Kansas Leads the Nation with UAS Flight
The first beyond the line of sight Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight in Kansas was flown on Monday north of the town of Gypsum in a joint effort by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and more than 30 university and corporate partners. This was also the second flight in the nation to take place under the U.S. DOT’s UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP). The first flight was scheduled to take place today, however, with rain and storms predicted, it was conducted yesterday. Weathe...
State of Iowa Finalizes Plan for uUe of Volkswagen Settlement Monies
AMES, Iowa – A working group of state agency officials, led coordinated by the Iowa Department of Transportation, has finalized and submitted a plan outlining the use of approximately $21 million awarded to the state as a result of a 2016 settlement between Volkswagen and the United States. Iowa’s Beneficiary Mitigation Plan describes a high-level vision for use of Iowa’s allocation of funds and is intended to improve air quality in our state. Volkswagen funds are only available for eligible...
New Report: Don’t Overlook Humans’ Role in Autonomous Vehicle Safety
WASHINGTON, DC – Autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise to bring many mobility benefits and reduce traffic crashes enormously, as the federal government notes 94% of crashes are estimated to involve driver error.1 However, there will continue to be crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving AVs, especially for the many years ahead when AVs share the road with vehicles driven by humans. The Governors Highway Safety Association’s (GHSA’s) new report, Preparing for Automated Vehicles: Traffic Safety...
22 Dead as Italian Bridge Collapses in Storm, Sending Cars Plunging
A bridge on a main Italian highway collapsed Tuesday in the port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 90 meters (nearly 300 feet) into a heap of rubble below. Italian deputy transport minister Edoardo Rixi said that 22 people were killed and eight injured in the collapse, twice the death toll that was given by the Interior Ministry, which said 11 were killed and five seriously injured but added that the numbers could increase. Rixi told Sky TG24 that, as h...
Hunter Station Bridge Receives Regional America’s Transportation Award
Dewberry has announced that the Hunter Station Bridge rehabilitation and replacement project in Tionesta Township, Pennsylvania, has been awarded the Best Use of Technology and Innovation in the medium category in the Northeast region of the 11th annual America's Transportation Awards competition. Dewberry served as the prime consultant for the $24.2-million project that replaced the existing bridge that carries U.S. Route 62 over a designated wild and scenic stretch of the Allegheny River. T...
NTSB Issues Investigative Update on Miami Bridge Collapse
This photo illustrates the condition of the cracks after the move of the main span that occurred on March 10, 2018. Photo taken on March 14, 2018 at 1:50 pm shows east side directly adjacent to vertical member 12, top of deck looking down, view of crack. Labels added to photo by the NTSB. (Photo: Bolton, Perez & Associates Consulting Engineers) WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update Thursday on the ongoing investigation of the collapse of a p...
Indiana Department of Transportation Selects Continental Mapping for Statewide Bridge Mapping Contract
(Sun Prairie, WI) – August, 2018 – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has selected Continental Mapping to provide bridge mapping services for over 2,000 bridges throughout Indiana. The four year on-call contract will task Continental Mapping to collect and deliver bridge clearance attributes, utilizing mobile lidar for rapid and accurate collection and extraction services. The data will be integrated into INDOT’s Bridge Inspection Application System (BIAS) and Oversize/Overweight (...
Southeast Transportation Projects Honored in National Competition
HOUSTON –Eight outstanding transportation projects from six southeastern states were honored today in the third regional America’s Transportation Awards competition. The projects were recognized for a host of achievements, including significantly reducing motor vehicle crashes through innovative roadway designs, creating new safer routes for bicycles and pedestrians, plus restoring access to communities after natural disasters. “State DOTs are committed to making America safer, better an...
Caltrans Begins Recovery Work Even as Carr Wildfire Rages
Despite being only 30 percent contained, Caltrans work crews and contractors are now entering areas burnt out by the Carr wildfire in northern California – now considered to be the ninth worst in state history – to catalog the damage done to transportation infrastructure by its flames and heat as well as to begin repair efforts. The Carr fire – named after where it started, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road in the Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation A...
Senate OKs $16.1 Billion for Transit, Passenger Rail
The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a fiscal-year 2019 appropriations bill that provides $16.1 billion for public transit and intercity passenger rail. The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act of 2019 also dedicates $2.5 billion for intercity passenger-rail grants. The rail and transit funding levels are $1.3 billion more than authorized by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act for FY2019, according to a press release...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
