Transportation

Section covers road, rail, air and nautical systems, including ports and terminals; materials and funding of various transportation components.

Box-Jacking Operation Moves Rail Underpass in a Weekend

Innovative box-jacking method from an Italian engineering firm is deployed for the first time in the U.S. for LIRR's grade-crossing elimination project.

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Transit Infrastructure

Senate Panel Starts Work on Transit Reauthorization

Tom Ichniowski

February 25, 2020

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Banking committee hearing includes calls for increased overall funding and a focus on rural areas.

New York City Officials Weigh $11B Tunnel To Bypass Crumbling Expressway

February 25, 2020

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Will city tear down a critical, partly elevated highway in Brooklyn and Queens?

Transportation Special Report

Elusive Recipe: How to Make Recycled Road Materials That Last

Illinois guilty plea shed light on hit-or-miss search for way to use recycled asphalt shingles

Jeff Yoders

Aileen Cho

February 25, 2020

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The cost of funding research and shepherding new materials through the regulatory process was often paid by trade groups.

Environmental Regulations

Skirmishing Continues Over Proposed NEPA Rules Revisions

Tom Ichniowski

February 24, 2020

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Industry officials praise changes as way to speed project reviews; critics blast plan as rollback for key environmental law.

Infrastructure & Politics

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum

Doug Puppel

February 17, 2020

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Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Steyer made bipartisan pitches to boost attention to biggest US needs.

Design-Build

Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract

Joint ventures vie for key component of major infrastructure program

Richard Korman

February 14, 2020

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Contract is another test for NY state and Metropolitan Transportation Authority new project delivery methods.

Transit Projects

Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor

Mark Shaw

February 13, 2020

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Agency says Balfour Beatty-Graham team managing the $510-million project missed another completion deadline to transfer it for testing.

Water Resources Infrastructure

Corps 2020 Plan Funds New Dredging Program on Gulf Coast

Tom Ichniowski

February 13, 2020

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Pilot program includes $378 million for Mobile harbor, south Louisiana projects.

Infrastructure

Work Progresses 24/7 to Replace Collapsed Genoa Viaduct

With 18 piers complete, crews are working round the clock on central spans

Peter Reina

February 13, 2020

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Fincantieri-Salini joint venture expedites work on structure in place of span that collapsed in 2018, killing 43.

Scott Lewis

February 12, 2020

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At several dozen college campuses, airports and residential communities, low-slung, driverless shuttle buses cruise around predefined routes.

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Feb 24, 2020

The Army Corps of Engineers has laid out its plan for how it will spend $2.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 appropriations for which Congress didn’t specify uses.

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Box-Jacking Operation Moves Rail Underpass in a Weekend

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Senate Panel Starts Work on Transit Reauthorization

New York City Officials Weigh $11B Tunnel To Bypass Crumbling Expressway

Elusive Recipe: How to Make Recycled Road Materials That Last

Skirmishing Continues Over Proposed NEPA Rules Revisions

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum

Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract

Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor

Corps 2020 Plan Funds New Dredging Program on Gulf Coast

Work Progresses 24/7 to Replace Collapsed Genoa Viaduct

Driverless Shuttles Make Headway in the U.S.

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