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Nashville International Airport Installs Geothermal Energy System

August 24, 2016

Nashville International Airport has turned a former quarry on the site into the water source for a lake plate geothermal cooling system that is cutting energy consumption by more than 50%.

Public-Private Partnerships

When Toll Road Traffic Flows Fall Short

Bankruptcy of Texas’ first public-private highway venture puts focus on user projections

Jim Parsons

Debra K. Rubin

August 24, 2016

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Bankruptcy of Texas’ first public-private highway venture puts focus on user projections.

Transportation

DC Metrorail Track Maintenance Faces More Scrutiny

FTA report calls for more inspectors, improved training

Jim Parsons

August 11, 2016

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NTSB report on July 31 derailment says deteriorated ties, loose or missing components probably caused rails to shift.

Road Design

How Florida Infrastructure Investment Is Forging a Fruitful Future

Planning process for Florida's $1.6 billion Wekiva Parkway may guide future visions

Scott Judy

August 11, 2016

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When Mark Callahan looks back on the arduous but successful seven-year effort of managing the project development and environment study for the $1.6-billion Wekiva Parkway, he gives credit to an unlikely group—environmentalists who once opposed it.

Transportation

China Announces $7.6B Financing for Tanzania Rail Project

Thirteen bidders shortlisted for proposed public private partnership model

Shem Oirere

August 11, 2016

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The standard-gauge line route stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean to land-locked Rawanda and Burundi and parallels the existing narrow-gauge line for much of the way before establishing new links to the interior.

Transportation

Court Ruling Clouds Future of MD’s Purple Line

Jim Parsons

August 8, 2016

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Monday, August 8, was supposed to have been a day of celebration for Maryland’s Purple Line, as state transportation officials and the Federal Transit Administration would officially ink an agreement for a $900 million New Starts grant for the new $5.6 billion light rail system across Washington, D.C.’s northern suburbs.

Transportation Finance

After A Month, No Deal Still to Fund Hundreds of Idled NJ Road-Rail Projects

Legislators and Christie still spar over gas tax hike; timing and costs of work restarts unclear,

Debra K. Rubin

August 2, 2016

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Legislators agree to 23-cent hike, but it's DOA, says governor; work restarts are unclear.

Transportation

US DOT Picks Winners of $484M in TIGER Grants

Highway and bridge projects get $193 million in popular program's eighth round

Tom Ichniowski

July 29, 2016

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Nearly two-thirds of this year's winning projects, including one in Pittsburgh, were unsuccessful in past TIGER compeitions.

Crawler-Crane Collapse Probe Continues at NY Bridge Project

Aileen Cho

Jeff Rubenstone

July 27, 2016

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An investigation is underway into a crane collapse at the site of the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York.

Project Runways

Terminal Spaces, Spaceport Races

Aviation infrastructure tour kicks off with updates from Kansas City, Chicago and Texas

Aileen Cho

July 27, 2016

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Far out on an O’Hare International Airport airfield, Ginger Evans, Chicago’s aviation commissioner, faced a barrage of TV cameras, recording devices and reporters with notebooks. Behind her, a poster board displayed different potential configurations for a brand-new Terminal 2.