North Atlantic Rail Proposal Wins Backing from 24 Members of Congress from CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI and VT
Neal, Maloney, McGovern, Clark among broad coalition backing transformational regional rail network WASHINGTON—Twenty-four members of Congress, including the chairs of the powerful Ways and Means, Oversight, and Rules Committees, are urging the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to consider authorizing a new public-benefit corporation to create and build the North Atlantic Rail network. North Atlantic Rail is a $105 billion plan for a new network of high speed and high performa...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Major Milestone for the Hudson Tunnel Project
Action Allows Project of National Significance to Advance The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today jointly issued the Final Environment Impact Statement (Final EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the Hudson Tunnel Project. Completion of the Final EIS and ROD represents U.S. DOT’s commitment to working with New Jersey Transit and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority), in coordinati...
Video: All About the Future of Transport
The latest projections for future transport activity and CO2 emissions … and ways to reshape transport in the wake of Covid-19 featured in the 2021 edition of our flagship publication, the ITF Transport Outlook, launching at the #ITF21 Summit on Monday, 17 May. ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and Jari Kauppila, Head of Secretary-General's Office and Head of Quantitative Policy Analysis and Foresight, showcase the Outlook's main findings and policy implications. https://www.itf-oecd.o...
Sony cooperates in smart city trial project in Rome using intelligent vision sensors to reduce traffic, optimise public transportation and support pedestrian safety
- Three trials to start in June to reduce gridlock and pollution from parking; to cut pedestrian accidents; and to minimise crowding on city’s buses - Sony’s IMX500 is the first image sensor with embedded AI processing functionality, on chip processing addresses privacy concerns, and allows it to be rolled out utilising existing infrastructure 27th May 2021 – Rome, Italy: Sony Europe has announced its IMX500 image sensors with AI processing functionality are at the cor...
U.S. Vehicle Travel Returns to Near Pre-Pandemic Levels; New Report Examines COVID-19 Transportation Impacts
Full report, appendix and video interview with report author available at this link. AS U.S. VEHICLE TRAVEL REBOUNDS TO NEAR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, 15 STATES HAVE EXCEED PRE-COVID LEVELS; NEW REPORT EXAMINES COVID-19 IMPACT AND CURRENT TRENDS IN VEHICLE TRAVEL, COMMUTING, DAILY TRIPS, E-COMMERCE, CONGESTION AND FUTURE TRAVEL TRENDS. Washington, DC – As the summer travel season begins and the U.S. continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, vehicle travel has returned to near...
Colombia joins the International Transport Forum
Colombia has joined the International Trasport Forum (ITF) as the organisation's 63rd member country. Ministers of transport from the 62 current member states, meeting virtually for their Annual Summit on 27 May, agreed unanimously to admit Latin America's second-most-populous nation to the world's only intergovernmental organisation with a mandate for all transport modes. Colombia is the organisation’s fourth member state from Latin America. The other member countries from the region are...
Updated ASCE Standard 21 Establishes Acceptable Level of Safety and Performance for Automated People Movers
Reston, Va. – Automated people movers (APM), fully automated guided transport system, are most often found at airports, theme parks, and downtown urban areas, as a safe and efficient transportation option. ASCE’s newly updated Automated People Movers Standards (ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-21), establishes the minimum requirements necessary to achieve an acceptable level of safety and performance for an automated people mover (APM) system. This revision includes substantive changes and additions of mandato...
Bike Sharing Market to Garner $6.98 Billion by 2027: Says Allied Market Research
Increase in venture capital and strategic investments and rise in inclusion of e-bikes in the sharing fleet fuel the growth of the global bike sharing market. Based on bike types, the traditional segment is expected to rule the roost by 2027. Based on region, the market across Asia-Pacific dominated with the highest share in 2019 and is expected to lead throughout the forecast period. Prominent Players: Anywheel Pte. Ltd, Beijing Xiaoju Technology Co, Ltd., Bird Rides, Inc, BIXI Montreal, Bond M...
Skanska delivers major piling works on the HS2 high speed railway, UK, for GBP 62M, about SEK 720M
Skanska has, through Cementation Skanska, signed a contract with the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture for major piling works for the London Tunnels section on the HS2 high speed railway, UK. The total contract is worth GBP 93M. The external part of the contract worth GBP 62M, about SEK 720M, will be included in the order bookings for Europe for the second quarter 2021. Cementation Skanska will create one of the largest current open-cut retaining boxes in Europe – equivalent in size to fo...
America’s Engineering Industry backs the Senate Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021
Washington, DC – The American Council of Engineering Companies released a strong letter of support this afternoon for passage of the bipartisan Senate Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021. In her letter, ACEC President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr congratulated Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) for reaching a bipartisan agreement on the bill, which will ensure five years of growing investment in c...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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