Video: Bridge Replacement, Newbury
Some drone footage of a new bridge being installed near Newbury in England. A 1,200-ton crane was used to lift the four separate sections into place over a period of 6 hours. The project was completed by Bam Nuttall for Network Rail.
KAI Designs State-of-the-Art Bus Transit Center for San Antonio’s VIA Metropolitan Transit
St. Louis, MO - The City of San Antonio, Texas celebrated the much-anticipated opening of the VIA Metropolitan Transit’s Brooks City Base Transit Center on Sept. 14. Located near the corner of South New Braunfels Avenue and Sidney Brooks North Road, the state-of-the-art Smart Transit Hub designed by KAI celebrates the historic Brooks Air Force Base once located on the site. “Designed to support the travel demands in the city’s rapidly growing Southeast sector, the center will provide more tra...
PennDOT Data Shows Pennsylvania Roundabouts Reducing Fatalities, Injuries, and Crashes
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that according to department data, fatalities, injuries, and crashes decreased overall at 19 roundabouts at 16 locations after they were built. "We are glad to promote the use of roundabouts throughout the commonwealth," said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards. "The facts speak for themselves. Roundabouts save lives and reduce crash severity over standard stop or signal controlled intersections." ...
DART and Uber Expanding Transit Options in North Texas
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has expanded its partnership with Uber, providing North Texas riders even more options for their transportation needs. Customers can now book an UberPool shared ride in any of DART's 13 GoLink zones through the DART GoPass® app available for free from the App Store or Google Play. With the choice of a GoLink shuttle or an UberPool vehicle, DART is reaching more people and providing more flexibility than ever. It’s perfect for running errands, heading to the...
Opportunity MDOT Opens Doors for Small, Minority, Women, Veteran and Disadvantaged Businesses
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently launched Opportunity MDOT, an innovative initiative that connects small, disadvantaged and minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses to economic inclusion programs as part of the I-495 and I-270 Public-Private Partnership (P3) Program. Opportunity MDOT will provide access to training and advisory services and networking opportunities for minority and disadvantaged businesses. It’s a component of Maryland’s I-495 and I-270 P3 Progr...
Acrow Provides Safe and Reliable Detours for Structures Damaged in Midwest Flooding
Parsippany, New Jersey - Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce the opening of two of its modular steel bridges in Nebraska, restoring important routes that were closed after the record flooding across the Midwest earlier this year. When damage assessment began, Acrow was contacted by Nebraska’s Department of Transportation (NDOT), as it was expected modular bridges would be needed to provide emergency transportation solutions in t...
Federal grant will advance US 191 bridge improvements on Navajo Nation
PHOENIX – Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation to advance improvements to four US 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona. The bridges cross major drainages on the Navajo Nation between Chinle Wash at milepost 470 north of Many Farms and Lukachukai Creek at milepost 488. ADOT plans to use accelerated bridge construction methods on the projec...
Road-SIT Survey v. 7.5: The Features that Streamline the Survey Work
10 September, 2019, Bologna Italy – SITECO Infomatica SRL will be attending Intergeo 2019 in Stuttgart, Hall 3, Stand B3.025, showcasing the Road-Scanner family of Mobile Mapping Systems and the NEW software release of Road-SIT Survey. Road-SIT Survey is the mobile mapping data application developed by Siteco, fully compatible with the most widespread mobile mapping systems like the Optech-Lynx, Riegl-VMX, Topcon IPS3 and Leica Pegasus. And of course with the well-known Siteco’s Road-Scanner....
Project Uses Highway Sensors to Track Lifecycle of Concrete
A team of Purdue University engineers is using roadway sensors to compile data on “concrete maturity” during select highway patching and paving projects – a project that seeks to establish “evidence-based recommendations” on the optimal time to re-open highways to traffic once construction activity is completed. [Above Photo by Erin Easterling for Purdue University.] The Indiana Department of Transportation is overseeing this project, which so far has embedded sensors into three state high...
APTA Study Highlights Transit Needs of ‘Late-Shift’ Commuters
A new study compiled by the American Public Transportation Association highlights the rising number of “late-shift” workers on night and weekend shifts, and the study says those weekend late-shift workers tend to suffer from “inadequate access” to public transit services. In particular, the food service, health care, construction, education and finance industries entertain “high projected growth rates” for late-shift work over the next seven years, yet a lack of late-shift transit options can...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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