Gov. Pritzker Signs Illinois High-Speed Railway Commission Bill as Congress Debates Infrastructure Deal
Commission’s Creation Comes as Congress Debates Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB399 on Friday, a bill authorizing the formation of the Illinois High-Speed Railway Commission. The commission will be responsible for creating a statewide plan for a high-speed line and feeder network connecting Chicago to St. Louis. It will be integrated with existing Amtrak and Metra services, intercity bus service and connect the Illinois cities of Rockford, Moline, Pe...
China to lead deployment of electric vehicles during 2021 to 2030 period, says GlobalData
China continues to be the largest electric vehicles market in terms of fleet size and annual sales as of 2020. The country is expected to maintain its dominant position during the 2021–2030 period as well, deploying more than 50 million electric vehicles in the next ten years, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Growth in the Chinese electric vehicles market is attributed to strong policy support from the government and the presence of various local and international electr...
Americans Riding Public Transportation in Greater Numbers
Some Areas Seeing More Than 80 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Ridership WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that transit ridership is rebounding in communities across the nation. Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's actions to tackle the pandemic, more Americans are on the move. As Americans are going to work, shopping and visiting friends and loved ones they are returning to transit. In some communities, transit ridership...
HDR Experts Explain How PEL Studies Can Improve Decision-Making and Efficiency on Transportation Projects
HDR’s Latest Experts Talk Interview Explores the Benefits and Details of Planning and Environmental Linkage Studies Increasingly popular with state and local transportation agencies, planning and environmental linkage studies provide a streamlined process to help decision-makers engage stakeholders, identify critical environmental issues and analyze potential transportation solutions. But their chief benefit is to remove duplication between planning studies and environmental reviews, bringing...
RIDOT Reopens Manville Bridge Over the Blackstone River in Lincoln and Cumberland
Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. joined with state and local leaders today to celebrate the reopening of the Manville Bridge, an important link for residents and business in the villages of Manville and Cumberland Hill on either side of the Blackstone River. The bridge carries Manville Hill Road over the river as well as the Blackstone River Bikeway and the Providence & Worcester Railroad between...
Cary Begins North Carolina’s First Town-Wide Connected Vehicle Deployment to Further Improve Safety and Increase Intersection Awareness
Emergency Vehicles to get improved range of preemption, faster response time at traffic signals, reducing response time and confusion at intersections.Cary has selected Applied Information, ALS of North Carolina, and Temple, Inc. to provide technology.The TravelSafely Smartphone App will eventually be able to connect drivers, vulnerable road users and infrastructure. CARY, NC – The Town of Cary has selected transportation technology developer Applied Information to upgrade its traffi...
MAI partners with Citiri to offer advanced ORAT as a digital solution
Munich Airport International refines service portfolio:MAI partners with Citiri to offer advanced ORAT as a digital solutionMunich Airport International (MAI), originator of operational readiness and airport transfer (ORAT) services, and Atlanta-based Citiri Inc., as provider of an ORAT project management software, announced today that they will partner in providing digital ORAT services to airport operators and infrastructure developers. By combining the knowhow and experience of MAI with Citir...
Mammoet successfully lifts Wellsburg Bridge in West Virginia
Bridging the gap for multiple first-time achievements all in a single bridge move Mammoet and Flatiron Construction are proud to have successfully completed the main span float and lift of the Wellsburg Bridge which connects Wellsburg, West Virginia and Brilliant, Ohio. History was made on the Ohio River during the Wellsburg Bridge project as floating a bridge had never been done before in West Virginia.In addition, it is the heaviest floating bridge lift ever executed in the USA. Upon comp...
Amtrak To Invest $7.3B In New Railroad Equipment
National passenger rail operator Amtrak recently signed a $7.3 billion deal with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc. to manufacture a new fleet of up to 83 trains for deployment on various state-supported routes, long-distance Palmetto route, and the Northeast Corridor. [Above image by Amtrak] The deal also contains options to add up to 130 additional trains to support Amtrak’s growth plans along with a long-term parts supply and service agreement, facility modifications and upgrades, a...
Skanska rehabilitates sections of the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, New Jersey , USA, for USD 161M, about SEK 1.4 billion
Skanska has signed a contract with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to rehabilitate sections of the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. The contract is worth USD 161M, about SEK 1.4 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the second quarter 2021. The contract includes the rehabilitation of sections of the Pulaski Skyway carrying Routes 1 and 9 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and includes the structural rehabilitation and painting of thirteen spans o...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
