Infrastructure Week: Virtual Reality High-Speed Rail Train Experience
Take ten minutes out of your day to hop on a 220-mph train without ever leaving Capitol Hill. On May 17th from 10:00AM to 3:00PM we’ll have a virtual reality simulation in Cannon House Office Building Room 441, which will give you an immersive experience piloting, riding, and enjoying a high-speed train as it takes you from the California Redwoods to the Santa Monica beach, a vineyard in Temecula, and the San Francisco Embarcadero. Spots are limited, so sign up below! https://www.eventbrite.c...
RIDOT Soliciting Autonomous Transit Proposals
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation seeking proposals from companies that can test and eventually deliver an "automated vehicle service" to fill a transportation gap between downtown Providence and Olneyville via the Woonasquatucket River corridor. Proposals from are due by mid-summer, with the contract award expected in the fall and initial testing of a pilot mobility service occurring perhaps as soon as the end of this year. Dubbed the Rhode Island Transportation Innovation Partne...
MDTA Awards Contract for Replacing, Maintaining Tolling Equipment
The Maryland Transportation Authority recently awarded Kapsch TrafficCom a contract to replace and maintain all of the roadside tolling equipment in the mixed-mode, cash, and express toll lanes under MDTA management. The agency said the base contract includes the replacement of all toll equipment and six years of subsequent operations and maintenance, along with hardware upgrades at all MDTA bridge and tunnel facilities, including the William Preston Lane Memorial Bay Bridge and the Fort McH...
Video: Developing Better Concrete
MDOT is working with U-M to create safer and stronger roads and infrastructure.
FDOT Selects Woolpert for $1.5M Photogrammetry Project in South Florida
MIAMI (April 30, 2018) — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 6 has hired Woolpert to conduct district-wide aerial photogrammetry and miscellaneous surveying services under a five-year, $1.5 million contract. The contract covers FDOT’s District 6, which encompasses Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in South Florida. The district is home to more than 2.5 million people, and FDOT reports that its roads are traveled more than 30.8 million miles daily. The firm also was named as...
House Overwhelmingly Passes Long-Term FAA Reauthorization Bill
Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 393 to 13, the House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), a five-year bill to reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, provide much needed long-term stability for the Nation’s aviation community, authorize robust investment in U.S. airports, improve America’s competitiveness in the global aviation sector, strengthen passenger protections, and ensure the safety of the system for the trave...
Air Travel Consumer Report: February 2018 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2018. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer. On-Time Performance In February 2018, the reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 79.3 percent, down from both the 82.6 percent on-time rate in February...
Contraflow Trial to Add Third Lane on Keaau-Pahoa Road Near Hawaiian Paradise Park to Begin Monday, April 30, 2018
HILO – The contraflow trial on Keeau-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) from Kaloli Drive to Shower Drive will begin at 6 a.m., Monday, April 30, 2018 and will run through the morning of May 11, 2018. This lane will be available to northbound motorists regardless of the number of people in their car from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. during the trial. A conceptual drawing showing the contraflow setup is avail...
Maryland Transit Agency Offers Grants to Help Spur Innovation by Local Systems
The Maryland Transit Administration introduced a new $2 million annual "Statewide Transit Innovation Grant" program for the next two fiscal years, under which local transit agencies and county officials can apply for state funding to help plan, design or build innovative mobility projects. The MTA, which is part of the state Department of Transportation, said some examples of eligible projects are corridor and feasibility studies, bus rapid transit routes, dedicated bus lanes, transit signal...
Hawaii DOT Works to Repair Highway Wrecked by Flooding
The Hawaii Department of Transportation said it is joining forces with other state, county and federal agencies to clear and repair sections of the Kuhio Highway between Lumahai and Wainiha on Kauai Island's North Shore after what was reported as "historic rainfall" triggered flooding and mudslides. The well-traveled highway is a two-lane road with a number of one-lane bridges, so that slides can easily halt traffic in each direction. It is also the only road serving some areas. The Nation...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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