Stadler Selected Teleste’s End-to-End On-board Solution for Merseytravel Metro Trains in the UK
TURKU, FINLAND – 21 May 2018 – Teleste Corporation reveals that its on-board solution has been selected by Stadler for Merseytravel metro trains in the UK. Delivered to the Liverpool city region by 2020, the deployment will consist of 52 trains, which are designed for the specific needs of customers travelling on the Merseyrail metro network. The agreement also includes an option for another 60 trains. “We are pleased to work with Stadler for this significant deployment, which will replace o...
Record April Boosts Savannah's Containerized Trade
Savannah, Ga. - The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 8.8 percent (280,000 TEUs) compared to the first 10 months of FY2017. "We're on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the Authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "We're also anticipating this to be the first fiscal year for the Port of...
Michael Baker International’s Malcolm Dougherty, P.E., Elected to ITS America Board of Directors
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Malcolm Dougherty, P.E., Senior Vice President and National Transportation Practice Lead, has been elected to the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Board of Directors. In this role, Mr. Dougherty and his fellow board members will provide strategic leadership and guidance to ITS America’s membership of key stakeholders in the intelligent transportation indu...
Dewberry Conducting Steam Tunnel Repairs on North Carolina State University Campus
Dewberry is conducting steam tunnel repairs located around the Yarborough Heat Plant on North Carolina State University's (NCSU) campus. The firm is providing structural and site/civil engineering design services. Work includes repairs of spalls, delaminations, corroded reinforcing steel, exposed reinforcing steel, crack sealing, and reinforcements. Additional repair work includes excavation to replace eight linear feet of tunnel top slab along with site restoration, excavation of 115 linear...
ARTBA Foundation Announces 2018 Transportation Development Hall of Fame Inductees
WASHINGTON — The Vecellio family, Charles F. Potts and Thomas N. Iovino are the 2018 inductees to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Transportation Development Hall of Fame. The group was honored, along with the 2016 and 2017 class inductees, at a May 14 dinner in the Nation’s Capital. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation develo...
AASHTO Mourns Loss of Former Colleague Dr. Anthony R. (Tony) Kane
WASHINGTON – Staff and members of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials this week mourned the passing of their former colleague, Director of Engineering and Technical Services Dr. Anthony R. (Tony) Kane. A highly distinguished administrator and national transportation safety advocate, Kane died this week after battling a long-standing illness. He was 72. Kane served as AASHTO's Director of Engineering and Technical Services from 2001 to 2013. His tenure at AAS...
Siemens to Give University of Maryland’s Research Institute Boost towards Carbon Reduction Goals
Facility Improvement Measures to Help Reduce Energy, Track Energy Usage Onsite Micro Combined Heat and Power Systems to Generate Reheat Water Maryland Clean Energy Center Facilitated Project Finance and Performance Contract Siemens has begun working on infrastructure improvements for the University of Maryland’s Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) campus in Rockville. Valued at more than $6 million, the 14-year performance contract is projected to generate annual en...
LocoMobi Releases 2.0 License Plate Recognition With Actual Vehicle DNA at Super High Data Speed
TORONTO - LocoMobi is pleased to announce version 2.0 adding more than just plate numbers to the DNA of the vehicle. Full support for CUDA-based GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) technology Best in Class reads through Machine Learning Technology Ultra-fast recognition times -- under 15 milliseconds per image Processes incoming images at over 150 FPS (frames per second) Enables full-stream recognition applications like triggerless installs, mobile LPR and high-speed applications suc...
Woolpert Awarded $2M PennDOT Photogrammetry Contract
HARRISBURG, Pa.- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has signed Woolpert to one of three statewide photogrammetry contracts. The five-year, $2 million contract is for geodetic survey and photogrammetric mapping, including stereo-compliant aerial and mobile lidar collections. Mike Zoltek, Woolpert project manager, said that the services requested under this contract include, but are not limited to, vertical and oblique aerial photography acquisition, aerial li...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $75 Million Grant Agreement for Bus Rapid Transit Project in Indianapolis, Indiana
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $75 million grant agreement with the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo) for a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The IndyGo Red Line Rapid Transit project will provide quick, reliable and convenient service to downtown Indianapolis. “Residents and visitors in Indianapolis can now look forward to faster and more convenient transit service as they travel to work, schoo...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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