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This is the seventeenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...John Hennessy III,
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This is the seventeenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...The Interstate 664 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel opened in 1992. Four-lane twin tubes connect Newport News and Hampton to Suffolk and Chesapeake. This bridge-tunnel facility will celebrate its 20th anniversary April 30, 2012. Visit http://www.virginiadot.org – vdotweb on YouTube
View this complete post...UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
Transit agencies of all sizes across the country have been or are considering using alternative fuels or hybrid-electric vehicles. The use of these alternatives has increased in recent years due to concerns about environmental and energy issues and increased incentives and regulations from local, state, and federal governments that have encouraged their use.
Connecting Everett with Marysville, the SR 529 Snohomish River Bridge raises the west span. – wsdot on YouTube
View this complete post...This week’s episode of “NCDOT Now,” the department’s video news update, reminds motorists about the dangers of careless driving in work zones, highlights the winners of the NCDOT Model Bridge Building Contest and celebrates the opening of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway. NCDOT Now North Carolina Department of Transportation Work zone safety – NCDOTcommunications on […]
View this complete post...FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Introduction
This case study seeks to understand the relative efficacy of two classes of policies intended to increase the ridership and productivity of public transit service. One class of policies seeks to improve transit effectiveness by freezing transit service in the older parts of metropolitan areas. It is thought that higher densities of population and employment and the presence of pedestrian amenities in older areas induce higher levels of transit demand.
View this complete post...The video provides a time lapse of the 1.725 billion Utah County I-15 Corridor Expansion (I-15 CORE) design-build project, UDOT, with contractor Provo River Constructors, used Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques to move the Sam White Bridge in American Fork, Utah. Baker provided design of the bridge, the SPMT move path, temporary supports and provided […]
View this complete post...The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Division of Statewide Aviation produced the first of a two-part series video illustrating how aviation serves as a lifeline for 82% of the communities in Alaska. Filmed in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the video features interviews with village residents and service providers who describe how important aviation is in […]
View this complete post...From US High Speed Rail Association: Business and political leaders will come together with the world’s top experts to bring high speed rail to America, starting in California. Construction is about to get underway on the first phase of the proposed state-wide, 800-mile state-of-the-art transportation project that will revolutionize mobility in the state. This new rail […]
View this complete post...Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA, recently spoke with several winners of ASHRAE, NCEES, and the National Engineers Week Foundation’s New Faces of Engineering College Recognition Program.
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