Video: Crews Clear Massive Avalanche Slides from Highway
Idaho Transportation Department crews continue to excavate, blow, and plow snow off Idaho Highway 21 between Lowman and Stanley following historic avalanches. The 11-mile stretch of road, known as Canyon Creek, is prone to avalanches, with nearly 60 typical slide locations. A storm that began on Feb. 24 dumped more than five feet of snow on the road and triggered avalanches that laid more than 50 feet of snow on the highway. Crews started to clear the snow Friday, March 1 beginning on the...
Video: SR 400 Express Lanes Visualization
The Georgia Department of Transportation has released an illustrated video showing the Ga. 400 toll lane design, which includes three rebuilt bridges and a high flyover atop the Northridge Road overpass in Sandy Springs.
Video: How to Safely Traverse Through Roundabouts
Using drones, Stewart’s transportation practice group recorded and produced an informational video for an educational station at NCDOT public meetings, describing and showing how motorists, cyclists and pedestrians should move through roundabouts. Stewart previously produced the first drone educational video of its kind in the state during the design selection process for the Burke County I-40 interchange.
Video: Subsea Autonomous Vehicle for Inspecting Underwater Structures
The FlatFish project is a venture undertaken by the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Brazilian Institute of Robotics (BIR) and Shell. It aims at designing an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for repeated inspections of oil & gas subsea structures whilst being submerged for extended periods of time.
2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference
NASCC: The Steel Conference is coming to St. Louis, April 3 - 5, 2019! The sooner you register, the more you'll save! To learn more and to register, visit https://www.aisc.org/nascc.
Video: 34 State DOTs Share Expertise at 2019 TRB Annual Meeting
This year at least 50 experts from 34 state departments of transportation participated in one or more of the 800 sessions offered at the 2019 Transportation Research Board, (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. Among the volunteer experts contributing their time and energy to the conference, were 12 state DOT executives. This group of top administrators spoke on a wide range of pressing issues including workforce development, connected and autonomous vehicles and the need for sustainable feder...
Video: Chicago Union Station Renovation Time-Lapse
Sunlight is shining on the Great Hall at Chicago Union Station once again! Teams completed a major restoration of the 219-foot-long skylight that is at the center of the train station and EarthCam documented the entire process. With EarthCam's 4K time-lapse movie, see progress from October 2017 to December 2018 from several unique perspectives, from inside the Great Hall to an aerial exterior view above the iconic building.
Video: USDOT Secretary Chao Focuses on Drones
Elaine L. Chao is the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Speaking at the Transportation Research Board conference in Washington, D.C., Chao revealed that USDOT is taking steps to make some major decisions about proposed regulations on the use of drone technology and new guidance on the government’s approach to autonomous vehicles. Chao’s speech titled Our Transportation Future presented an overview of the department’s actions in support of her priorities of promoting safety and innovation while i...
Video: A Look Inside a Major Seismic Retrofit
There are more than 1,600 old brick buildings in Portland at serious risk of crumbling in the event of a major earthquake.
We Need to Modernize our Infrastructure Now
U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue on why we need to modernize our infrastructure now: Modernizing America’s infrastructure could fundamentally improve our economy, our competitiveness, and our quality of life—not to mention create millions of good-paying jobs. The Chamber has offered a four-point infrastructure plan: -We want to raise the federal fuel user fee by 25 cents. -We should encourage more private investment. -We need to streamline the permitting process. -And we w...