NTL Launches New Public Access Repository ROSA P
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Transportation Library (NTL) in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has launched ROSA P (Repository and Open Science Access Portal), a new public repository for NTL’s collection of over 30,000 items. Members of the transportation community and the general public can use ROSA P for all the open data and publications NTL acquires, manages and preserves for their benefit. ROSA P offers NTL users a better, more useful and more reliable exper...
Hawaii DOT Airports Division Says Rise in Bond Rating to Cut Infrastructure Costs
The Hawaii Department of Transportation's Airports Division said an upgrade in the revenue bond rating for the state airport system means it can make infrastructure improvements at lower debt service costs. HDOT said Fitch Ratings raised its rating to A+ from A, citing the airport system's continued strong operational and financial performance, with credit metrics remaining above previously forecast levels. "The upgraded rating will translate into millions of dollars in savings through low...
FHWA Reopens Pilot Program to Allow Three States to Toll Interstate Segments
The Federal Highway Administration is taking applications until Feb. 20 to allow up to three states to levy tolls on existing interstate highway segments, under a pilot program in which the previous participants never used their authority to begin tolling the highways. The agency explained that while Congress originally established the pilot program in 1998, lawmakers in the 2015 Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act set a three-year deadline (with a possible one-year extension) for sta...
GOP Tax Plan Would Affect Bonding, Transit Benefits; End Credit for Electric Vehicles
The proposed Republican tax reform plan would end private-activity bonds and tax-credit bonds that finance some types of infrastructure projects, a credit of $7,500 for each plug-in electric vehicle and a write-off for employers to offer commuter benefits. The plan would also limit early refinancing of existing municipal bonds. The GOP plan aims to end private activity bonds, which allow bondholders an income tax exemption on interest payments similar to municipal bonds and are used to fin...
INDOT Offers Scholarships, Jobs to Engineers in Training
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation is offering civil engineering students scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester, and paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation. Students must be accepted or enrolled full time in one of Indiana’s certified civil engineering schools and apply using the form at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2018-2019 school year must be submitted by December 31, 2017. INDOT’s scholarship program uses federal funds to...
Lance Donnelly Joins HNTB as Senior Project Engineer
PHILADELPHIA – Lance Donnelly, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project engineer for traction power systems. Based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, Donnelly leads teams of engineers who design electrical traction systems used to power passenger trains. “The growth of HNTB’s team of rail systems and operations experts supports our clients in providing critical transit services throughout the Philadelphia region,” said Joseph Guzzi, PMP, HNTB’s Pennsylvania office leader and vice pres...
Subsurface Utility Engineering Expert Neil Eppig Joins Cardno's Tampa Office
Tampa, FL - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Neil Eppig has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager, SUE Operations in the company’s Tampa, FL, USA office. With more than 43 years of professional experience, Neil brings exceptional client and project management skills along with technical expertise in land surveying and subsurface utility engineering (SUE). Neil was previously a director of SUE services for a private consultant, where he supported federal, state, and municipal...
Engineering, Architecture Sector Adds 3.8K Jobs in October
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 261,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in food services and drinking places increased sharply, mostly offsetting a decline in September that largely reflected the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. In October, job gains also occurred in professional and business services, manufacturing, and health care. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate...
HNTB Aviation Experts Honored with Airport Business Magazine “Top 40 Under 40” Award
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two of HNTB Corporation’s aviation experts — Lynette Mellett, PE, and Shawn J. Murphy, PE — were named as “Top 40 Under 40” award recipients by Airport Business magazine. The annual award recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. Lynette Mellett Mellett joined HNTB as a project engineer in 2003 after graduation from Iowa State University and worked on a variety of civil projects while pr...
HNTB Adds Two Infrastructure Experts to Inland Empire Office
ONTARIO, Calif. – HNTB Corporation continues its rapid growth in the Inland Empire by adding two new hires in the firm’s Ontario office. Antoinette Harris-White has joined the team as a document controls specialist III and will be responsible for administering and managing document processes and systems to ensure control and availability. Robert Murphy, a civil engineer, will be working on the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority I-10 corridor project and will be responsible for the i...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
