First-of-its-Kind Dashboard Tool Highlights Benefits of Federal Highway Investment
WASHINGTON — States leveraged $31 billion in federal funds to advance $66.5 billion in highway improvements during fiscal year (FY) 2018, according to an interactive tool that for the first time provides the American public and elected officials a clear look at how and where each state invests its transportation tax dollars. Obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) analysis of Federal Highway Administratio...
Stadler continues with Teleste’s passenger information and CCTV systems in the company’s trains to Norway
TURKU, FINLAND – Teleste Corporation and a leading international rail vehicle construction company Stadler have agreed on deliveries of Teleste’s passenger information and CCTV systems to Stadler’s new FLIRT trains for Norwegian State Railways. The deliveries will take place in 2019–2021, continuing the cooperation between Teleste and Stadler that was started in 2009. The deployment will include on-board passenger information (PIS) and CCTV systems for more than 20 trains complemented with v...
COVID-19 Will Create Long-Term Impact on State DOT Revenues
State departments of transportation continue to grapple with significant revenue reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic – reductions that many expect will be long-term in nature. [Above photo by the Georgia Department of Transportation.] Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation, said in a May 8 letter that her agency is expected to lose between $100 million and $450 million worth of transportation revenues due to reductions in sales tax and motor f...
Asphalt Pavement Alliance Announces Winners of 2019 Perpetual Pavement Award
Twelve departments of transportation (DOTs) were named winners of the 2019 Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA) by the Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA). This is a record number of PPAs awarded in a single year since the awards were first presented in 2001. The award celebrates long-life asphalt pavements that reflect the characteristics of a Perpetual Pavement design. The award is presented to state DOTs and local agency road owners for well-performing asphalt pavements that are at least 35 years ol...
Responding to COVID-19: State DOTs Videos from the Frontlines
This Transportation TV series entitled State DOTs Respond to Coronavirus: A Video Diary is showcasing efforts by state departments of transportation to help the nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This video from the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics features the work of volunteer aviators who are donating their time and aircraft to transport critical medical supplies to rural hospitals. Groups like the Civil Air Patrol and Angel Flight have partnered with CDOT...
GPA commissions first nine Mason Mega Rail tracks
More than 2.2 million staff hours have gone into the planning and construction of the Port of Savannah's Mason Mega Rail Terminal thus far. The Georgia Ports Authority will commission its first two rail-mounted gantry crane in June. SAVANNAH, Ga. - Georgia Ports Authority's Mason Mega Rail project, in the works for more than four years and designed to expand service to the Southeast and Midwestern U.S., has passed a major milestone. GPA has put into operation the first nine of 18 new working...
Southern California’s Marengo Charging Plaza Officially Opens to The Public
Stantec assists Pasadena Water and Power with nation’s largest electric vehicle charging station Pasadena, CA - To keep up with the increase in demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, the City of Pasadena—in partnership with Tesla—installed 44 fast chargers made available to the public at the Marengo Charging Plaza, the largest public fast charging station in the nation. Global design and engineering firm Stantec and Greenlots, a developer of electric vehicle charging and...
DART Awards Uber Contract for Rideshare Services
On Tuesday, May 26, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board awarded a three-year contract to Uber Technologies, Inc., (Uber) for rideshare services to supplement the agency’s successful GoLink program, providing additional capacity across the agency’s 13 GoLink service zones. In January 2017, DART was awarded a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand Sandbox grant to pilot test an on-demand microtransit service integrated into DART’s GoPass mobile app. Beginning in March...
Video: State DOTs Still Need $50 Billion in Emergency Relief
In this On Time with Tymon video released May 18, 2020, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Jim Tymon reacts to passage of the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions” or “HEROES” Act. Approved by the House of Representatives, May 15, the legislation contains $15 billion in stopgap funds for state departments of transportation – well below the nearly $50 billion AASHTO projects state DOTs will need to continue operations....
Acrow Bridges Installed During Replacement of Unionport Bridge in the Bronx, N.Y., Are First Hydraulically Driven Temporary Lift Bridges in the U.S.
Detour bridges will help mitigate traffic disruption in heavily traveled area and allow for continual access to boat traffic on Westchester Creek (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced two of its temporary modular steel lift bridges are being used to allow uninterrupted vehicular and vessel passage during the replacement of the 65-year-old Unionport Bridge over Westchester Creek in the Bronx, NY. Acrow’s brid...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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