Podcast: Mobility Digital Twins
Recently, Bentley Systems announced the acquisition of transportation modeling and Mobility Simulation Leader INRO Software to enable digital cities to simulate multimodal transportation scenarios, and model resilience and sustainability outcomes in mobility digital twins. Combining the capabilities of INRO’s advanced traffic and vehicle simulation with Bentley’s passenger and pedestrian simulation and civil design software, including CUBE, Streetlytics, LEGION and OpenRoads, places Bentley in a...
Podcast: An Open, Dynamic Platform for Digital Twins
Infrastructure professionals are quickly catching on to the significant gains that can be realized by digital twins with more than half of all large industrial companies expected to use digital twins in some form by 2021. The concept of an infrastructure digital twin is simple. If you have a physical asset and a digital asset that can represent everything in the physical asset, you can join them together, then use the digital asset to understand what is happening with the physical asset in th...
Video: AASHTO 2021 Benefits of Transportation Report
This video outlines AASHTO’s report – entitled “The Benefits of Transportation: The 2021 Round-Up of State DOT Solutions that Deliver Benefits to Communities and Citizens.” This report and its supporting website showcase specific state departments of transportation projects and programs that support economic development and improve people’s lives. AASHTO bases its transportation policy recommendations upon transportation serving as the key facilitator for a higher purpose: to provide the safest...
Video: Port of Long Beach – The Green Port Through the Years
The Port of Long Beach unveiled an interactive timeline highlighting key milestones in the landmark policy that became a global model for sustainable goods movement. The timeline chronicles the Port of Long Beach’s transformation as it fulfilled its promise to deliver a cleaner harbor, soil and skies while still fostering economic activity during a time of unprecedented change and expansion of the global shipping industry.
Video: Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in Transportation
Throughout America’s history, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders have made substantial contributions in transportation through profound perseverance and self-determination. In this AASHTO Transportation TV video, we bring you the stories of the Chinese Railroad Workers, Major Arthur Chin, Fmr. USDOT Sec. Norman Mineta, and Jessica Cox, pioneers whose sacrifices and contributions helped to fundamentally transform America’s transportation system.
Video: Floating in of the New Danube Bridge in Linz, Austria
Watch this video to learn more about Mammoet's smart solution for installing the new Danube bridge in Linz—one of the heaviest bridges installed in Austria in recent years. The challenging task was to move the two main supporting structures—each weighing around 2,800 tonnes, 100 meters long and 32 meters wide—safely and on schedule from the very confined pre-assembly area on the side of the Danube to the piers in the middle of the river. Are you interested in further details of the techn...
Video: Every Day is Earth Day at MnDOT
This video highlights the many ways that the Minnesota Department of Transportation and other state DOTs are leading in the areas of sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Video: Symbiosis I Building D
Symbiosis I Building D is taking shape in the Milanese landscape bringing a new idea of workspaces.
Video: The Tunnel
The Tunnel is a new 35-minute documentary film about the creation and the re-creation of the Blue Ridge Railroad Tunnel. In the 1850s, Irish immigrants dug this nearly mile-long tunnel. Many of them were maimed or even died. In 1944 the tunnel was closed. But in 2020, it was re-opened to the public as a remarkable historic site and tourist attraction.
Video: Caltrans Winter Operations Profiled
In the latest edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials “State DOT’s Best” video series, the California Department of Transportation–known as Caltrans–highlights its winter operations skills.