Swiss Steel Group: A Companion for Sustainability in the Aviation Industry
Emmenbrücke / Witten, May 2024 - Swiss Steel Group presents a comprehensive white paper highlighting the significant changes and challenges facing the aviation industry in achieving net-zero emissions targets by 2050. The aviation industry is faced with the urgent task of making its contribution to global climate protection efforts. Despite its comparatively low share of around 4 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, the aviation industry has one of the fastest growing emission...
Westchester County, NY selects GMV to provide Transit Technology Upgrade on 325 buses
The $16M contract and a new GMV office will establish a permanent footprint for the company in the New York Metro area LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2024 - Westchester County is home to a diverse population of more than 1 million people, with rail and bus connections into New York City. Following a competitive procurement, the County selected GMV to upgrade its transit technology platform to deliver more efficient service, better oversight of operations and improve the customer experience on Bee Line...
Skanska and WSDOT Break Ground on I-405/Brickyard to SR 527 Improvement Project in Bothell, Wash.
Improving 4.5 miles of I-405 corridor, project will extend the dual-express toll lane system, add new direct access ramps, add three new Sound Transit bus rapid transit stations and new fish passage culverts Seattle, Wash. – Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, together with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and Sound Transit, celebrated the groundbreaking of the I-405/Brickyard to SR 527 Improvement Project on Monday, May 20. This project will...
Release of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to come later in 2024
The IBR program is currently performing the required technical review of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in coordination with our federal partners, the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. This comprehensive review ensures the information in the document is complete and accurate. Coordination with federal partners is ongoing but takes time to ensure the information is fully vetted. The goal of the program had been to publish the Dra...
Network Optix Partners with Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners to Launch Transportation Infrastructure Video Software for First Time in the U.S.
Award-winning Nx Go software, tailored for traffic infrastructure, deploys for the first time in a U.S. city in the heart of “Silicon Orchard” The smart city’s “IoT Control Room” – the first of its kind to be implemented in the county – features a wall of screens that integrates traffic camera feeds and data from LiDAR and more sensors installed across smart roadway infrastructure through Nx Go technology Peachtree Corners features 5G-connected infrastructure communicating with autonomous...
Fluor-led Joint Venture Breaks Ground on Phase 1 of I-35 NEX South Project in San Antonio
IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture with Austin Bridge & Road – Lone Star Constructors, NEX – has broken ground on Phase 1 of the Interstate 35 (I-35) Northeast Expansion (NEX) South project in San Antonio, Texas, for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Fluor was awarded the $700 million design-build project in the second quarter of 2023. “Phase 1 of the I-35 NEX South project builds on Fluor’s more than two decades of work helping...
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Begins Concourse D Upgrade
As program manager, WSP provides comprehensive support for innovative modular construction plan at the world’s busiest airport. ATLANTA — WSP, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy, joined airport, city and federal leaders, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, for the start of a long-awaited expansion of Concourse D at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. “This $1.4 billion project is one of many planned at Hartsfi...
Meridiam and Conrac Solutions Announce $299M Project to Enhance Reno-Tahoe International Airport’s Efficiency, Sustainability and Customer Experience
The development will include a Ground Transportation Center and Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility as part of the MoreRNO program RENO, Nev.-Today, Meridiam, a leading sustainable infrastructure asset manager, and Conrac Solutions (CS), the nation’s only provider of on-airport consolidated rent-a-car facilities, announced a partnership with the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) to develop a new Ground Transportation Center (GTC), including a consolidated rent-a-car facility, at Reno-Taho...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding for I-95 Repairs After Truck Fire in Norwalk, Connecticut
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). The funds will be used to offset costs to reconstruct the Fairfield Avenue bridge over Interstate 95 (I-95), damaged in a gas tanker crash on May 2nd. “I-95 is a critical highway—for both the people of Connecticut and our nation’s transpor...
Seyond Collaborates with Curiosity Lab and Peachtree Corners to Deploy LiDAR Solution to Improve VRU Safety and Traffic Intersection Efficiencies
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. – Peachtree Corners – one of the United States’ first 5G smart cities powered by real-world connected infrastructure – announced a collaboration with global provider of image-grade LiDAR technology, Seyond. This collaboration enables Seyond to deploy and validate its LiDAR solutions in a real-world environment in an effort to create safer streets and smoother traffic flow for both vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRUs) in Peachtree Corners. Seyond’s LiDAR solution is...