I-70 Mountain Express Lane Project Wins Two Awards
DENVER—The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) received two separate awards recognizing the I-70 Mountain Express Lane for delivering superior customer service and an innovative solution for a complex transportation challenge. CDOT received Gov. John Hickenlooper's inaugural Governor's Elevation Award in the Superior Customer Service category for the I-70 Mountain Express Lane project, which reduced average travel times on eas...
Dewberry to Conduct Autonomous Vehicle Transportation Network Feasibility Study
Dewberry has been selected by Walton County, Florida, to perform an autonomous vehicle transportation network feasibility study along county road (CR) 30A. If proven to be plausible, the autonomous vehicle network will reduce traffic congestion along CR 30A, enhance workforce mobility within the county, and provide interconnectivity with other regional transportation nodes. If the project is approved, the firm will develop a long-range timeline encompassing various phases of the project. The...
AEM Announces ‘Build’ Phase Finalists in Infrastructure Competition
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced the five finalists in the “Build” phase of the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge, an incentivized competition launched by the trade association to solicit groundbreaking ideas and solutions that address some of the principle challenges facing the country’s infrastructure. The third and final phase of the competition, referred to as the “Build” phase, launched in July 2016 and solicited ideas for how to create a t...
Maryland Department Of Transportation Adds to Reputation as Award- Winning Agency
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has gained new honors for delivering outstanding transportation projects in Maryland. Last night, Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn and MDOT Business Unit executives accepted 17 of 22 MdQI Awards of Excellence presented for planning studies, programs and construction projects completed in 2016. The Maryland Quality Initiative (MdQI) consortium of private sector industry associations and public sector transportation agencie...
Senate Democrats Offer Proposal to Spend $1 Trillion on Transportation, Other Systems
A group of senior Senate Democrats unveiled their own 10-year, $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan that would spend hundreds of billions on transportation systems, but included no proposal on how to pay for it. They said the plan would create more than 15 million jobs while moderni...
Shuster Statement on the Confirmation of Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation
Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Elaine Chao as the Nation’s next Secretary of Transportation: “I congratulate Elaine Chao on her confirmation as the next Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. I look forward to getting to work with her, the new administration, and my colleagues in Congress on the many issues before the Committee this year, inclu...
Parsons’ I-75 South Metro Reversible Express Lane Project Opens This Weekend
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is pleased to announce that the I-75 South Metro reversible express lane project will open this weekend, giving Atlanta motorists the option to travel nearly 13 mi between Highway 138 and Highway 155 on the new, double-lane addition to the I-75 median. The lanes will carry traffic northbound toward downtown Atlanta during the morning rush hour and southbound during midday and peak afternoon and evening traffic. . Parsons prepared conceptual design reports for the I-75 S...
District Department of Transportation Reselects CH2M for Program Management of Anacostia Waterfront Initiative
WASHINGTON - The District Department of Transportation again selected CH2M as their program management consultant for the next five years of the trailblazing Anacostia Waterfront Initiative. CH2M has partnered with DDOT on the AWI Program since 2006, integrating multiple transportation, land use and land development initiatives and bolstering neighborhood livability in the nation's capital. "Led by the District of Columbia government and embraced by 19 regional and federal a...
Northern Line Extension Unveils Tunnelling Machines
Following tunnelling tradition, the TBMs have been given lady’s names as this represents a sign of good luck for the tunnelling ahead. London Deputy Mayor for Transport, Val Shawcross visited the Battersea Station NLE site, and ceremonially announced both TBMs names, ‘Helen’ and ‘Amy’, which were decided as part of the project’s community engagement initiatives with local schools. The TBMs are being named in honour of the first British astronaut in space, Helen Sharman, and British av...
Port Performance Freight Statistics Annual Report Released
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2016 . This report is BTS’s first edition of the annual report on the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program, established...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
