Siemens Mobility and Ondas Networks Bring Next-Gen Wireless Communications to North American Rail Market
NEW YORK and SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Siemens Mobility, a leader in seamless, sustainable, reliable and secure transport solutions for more than 160 years, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Ondas Networks, a developer of private licensed wireless data networks for mission-critical industrial markets, to bring a Siemens-branded portfolio of their wireless radio communication systems to the North American Rail Market. Ondas’ MC-IoT architecture is designed to provide railroads with wirel...
Acrow Bridge Providing Detour Access During Federal Project on Hawaiian Island of Kauai
Temporary bridge was built in only eight days and expected to be in use through the completion of the replacement of the existing Kapa’a Stream Bridge (Parsippany, New Jersey) – Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today one of its modular steel bridges is being used to detour traffic around a project to replace the Kapa’a Stream Bridge on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) near Kealia Beach. Route 56 is the main route north and south across th...
AASHTO Issues Updated LRFD Bridge Design Guide
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released the 9th edition of its LRFD Bridge Design Specifications guide, which employs the load and resistance factor design or LRFD methodology in the design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of bridges. AASHTO noted that this 9th edition replaces the 8th edition – published in 2017 – and includes revisions to almost all of its specification sections. That includes extensive changes to the “steel structures”...
AASHTO Releases 38th Public Transit Survey
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently unveiled its 38th Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation, which provides a snapshot of state-by-state public transportation investments as well as how state departments of transportation utilize funding and tax mechanisms to support both transit operations and capital projects. [Above photo by the Missouri DOT.] Compiled by AASHTO’s Council on Public Transportation, the survey is based on fiscal year...
Video: The 2020 Prize Bridge Awards
The American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Prize Bridge Awards.
Video: World’s Longest S-Shaped, Single-Tower Suspension Bridge Opens in Dublin, Ohio
Time lapse - Dublin Pedestrian Bridge from Dublin, Ohio, USA on Vimeo.A pedestrian and bicycle bridge will span the Scioto River in the heart of Dublin connecting the future Riverside Crossing Park on the east side of the river as well as nearby commercial, residential and retail to Downtown Dublin on the west side. The pedestrian bridge will also serve as an iconic City of Dublin landmark – representing connectivity and inclusivity.
“Re-open, Renew and Revitalize” Campaign Tells Lawmakers: Economic Recovery Begins with Multi-Year Transportation Investment Package
(WASHINGTON) - A coalition of 31 national construction associations and labor unions today launches an advertising and grassroots campaign designed to encourage Congress to make new infrastructure investments as the major catalyst for economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19. The primary message of the campaign by the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) is that re-opening, renewing and revitalizing the economy starts with passage of a robust, multi-year transportation bill that crea...
Carrollton Announces Partnership for Last Mile Transportation Solution
Carrollton, Texas – The City of Carrollton will serve as the latest location for GoLink, a service of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), through a partnership with local business Western Extrusions helping employees arrive safely to work from the transit station. The expanded service, set to begin in May, came in response to a project called the “Last Mile” initiated by the City and Western Extrusions, a private sector major employer in the Valwood Industrial Park area of Carrollton. Western E...
Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium Publishes Best Practice for Defining Operational Design Domains
Latest best practice provides recommendations for a common framework and vocabulary to help guide the on-road testing of SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles WARRENDALE, Pa.- The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium™ (AVSC) today announced the availability of its second published best practice titled, Describing an Operational Design Domain (ODD): Conceptual Framework and Lexicon. The best practice provides a much-needed conceptual framework and common language that all manufacturers and developers c...
ARTBA Chairman Steve McGough Makes Case for Infrastructure Package with Trump Administration
WASHINGTON — American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Steve McGough April 29 called on the Trump administration and Congress to take immediate steps to stabilize state transportation programs and enact a multi-year plan that dramatically increases federal highway, bridge and public transportation investment. McGough, the president and CFO of Houston-based HCSS, delivered his remarks during a U.S. DOT virtual "listening session" led by Secretary Elaine Chao, Federal Highway...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
