environmental issues and analyze potential transportation solutions. But their chief benefit is to remove duplication between planning studies and environmental reviews, bringi...
RIDOT Reopens Manville Bridge Over the Blackstone River in Lincoln and Cumberland
Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. joined with state and local leaders today to celebrate the reopening of the Manville Bridge, an important link for residents and business in the villages of Manville and Cumberland Hill on either side of the Blackstone River. The bridge carries Manville Hill Road over the river as well as the Blackstone River Bikeway and the Providence & Worcester Railroad between...