Photo Courtesy of DDOT Crews installed rail bed for the new streetcar system amid traffic, building construction and scores of underground utilities along H Street, which is undergoing a resurgence. Photo Courtesy of DDOT Washington, D.C.'s first streetcar in 50 years made its public debut this month, after crews installed track and catenary wires. Related Links: Long-Awaited Anacostia River Project Ramps Up Remodeling DC Streetcar Construction of a 2.4-mile starter line for Washington, D.C.'s first streetcar in 50 years symbolizes both the city's efforts to revitalize its Anacostia waterfront areas and a growing national transportation trend.Officials with the District Dept.
Photo Courtesy C.A. Rasmussen Inc. Repair crews blast fire-damaged concrete from tunnel sections, which are treated with shotcrete and epoxy. They skip the adjacent section to facilitate curing, then return to repeat the process. Related Links: Tanker Fire Closures on SR-2 and I-5 Tanker Fire Damaged Tunnel Tested Working on a tight, two-month time schedule, contractor C.A. Rasmussen, Valencia, Calif., is completing work on a major Interstate 5 connector tunnel near Los Angeles that was severely damaged last July 13, when a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel overturned and burst into flames."We're working double shifts night and day,
Related Links: Chicago DOT Replaces Wells Street Bridge Section in Tight Time Frame Chicago's Red Line Is Getting a $1B, Three-Year Makeover The city of Chicago is launching a $492-million, four-year program to overhaul a mass-transit line that extends between downtown and O'Hare International Airport.Beginning in 2014, the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Blue Line will undergo extensive track improvements, in addition to signal, power and station-house upgrades. Rather than complete track replacement, plans call for renovations along the 12.5-mile line, which includes subway tunnels, elevated structures and ground-level track.Though schedules aren't final, CTA expects to begin with track work, followed
Related Links: New York Commuter Derailment Highlights Lack of Positive Train Control Investment L.A. Commuter Rail Line to Roll Out First Positive Train Control System in U.S. A fatal New York train derailment on Dec. 1 on a Metro-North Railroad commuter train, which appears to be the result of a lapse in the solo engineer's consciousness, has politicians demanding comprehensive, industry-wide implementation of positive train controls (PTC)—a step advocated by the National Transportation Safety Board for decades and one the rail industry already has been struggling to achieve.In a Dec. 4 statement, American Public Transportation Association (APTA) President Michael Melaniphy
Airport authority will expand key international terminal, projecting rise in overseas travelers, particularly to and from Europe. The Israel Airports Authority has issued an international tender for a fourth concourse at the country’s main international airport in order to accommodate growing passenger traffic.The cost of the new addition at Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, is estimated at $190 million. IAA expects to decide on the winning bidder by mid-2014. The timetable calls for completion of the project at Terminal 3, the airport's main international hub, within three years.The terminal, which opened in 2004, was designed by Skidmore,
Courtesy WSDOT Operators monitor progress from Bertha's control room. Courtesy WSDOT Largest TBM in North America, measuring 57.5 ft in dia, is temporarily stuck along its 1.7-mile underground course. Related Links: Big Tunneler Headed For New State Route 99 Site People Dig Tunnel Boring Machines That Tweet Joint-venture contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners needs divers to enter the chamber behind a tunnel-boring machine’s cutting head to investigate what possibly slowed—and subsequently forced a shutdown of—North America’s largest TBM, nicknamed "Bertha." The 57.5-ft-dia TBM is attempting to bore a 1.7-mile Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement under downtown Seattle. On Friday, Dec. 6, Bertha, which
Related Links: LA Commuter Rail Line To Roll Out First Positive Train Control System In U.S. Service To Be Restored To Hudson Line On Wednesday Rail infrastructure damage appears to be a result—not a cause—of the Dec. 1 commuter train derailment that killed four and injured many more.Just days before the first four of seven Metro-North Railroad railcars went off the tracks on a curve by the Hudson River, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had announced a contract with a joint venture of Siemens Rail Automation and Bombardier Transportation Rail Control Solutions to implement positive train control (PTC) that might have
Related Links: Calif. High-Speed Rail Moves Forward, Slowly California Selects PCM for First High-Speed Rail Section Opponents of California’s high-speed rail project have managed to stop the state from selling at least $8 billion in bonds to fund the initial construction phase after a California Superior judge made several rulings in their favor Nov. 25, but the High-Speed Rail Authority remains confident that the project will eventually be completed.“The Authority intends to comply with the rulings as directed. No one said this would be easy. [As with] all transformative projects, we knew there would be challenges. But the bottom line
Related Links: Green Bay Span Shored Up as WisDOT Seeks Long-Term Fix Engineers Puzzle Over Cause, Fixes for Sagging Wisconsin Bridge Repairs on the sagging Leo Frigo Bridge on Interstate 43 in Green Bay, Wis., are expected to be completed in mid-January after workers add 20 drilled shafts at the bases of five piers.Zenith Tech of Waukesha, Wis., won the $7.7-million repair contract and will run two crews on 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, until the work is completed, according to the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation. Work started in mid-November.The 20- to 24-person crews will add 60-in. concrete shafts
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