Newly Designed ARTBA Website Highlights Core Competencies
(WASHINGTON) - For 115 years, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has exclusively focused on building and protecting the U.S. transportation construction market on behalf of its nearly 8,000 public and private sector members. The association is a trusted, non-partisan information source for transportation infrastructure investment and policy issues, construction safety and economics. ARTBA’s mission and core competencies are “front and center” in a newly designed...
The New Trend that’s Lighting Up Awards Season in Transportation
Pantone called it the color of the year – that’s how big of a deal it is. Yet, as Kermit the Frog once crooned, “it’s not easy being green.” From manufacturing to water, industries are constantly challenged to become greener, or more sustainable, in their work. As the world’s first professional services firm to receive the World Environment Center Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development, thinking and acting sustainably is something we’re pretty g...
UA, ALDOT Lay Groundwork for Future Self-Driving Vehicles
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Advanced technology used to make traveling safer and more efficient is the focus of a new project led by The University of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Transportation. Tuscaloosa is the first city in Alabama to install the technology that will collect data for research used to decrease travel time, reduce vehicle crashes and lay the groundwork for future self-driving vehicles. “We expect significant advances in the U.S. transportation system during the next 10 y...
Genetec Announces Traffic Sense—A Unified Traffic Operations Platform Driven by Advanced Analytics
MONTRÉAL, October 26th 2017— In a move that offers a modern approach to traffic operations, Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of a next-generation software platform called Genetec Traffic Sense™. Designed to deliver greater oversight and efficiency for traffic operations, Traffic Sense brings a unified view of traffic systems, taps into emerging technologies such...
A Digital Twin to Make Amsterdam’s 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Smarter and Safer
Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam-based startup MX3D is 3D printing a 12-meter-long stainless steel pedestrian bridge to be installed crossing one of Amsterdam’s canals in the old city center by late 2018. Today we announce that a consortium of mathematicians, IoT specialists and engineers have teamed up with us to develop a smart sensor network to monitor the bridge’s health in real time. A great example of data centric engineering. The partners joining the MX3D project include: Autode...
Plug-in Electric Vehicles: Future Market Conditions and Adoption Rates
Variability surrounding future battery technology, government policies, consumer preferences, and other developments related to personal transportation markets casts a great deal of uncertainty on the long-term effects that battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles may have on worldwide energy consumption. This article discusses market trends related to these plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and compares results from standalone runs of EIA’s new International Transportation Energy Demand Dete...
National Association Honors Interstate 15 Bridge Project
PHOENIX – A national industry group has honored the Arizona Department of Transportation’s $30 million rehabilitation of an Interstate 15 bridge through the rugged Virgin River Gorge in far northwestern Arizona. The American Public Works Association selected the Virgin Bridge No. 6 improvement, completed last year, as Project of the Year among transportation projects worth between $25 million and $75 million, with ADOT as the managing agency, Pulice-Wadsworth Brothers Joint Venture as primary...
Michael Baker International Completes Seagrass Restoration Project in Indian River Lagoon Surrounding the Merritt Island Airport
Tampa, Fla. (October 23, 2017) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced the completion of a seagrass restoration demonstration project as part of a larger safety improvement program at Merritt Island Airport in Brevard County, Florida. The firm, in partnership with Sea and Shoreline, LLC; the Brevard Zoo; and Titusville Cocoa Airport Authority, harvested seagrass from the end of the airport’s Runway 29, grew it in a nursery and re...
GeoDecisions Recognized for Pennsylvania Project
(Harrisburg, Pa.): The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) recently recognized the GeoDecisions-designed Maintenance-IQ application as a Distinguished System as part of the association’s Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) awards.GeoDecisions developed Maintenance-IQ for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), enabling the department to use geographic information system (GIS) mapping to plan and schedule maintenance activities for the 40,000 miles of ro...
Governor Wolf Announces New Winter Travel Tool for Public, Administration Outlines Winter Preparations
Norristown, PA – With the winter season approaching, Governor Tom Wolf today announced that a new online tool is available to inform the public of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) operations this winter. He made the announcement in conjunction with a news conference that PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards held today outlining the agency's plans for winter services, and sharing job opportunities and driver preparation tips. "Public safety is our principal mission, which dr...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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