Americans Recognize Benefits of Public Transportation
NEW YORK – Almost nine in 10 Americans (88 percent) recognize public transportation systems provide a wide array of benefits to the communities they serve, according to a new HNTB Corporation America THINKS public opinion survey. The survey, Public Transportation-2017, found 83 percent of Americans have some type of public transportation option available where they live or work; 71 percent of those have used it at some point; and 51 percent have opted to use public transportation instead of d...
USDOT Announces $55 Million Funding Opportunity for Clean-Energy Transit Bus Projects
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity to apply for up to $55 million in competitive grant funds through FTA’s Low or No Emission (Low-No) Bus Program. The Low-No program supports projects sponsored by local transit agencies to bring advanced, American-made bus technologies such as battery electric power and hydrogen fuel cells into service nationwide. “FTA is proud to support investment in the next generation...
Program Continues to Push Innovative Technologies to Tackle Congestion
Cutting-edge technologies are helping to improve America’s highway system, and real-time data reporting systems are helping us make better use of our highways and bridges. The Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Program (ATCMTD) is doing just that by funding state-of-the-art transportation improvement technologies that reduce congestion and help us maintain our infrastructure. Now in its second round, the program is providing $60 million in funding agai...
Fluor Joint Venture Selected for Texas Southern Gateway Project
IRVING, Texas (May 4, 2017) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Fluor-led joint venture comprised of Fluor and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the design-build and capital maintenance team for the estimated $625 million Southern Gateway reconstruction and improvement project located along Interstate I-35E and U.S. 67 in Dallas. Fluor will book its share of the contract value into backlog in the second qua...
Congress Avoids Shutdown, Approves One-Week Extension of 2016 Spending Levels
Congress avoided a government shutdown while continuing to negotiate on a long-delayed 2017 budget, but approved a further one-week extension of 2016 spending levels to May 5 to give lawmakers more time to pin down an agreement for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Top appropriators said those negotiations had brought both parties close to a wide-ranging budget deal to fully fund agencies through September, but that they needed more time to complete work on various issues. The House voted...
Joseph Heller, P.E., Wins Arizona DOT Partnering Spirit Award for US 60 and Bell Road Traffic Interchange Project
T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces Joseph (Joe) Heller, P.E., TYLI Design Engineer, received an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Partnering Spirit Award for the US 60 and Bell Road Traffic Interchange Design-Build (D-B) project in Surprise, Arizona. ADOT bestows Partnering Spirit Awards to individuals who have played a significant role as members of partnerships achieving exceptionally positive results through ag...
Video: MDOT Bridges: Repair vs. Replace
Whether it’s an interstate over the Mississippi River or a local highway over a small creek, MDOT maintains over 5,000 bridges across the state. Learn more about how bridges are prioritized for repair or replacement, and how much each method costs to extend the life of a bridge.
Indiana Governor Breaks Ground on I-65 Northwest Indiana Major Moves 2020 Expansion Project
LOWELL, Ind. – Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb today joined State Representative Ed Soliday, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Commissioner Joe McGuinness and other local officials to formally break ground on the I-65 Northwest Indiana Expansion Project. The $62 million Major Moves 2020 project will improve traffic flow and add capacity on Interstate 65 from State Road 2 to U.S. 30 in Newton and Lake counties. “Projects like this I-65 expansion in Lake and Newton counties do more tha...
House Sends Bill Repealing Burdensome MPO Rule to the President
Washington - A bill to repeal regulatory mandates on Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and keep decision-making authority for transportation improvements at the local level overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 417 to 3 today. The House passed S. 496, a bill that repeals the rule entitled “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform,” a rule that increases burdens on MPOs and states in excess of what is required in law. The...
Michael Baker International Pioneers Drone Activity at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Gather Runway Improvement Data
Pittsburgh (April 27, 2017) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, recently marked a significant milestone for the aviation industry as it partnered with the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to use Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)—commonly known as drones—to inspect runway conditions. The mission was the first of its kind to use drones on the airfield of an international airport in the United States during daily airport...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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