How Should Cities Manage Access to the Curb?
Paris/Leipzig: The curb is an increasingly contested piece of urban real estate in many cities. The rise of ride services and the growth in urban goods delivery are challenging the ways cities manage curb space. How should cities manage growing competition for access to the curb? A new study by the International Transport Forum (ITF) looks at the potential for a shift away from curb use focused on street parking. The parking of private vehicles at the curb in dense urban cores is becoming...
Hawaii DOT Continues to Deal with Volcano-Related Disruptions
The Hawaii Department of Transportation continues to battle highway cracking and other fallout from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano. Those efforts include placing steel plates fitted with insulated material and/or heat-resistant concrete pads over roadway cracks along the Keaau-Pahoa Road – also known as Highway 130 – caused by volcanic activity and related earthquakes, as well as investigating the installation of electronic monitors near several such fissures to monitor heat leve...
Wabtec And GE Transportation To Merge, Creating Global Leader For Rail Equipment, Services And Software
Strategic Combination Will Drive Shareholder Value Creation by Accelerating Innovation in Transportation and Logistics • Following the transaction, Wabtec will have approximately $8 billion in revenues, a more diversified business mix, higher margins, and approximately 15 percent cash EPS accretion in year one. • Both businesses are expected to benefit from the cyclical tailwinds they are experiencing as industry conditions improve. Complementary businesses and large global installed b...
Gannett Fleming Wins Three Awards for PennDOT Projects
Harrisburg, Pa.: The American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) and the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APC) recently presented awards to Gannett Fleming for three separate Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) projects.APC presented the 2018 Community Connection Award for the Interstate 70, Section T20 Reconstruction and Widening project. Gannett Fleming worked with PennDOT to design the first-of-its-kind diverging diamond interchange (DDI) for Pennsylvania. The purpose of...
RIDOT Buys Specialized Trucks to Increase Bridge Maintenance Capabilities
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today unveiled a new vehicle that will greatly increase the Department's ability to maintain its bridges with regular cleanings to remove road salts, sand and other debris. RIDOT purchased a fleet of six of these tanker trucks, which are outfitted with a series of high pressure water nozzles that allow the operator to clean the sides and deck of a bridge in a moving operation, generally at 5-10 mph. On average, the trucks are capable of cl...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $75 Million Grant for Light Rail Project in Tacoma, Washington
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of a $75 million grant to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority for the Tacoma Link Extension Project, which will expand Link light rail to growing areas such as the Stadium and Hilltop District. “Extending Tacoma Link to the Hilltop District will connect additional neighborhoods with employment centers like downtown Tacoma and the Medical Mile,” said FTA Ac...
AECOM-ARTBA Partnership Enhances Transportation Site Safety
WASHINGTON — The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) today announced a formal partnership with AECOM aimed at strengthening the leading global infrastructure firm’s position in the design, construction and management of safer transportation infrastructure projects. The partnership will encourage and facilitate AECOM employees earning the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™” (SCTPP) design...
Video: AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications Explained
Burak Boyaci, P.E., Product Manager for LEAP Bridge Steel at Bentley Systems, takes time to speak with Informed Infrastructure about updates to the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications, including the field splice design approach and other aspects.
NMDOT Unveils 10-Year Transportation Asset Management Plan
As part of its long-term strategy for efficiently maintaining the 25,062 highway lane miles and 2,976 bridges under its jurisdiction, the New Mexico Department of Transportation compiled and released a 94-page Transportation Asset Management Plan or "TAMP" in mid-April that advocates for $4...
Hawaii DOT Finds Itself Dealing With Two Major Highway Crises at Once
The Hawaii Department of Transportation is now managing two major highway crises simultaneously: clearing and reopening the Kuhio Highway on island of Kauai, closed due to mudslides triggered by heavy rains on April 14, while also prepping roadway detours on the "big island" of Hawaii due to the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano that began on May 3. HDOT and the County of Kauai are slowly bringing the Kuhio Highway linking the towns of Waikoko and Wainiha on the island of Kauai back online. Th...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
