Good news for mathematicians who love watching throngs of cyclists stream by: Portland, Oregon just became the first U.S. city to install a bicycle counter! You’ll find the digital “bicycling barometer” on the AM inbound side of the Hawthorne Bridge. It was made possible by the non-profit group Cycle Oregon which purchased the machine with […]
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Portland, OR: Nation’s First Bike Counter on Hawthorne Bridge
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012Minnesota to Wisconsin: St. Croix Crossing Construction
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012An update on the St. Croix Crossing construction this week has concrete mixers floating across the river on barges. – rfilipczak on YouTube
View this complete post...Washington, DC: $8.3 Billion Vision for Union Station
Monday, August 13th, 2012In this Transportation TV News Update see for yourself what an $8.3 billion renovation of the massive Union Station complex in Washington D.C. would look like. Real Estate developer Akridge held a joint news conference with Amtrak and other organizations recently to unveil a spectacular new vision for the historic property. See the artist renderings […]
View this complete post...Guthrie, OK: SH-33 Concrete Repair
Friday, August 10th, 2012Both directions of SH-33 in Guthrie were temporarily closed at the Cottonwood bridge just west of US-77 due to a pop-up – or heat-related buckle on Thursday, August 2nd. ODOT inspectors and crews took immediate action and the bridge was repaired and reopened on August 3rd at 4 p.m. – OklaDOT on YouTube
View this complete post...Good & Bad News for Transportation Funding, and Environment
Friday, August 10th, 2012Transportation Issues Daily First-half 2012 sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles hold some good and bad news for transportation and environment stakeholders. January-June sales of electric-only cars rose 6% – an increase of just 234 cars – over 2011. A little over 4100 EVs were purchased. However, plug-in hybrid vehicles sales increased 381% in […]
View this complete post...Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 31
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: EERE INTRODUCTION In January 1976, the Transportation Energy Conservation (TEC) Division of the Energy Research and Development Administration contracted with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to prepare a Transportation Energy Conservation Data Book to be used by TEC staff in their evaluation of current and proposed conservation strategies. The major purposes […]
View this complete post...Fayetteville, WV: Why the New River Gorge Bridge Was Built
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012This video features vintage footage of the building of the New River Gorge Bridge, along with interviews with people who were there during construction. –bridgedaywv on YouTube.
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Monday, August 6th, 2012The Uncertain Future of the California Bullet Train
Monday, August 6th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 22 On July 18, at a site pregnant with symbolism— the future location of what HSR advocates hope will become San Francisco’s terminus of the state’s bullet train — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to fund construction of the first section of the high-speed line. Earlier in the day, […]
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