Cary Begins North Carolina’s First Town-Wide Connected Vehicle Deployment to Further Improve Safety and Increase Intersection Awareness
Emergency Vehicles to get improved range of preemption, faster response time at traffic signals, reducing response time and confusion at intersections. Cary has selected Applied Information, ALS of North Carolina, and Temple, Inc. to provide technology. The TravelSafely Smartphone App will eventually be able to connect drivers, vulnerable road users and infrastructure. CARY, NC – The Town of Cary has selected transportation technology developer Applied Information to upgrade its tr...
MAI partners with Citiri to offer advanced ORAT as a digital solution
Munich Airport International refines service portfolio: MAI partners with Citiri to offer advanced ORAT as a digital solution Munich Airport International (MAI), originator of operational readiness and airport transfer (ORAT) services, and Atlanta-based Citiri Inc., as provider of an ORAT project management software, announced today that they will partner in providing digital ORAT services to airport operators and infrastructure developers. By combining the knowhow and experience of MAI with Cit...
Mammoet successfully lifts Wellsburg Bridge in West Virginia
Bridging the gap for multiple first-time achievements all in a single bridge move Mammoet and Flatiron Construction are proud to have successfully completed the main span float and lift of the Wellsburg Bridge which connects Wellsburg, West Virginia and Brilliant, Ohio. History was made on the Ohio River during the Wellsburg Bridge project as floating a bridge had never been done before in West Virginia. In addition, it is the heaviest floating bridge lift ever executed in the USA. Upon...
Amtrak To Invest $7.3B In New Railroad Equipment
National passenger rail operator Amtrak recently signed a $7.3 billion deal with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc. to manufacture a new fleet of up to 83 trains for deployment on various state-supported routes, long-distance Palmetto route, and the Northeast Corridor. [Above image by Amtrak] The deal also contains options to add up to 130 additional trains to support Amtrak’s growth plans along with a long-term parts supply and service agreement, facility modifications and upgrade...
Skanska rehabilitates sections of the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, New Jersey , USA, for USD 161M, about SEK 1.4 billion
Skanska has signed a contract with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to rehabilitate sections of the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. The contract is worth USD 161M, about SEK 1.4 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the second quarter 2021. The contract includes the rehabilitation of sections of the Pulaski Skyway carrying Routes 1 and 9 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and includes the structural rehabilitation and painting of thirteen spans...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $16 Million Funding Opportunity to Help Communities Prosper through Transit
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $16.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects that help lift communities out of poverty by supporting transit service improvements in underserved communities. FTA's Areas of Persistent Poverty Program supports planning, engineering and technical studies or financial planning to improve transit services in any areas experiencing long-term e...
Mammoet completes swift removal of bridge in Florida
Removal of the westbound State Road 84 bridge using SPMTs. ABC method allows for bridge removal in fraction of original schedule Mammoet teams assisted client Archer Western and De Moya Group with the successful removal of the westbound State Road 84 bridge over I-95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last month. The bridge removal is part of the I-95 Express Lanes Phase 3C project, which will result in wider travel lanes on I-95 below the interchange with I-595 and improved efficien...
State DOTs Bracing For Highly Active Hurricane Season
As forecasters predict a particularly active hurricane season for 2021, state departments of transportation from Texas to New Jersey are preparing for worst-case scenarios to help citizens get out of town if a big storm ends up heading their way. [Above photo by the Louisiana DOTD] The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and lasts through November 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center predicts a “likely range” of six to 10 hurricanes...
America’s Economy Rides on Interstate Highways
System Turns 65 on June 29; Remains Backbone of U.S. Economy WASHINGTON – The development of the 48,000-mile Interstate Highway System (IHS) has been a driving factor in a 340 percent growth in the nation’s gross domestic product over the past 65 years from $3 trillion to today’s $19 trillion, according to research from the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). June 29 marks the 65th anniversary of the 1956 Federal-Aid Road Act signed by Pres...
Report showed ‘major’ damage before Florida condo collapse
Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report that also uncovered “abundan...
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