Jimmy Wriston, DOT Engineering Adviser, explains what caused the massive rockfall along WV 3 in Raleigh County and what the WVDOH is doing to clean it up.
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Raleigh County, WV: What Caused the Rockfall on Route 3?
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014This Infra Week
Friday, January 31st, 2014
INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
San Bernardino, California: Divided No More
Miami Transportation Planners Light the Way
Big Energy Buildings Go Greener
Sprucing Up the Waiting Game
Atlanta Snowstorm Strands Drivers
Minnesota: During the Snowstorm
Friday, January 31st, 2014
Minnesota DOT takes you behind the wheel of a working snow plow in this installment of their Anatomy of a Winter Storm series.
View this complete post...Larimer County, CO: Helicopter Delivers Rockfall Netting
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
A helicopter delivers rock-fall netting to a slope in the Red Mountain Pass – US 550 in Larimer County, CO.
View this complete post...Greenbrier County, WV: Plowing US 219
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
A view from inside the cab of a WVDOH plow as it cleared snow and spread salt along US 219 in Greenbrier County on January 21, 2014.
View this complete post...Expanding and Streamlining the Twin Cities Freeway Network
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
The Twin Cities freeway network is a densely instrumented and growing transportation system. As the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) pursues a performance-based management strategy to monitor the health of the network and make planning and management decisions, the data from this vast network is being examined using a variety of methods.
This Infra Week
Friday, January 24th, 2014
INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
More Poor Commuters Choose Cycling
Taxing Corporate Buses
California Leads in Driver Safety
Ford Rethinking the Role of Cars
Philadelphia Web Developer Hopes to Help Commuters
Michigan Transportation by the Numbers
Friday, January 24th, 2014
TRIP
With a current unemployment rate of 9.0 percent, Michigan must improve its system of roads, highways and bridges to foster economic growth and keep businesses in the state. In addition to economic growth, transportation improvements are needed to ensure safe, reliable mobility and quality of life for all Michiganders. Meeting Michigan’s need to modernize and maintain its system of roads, highways and bridges will require a significant boost in local, state and federal funding.
NYC: Documenting a Flawed Pedestrian Crossing
Monday, January 20th, 2014
Documenting where people have been killed by motorists in 2014.
Map of 2014 traffic violence: batchgeo.com/map/55e0ecd5ce1dcc24badd23efd8fcd254
Map of 2013 traffic violence: batchgeo.com/map/0f05e7eba3d60c353cbc0987c77404a4
Additional #VisionZero2014 videos: vimeo.com/album/2684188
This Infra Week
Friday, January 17th, 2014
INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
-Portland Apartment Complexes Embrace Cyclists
-A Bump in the Track for Acela
-Chicago’s Ashland BRT Proposal Get Mixed Reviews
-Silver Line Closed Until Undisclosed Construction End Date
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