BTS Updates Datasets to National Transportation Atlas Database
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released its winter 2022 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure. The updated layers in this release include: National Transit Map data; Transit Stops; Transit Routes; Transit Agencies; North American Rail Lines; North American Rail Nodes; National Bridg...
USDOT Unveils New National Roadway Safety Strategy
The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new comprehensive National Roadway Safety Strategy or NRSS during a press event at the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters on January 27. USDOT Secretary Buttigieg (seen above) said during that event that the NRSS provides “concrete steps” for the agency to address an “alarming rise” in roadway fatalities via “systemic changes” to prevent these “tragic and avoidable deaths and serious injuries.” [Above image via the USDOT] He added th...
one.network and North Carolina DOT Launch First Statewide Work Zone Data Exchange Initiative in U.S.
The effort will be the largest and most comprehensive project of its kind, delivering statewide work zone data as part of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's new Work Zone Data Exchange Program. WILMINGTON, Delaware – one.network, a leading transportation technology provider of real-time work zone, road incident and event information data, announced a partnership agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) today to launch the first statewide deployment o...
GPA tops 5.5M TEUs, 650K units in 2021
The Georgia Ports Authority achieved a record level of container trade in Calendar Year 2021, handling more than 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units of cargo. By June, the GPA will grow the Port of Savannah’s annual container capacity by 1.6 million TEUs, an increase of 25 percent. Credit - GPA SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 25, 2022 – The Port of Savannah moved a record 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2021, growing volumes by a million TEUs, or 20...
Improving Public Engagement in Transportation Through Data-Informed Analysis
The latest installation in HDR’s Experts Talk series features strategic communications professionals Chelsea Collinge and Sabrina Colón explaining how data-informed engagement can help create more equitable infrastructure. Data-informed engagement, which combines the expertise of communications professionals and geospatial experts, uses readily available, public data to inform and enhance community engagement. The result is an approach that improves understanding of a community and leads to m...
MDOT Using LiDAR Technology for Road Construction
JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is using LiDAR (light detection and ranging), to improve efficiency and safety in the construction and maintenance of road projects around the state. LiDAR is a method for determining ranges or distances by targeting an object with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. The reflected light data is then converted into distance measurements creating a 3-D model of what was measured....
U.S. Federal Highway Administration Approves one.network’s Work Zone Data Exchange Feed for DOT Use, Company Offers It Free of Charge
After extensive compliance testing, one.network’s feed becomes the most comprehensive national solution to deliver work zone data to agencies, third parties, GPS navigational applications, and connected and autonomous vehicles. WILMINGTON, Delaware – one.network, a leading software innovator delivering platform-based, real-time traffic management and event information, announced today that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved the company’s Work Zone Data Exchange (...
Video: Steel Bridge Frequently Asked Questions
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) presents a topic based video series on short span steel bridges. In this series, Dr. Gregory Michaelson (Co-Director, SSSBA Bridge Technology Center & Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at Marshall University) discusses the most frequently asked questions about short span steel bridges. Since the SSSBA’s creation in 2007, the Bridge Technology Center has traveled across the country and given presentations at engineering confere...
PennDOT Constructs First Curved Steel Tubular Flange Girder Bridge in the U.S.
On Interstate 95 in southeastern Pennsylvania, we are constructing the first curved steel tubular flange girder bridge in the United States. The use of a tubular flange in place of a standard plate increases structural performance while reducing fabrication and erection material, as well as erection time compared to standard plate flange curved girders. The use of steel plate flanges has been the standard for straight and most curved girder bridge applications. Lehigh University performed res...
Skanska builds the Portal North Bridge replacement in New Jersey, USA, for USD 1.09B, about SEK 9.4B
Skanska has, as part of a joint venture with Traylor Bros., Inc., signed a contract with NJ TRANSIT to build the Portal North Bridge replacement in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. The total contract is worth USD 1.56B. Skanska’s share of the contract is worth USD 1.09B, about SEK 9.4B, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2021. The contract includes the replacement of the existing Portal North Bridge with a new two-track fixed structure crossing directly o...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
