Federal Railroad Administration Announces More Than $326 Million in Grants to Support Railroad Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the recipients of more than $326 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program and the Special Transportation Circumstances Program, for a wide variety of state and local railroad infrastructure projects. The grants will fund 45 projects in 29 states. “These investments in intercity passenger and freight rail will benefit surrou...
Acrow Bridge Lessens Impact to Travelers During NY State Thruway Authority’s $135M “Last Mile” Infrastructure Initiative
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 during a component project of the NY State Thruway Authority’s “Last Mile” initiative on a section of the I-95 New England Thruway from Westchester County in New York to the Connecticut border. The comprehensive project entails upgrading the stretch of interstate, which carries more than 140,000 vehicles daily, to i...
Severe Flooding Continues to Impact Highway System in Midwestern U.S.
Record-setting storms and flooding continue to force the closure of roads and bridges on the National Highway System by the dozens in states throughout the Midwest, according to the Federal Highway Administration – especially in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. [Above photo by U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Rebecca Imwalle.] The FHWA said in a statement on May 31 that it continues to coordinate with state department of transportation officials in affe...
Video: A Bridge Competition Helps Connect Students to Transportation
The National Bridge Challenge is part of the Transportation and Civil Engineering or TRAC program that teaches secondary school students from 7th through 12th grade how to apply a variety of math and science concepts to common engineering problems occurring in the development of transportation systems. The final round of the 2019 National Bridge Challenge was held May 21 in Park City, Utah, as part of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials spring meeting. The all-...
Hawaii Department of Transportation Demonstrates CarbonCure for Paving Infrastructure
HONOLULU, HI: The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced yesterday that the department is demonstrating the use of concrete made with the CarbonCure Technology as a sustainable transportation initiative. The initial test involves a pour of 150 cubic yards of carbon-injected concrete next to an equivalent pour of standard concrete mix on an access road for the Kapolei Interchange Phase 2 on Oahu Island. “I am pleased to see HDOT moving ahead with CarbonCure, local concrete compan...
Stantec assists Metro Purple Line Extension Project on Section 1 “Halfway There” Construction Milestone
Los Angeles, CA- NYSE, TSX:STN : Stantec—as a senior member of the Westside Extension Support Team (WEST) joint venture—is providing construction management support services to assist the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in overseeing the design-build station and tunnel contracts, and design-bid-build utility contracts for the high-priority Purple Line Extension project, which celebrated a major milestone on June 2—the halfway completion mark for construction on S...
Autonomous Vehicle Knowledge is Key to Acceptance: HNTB Survey
Recognized benefits of autonomous (self-driving) vehicles include increased mobility for non-drivers, improved safety, and new solutions to better manage traffic congestion Key findings include: Slightly more than half of Americans (52 percent) consider themselves familiar with autonomous vehicles Increased mobility for non-drivers cited as most important benefit of autonomous vehicles by 52 percent of respondents More than six in 10 Americans (63 percent) are concerned about...
Federal Transportation Officials Monitoring Storm and Flood Damage to Roads and Bridges in Midwest
WASHINGTON – Under the leadership of U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) continues to monitor and assist states with responding to devastating and damaging floods and storms in America’s heartland. Record-setting storms and flooding this Spring have resulted in the closure of dozens of roads and bridges on the National Highway System (NHS) in states throughout the Midwest, including Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and N...
Amtrak Eyes Spring 2020 Completion of Martinsburg Upgrades
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A $2 million project by Amtrak to improve access for disabled passengers at the Caperton Train Station in Martinsburg is scheduled to be completed by spring 2020, officials with the passenger-train service provider said Friday. The work includes a new platform, upgrades to paths of travel to access the platform, new directional signage, and the replacement of curbs and sidewalks to access the station. Interior work in the city-owned train station and pedest...
Governor Murphy Announces State Interagency Electric Vehicle Partnership
The New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In Will Coordinate the Efforts of the Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Economic Development Authority TRENTON – As part of the state’s effort to meet New Jersey’s clean energy goals, Governor Phil Murphy today announced the New Jersey Partnership to Plug-In, a first-of-its-kind, statewide partnership to build out the necessary infrastructure to support electric vehicle ownership to improve air quality and redu...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
