Route 68 "Clarion Curve" Project Earns ASHE Mid-Allegheny Award
The American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) Mid-Allegheny Section honored the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 10; the project design consultant, Gannett Fleming; and the project contractor, Francis J. Palo, on May 4 for their work on the Pennsylvania state Route 68 project in Clarion, Pennsylvania. The $3.5 million “Clarion Curve” project received the 2016 Outstanding Highway Engineering Award in the Projects Greater than $2.5 Million category. The Gannett Fl...
PennDOT Awards Jacobs Multi-Million Dollar Active Traffic Management Project
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) was awarded a ten-year, multi-million dollar contract from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to design a long-range, comprehensive, multi-modal transportation management solution to improve travel along the Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) Corridor in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Jacobs will provide systems engineering and alternatives analysis, preliminary engineering, final design, right-of-way acquisition s...
RIDOT Offering Free In-State Commuter Rail Trips Between Wickford Junction, T.F. Green And Providence Stations
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is encouraging Rhode Islanders to leave their cars at home for the daily trip to work, catching a flight, or a visit to the capital city by making in-state travel free on trains between Wickford Junction, T.F. Green and Providence stations. RIDOT is making commuter rail service free for a limited time, beginning on July 3 and running through the end of the year. The promotion will raise awareness of this convenient transit service, encoura...
Virginia Transportation Board Approves $18.6 Billion Six-Year Improvement Program
Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved the most recent Six-Year Improvement Program for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The program will allocate $18.6 billion to transportation projects for six fiscal years beginning July 1. VDOT reports the program will fund more than 3,600 transportation projects. The program allocates $15.2 billion to highway construction, broken out by the following categ...
Denham Statement from Hearing on Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Challenges and Opportunities for Intercity Passenger Rail Service
Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Material Hearing on “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Challenges and Opportunities for Intercity Passenger Rail Service” June 22, 2017 Opening Statement (Remarks as Prepared) Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing to consider the challenges and opportunities for intercity passenger rail service. At the outset, I want to thank Mr. Capuano for his bipartisan work to reauthorize Amtrak...
FTA Posts Status of State Progress to Meet Rail Transit Safety Certification Deadline, Avoid Funding Impact if Deadline is Missed
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has notified the 30 states where rail transit systems operate that federal law requires they establish an FTA-certified State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program by April 15, 2019. If a state fails to obtain certification for its SSO Program by the deadline, FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from obligating any funds to public transportation agencies throughout that state until certification...
SnowEx Introduces New V-Maxx G2 Hopper Spreaders With Enhanced Controls and Spreading Performance
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – Equipped with updated controls and enhanced material spreading features, the new SnowEx® V-Maxx™ G2 hopper spreaders offer greater performance and operating efficiency for contractors and municipalities on large ice control applications. A new dual variable-speed control is more compact than on previous models. This digital, self-diagnosing unit allows independent adjustment of spinner and auger speeds, while convenient buttons offer easy control of the standard...
Association Releases LRFD Tunnel Design and Construction Guide Specifications
AASHTO has released for sale a publication detailing load and resistance factor design guide specifications for highway tunnels. The association's Bookstore is offering this 279-page first edition of "LRFD Tunnel Design and Construction Guide Specifications" as a single-user electronic file, at both member and nonmember prices. Developed for industry use by the Highway Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures, its guide specifications are intended for the design, evaluation and rehabilitatio...
Senators Release Bipartisan Principles for Legislation on Self-Driving Vehicles
The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, plus a member from an automotive-centered state, issued a set of principles they said would guide legislation they plan to write concerning self-driving vehicles. Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., ranking minority member Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., jointly released their principles June 13, in advance of a committee hearing the next day on "Paving the Way for Self-Driving Vehicles."...
253 House Members Sign Letter Seeking Long-Term Fix to Highway Trust Fund
More than half of all House members, including majorities from both political parties, told the chamber's chief tax writers they want to come up with a way to head off the future insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund. While their letter did not specifically endorse a gas tax increase or any other revenue option, it did ask leaders of the Ways and Means Committee to come up with a "long-t...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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