Video: An Urgent Message to the FCC About Saving Lives
In this second installment of a new video series on Transportation TV entitled On Time with Tymon, AASHTO Executive Director Jim Tymon explains why it’s critically important for the Federal Communications Commission to preserve the 5.9 GHz wireless spectrum for transportation safety purposes. The AASHTO Board of Directors, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, and auto industry leaders have called on the FCC to maintain the spectrum’s “reserved” status as they work to implement connected vehicle tec...
Video: Metsä Pavilion in Tokyo
Metsä Pavilion will be assembled in Tokyo to host Finland’s Olympic and Paralympic teams during the Summer Olympics of 2020. The Pavilion is made entirely of Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) elements, which made the construction process fast, light and green. The elements were designed to be made with industrial efficiency: “The starting point was to optimise the material loss as small as possible”, says Project Manager Lasse Hietanen from AINS Group. “The thickness and width of beams and...
Video: Tallest Building in Malaysia Nearly Complete
Construction on Southeast Asia's tallest building, the Exchange 106 skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is in its final stages, and the first tenants are expected to move in as early as December 2019. Exchange 106 stands at a staggering 1,438 feet and boasts 106 floors, marking it the world’s 15th-tallest building. Miyamoto International is proud to have teamed with Mulia Property on this 4.9-million-square-foot project.
Video: Midway Point Reached On Nevada’s Second-Longest Bridge
The Nevada Department of Transportation reported on November 7 that construction is now halfway done on the state’s second longest bridge: a 2,635-foot-long highway “flyover” structure that will connect northbound U.S. Highway 95 to the westbound 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas. [Above photo by Nevada DOT]
Video: 2019 America's Transportation Awards Competition Winners
Following nearly eight months of intense competition and thousands of online votes cast, the final two winners in the 2019 America’s Transportation Awards competition have been decided. Sponsored by AASHTO, AAA and the US Chamber of Commerce -- the contest included four regional competitions that selected 12 outstanding projects to compete for the national Grand Prize, which was selected by a panel of experts and the People’s Choice Award—which was decided by online voting. This video captures t...
Video: China Is Building One of the World's Largest Hydroelectric Dams
China is building a massive dam across the Qian River in the nation’s southern Guangxi autonomous region. Officials say that when completed in 2023, the Dateng Gorge Water Reservoir will claim the title of world’s largest concrete dam which is currently held by the Three Gorges Dam. Also known as the Datengxia Dam, the project has been under construction since November 2014 and is designed to provide flood control and generate electric power.
Video: Ford’s Don Butler Focuses on Future of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Connectivity
In a speech at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2019 annual meeting in St. Louis, Don Butler, executive director for Connected Vehicles and Services at Ford Motor Company, stressed that reserving the 5.9 GHz wireless communication spectrum for transportation safety use is critical to the future of vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity.
Engineering Video: What I Wish I Knew Freshman Year
Kyle Gillis is an engineering student, YouTuber and the co-founder of two active startups. He’s completing his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at West Virginia University and will graduate in December 2019. A year after dropping out as a sophomore he returned to continue his education, and also began a YouTube channel educating students on engineering. He went on to co-found a drone STEM kit company called “Iconic EDU,” and later co-founded an environmental intelligence company ca...
Video: Secrets of the Parthenon
The Parthenon, the icon of Western civilization, which stands in splendor on Acropolis Hill in Athens, has stood for for 2,500 years, miraculously surviving the ravages of time, nature and mankind. For decades, engineers, architects and scientists have wondered exactly how this ingenious structure has successfully stood the test of time to continue to tower majestically over the Greek capital.
WaveRoller: Plug Into Wave Energy
A short animation to demonstrate the WaveRoller principle.
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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