Stantec and Space Institute Research Corporation Evaluate Smart City Mobility Technologies
NASHVILLE, TN NYSE, TSX: STN: Leading global design and engineering firm Stantec has partnered with the Space Institute Research Corporation (SIRC), an independent research and development organization at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI), to test Smart City Mobility technologies at the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology Evaluation Center (CAVTEC). The CAVTEC mission focuses on testing and developing future-focused solutions to optimize existing vehicles and infrastruct...
ARTBA Safety Week Challenge to Highway Contractors: Certify Your Employees. Save Lives!
Home to the Industry’s Only Internationally-Accredited Safety Program: www.puttingsafetyfirst.org (WASHINGTON) - As the annual “Construction Safety Week” gets underway, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Foundation is challenging U.S. transportation contractors to enroll their workers in the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™ (SCTPP) program. The SCTPP was launched to help significantly reduce—or ideally eliminate—the 700 motorist...
ADOT, Partners Expand Healthy Forest Initiative to Reduce Wildfire Risk
As of Jan. 1, 2020, timber-hauling trucks required to add sixth axle PHOENIX ‒ After the largest wildfire in state history burned more than 538,000 acres of eastern Arizona forest, the Arizona Department of Transportation and other groups launched a partnership in 2014 that included easing weight restrictions on certain state highways to help timber companies remove small trees and other vegetation that could fuel catastrophic fires. Five years later, the Healthy Forest Initiative has expa...
Fluor Completes Construction of Third Major U.S. Transit P3 Commuter Rail Line in Denver
IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Project completed construction and opened the 11-mile Gold Line (G Line) from Downtown Union Station to Wheat Ridge Station located in the growing metro area of Denver. This milestone marks the third and final commuter rail line opening for the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), which in 2016 opened the University of Colorado A Line, serving downtown Denver and Denver International Airport a...
Video: Belt and Road Forum 2019: Infrastructure or Influence Peddling?
In China's capital Beijing, the 2019 Belt and Road forum is kicking off. Political leaders and business representatives from some 40 countries, including Russia and Germany, are expected to join to learn more about China's new Silk Road. One of the routes will run through Central Asia and Moscow to Rotterdam. There'll be roads and railways, as well as power stations, telecommunications networks and pipelines. The Maritime Silk Road will connect China with Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia, with...
U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski and CREATE Program Partners Celebrate Argo Connections Groundbreaking
U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski (3rd District of Illinois) will join Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program partners, including Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads Ian Jefferies, CSX General Manager - Midwest William Blanchetti and others to break ground on the Argo Connections (B9) project this Friday. CREATE Program partners include...
Video: Goethals Bridge Construction Time-Lapse
Watch the entire construction process for the Goethals Bridge replacement project from 2014 to 2018 with EarthCam's 4K time-lapse movie. See progress for the bridge, which connects Elizabeth, N.J., to Staten Island, N.Y., with high-quality webcam imagery.
Acrow Bridge Celebrates Shipment of More Than 130 Structures to the Road Development Agency of the Republic of Zambia
Comprehensive Bridge Development Program model includes structured financing arranged by Acrow as well as full training of Zambian engineers, technicians and contractors for on-site installations (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has announced the shipment of more than 130 bridges to the Road Development Agency of the Republic of Zambia. Installation of the structures will be carried out exclusively by Zambian engineers, te...
Shared Bike and E-Scooter Trips More Than Doubled Last Year, NACTO Says
According to an annual shared micro-mobility report compiled by the National Association of City Transportation Officials and released on April 17, more than twice as many shared bicycle and e-scooter trips were taken in 2018 – 84 million – compared to 2017. The group noted that 36.5 million of those “micro-mobility” trips were taken on station-based bikes – an increase of 9 percent from 2017 – with only 9 million trips taken via dockless shared bikes, while another 38.5 million trips were taken...
Rhode Island: $715M in Bridge and Road Repairs are Planned
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island transportation officials say they’ll have 77 construction projects this year totaling $715 million. The state began tolling trucks last year to pay for bridge and road repairs. Neighboring Connecticut is considering whether to implement tolls. The Department of Transportation held an event Friday to begin its 2019 construction season at the Interstate 295 bridges between Johnston and Cranston, Rhode Island. The department is repairing the bridges this y...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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