Natural Disasters Earthquake Near Salt Lake City Damages Older Buildings, Rattles Nerves Brian Fryer Mark Shaw March 18, 2020 No Comments Early morning quake causes minor damage to downtown buildings, closes the airport and cuts power to thousands in area.Read More
Winning Team Low Technical Score on $1B Ottawa Rail Is Under Fire Scott Van Voorhis March 18, 2020 One Comment Work is proceeding with no city plans to rebid project.Read More
Review Finds Design Flaws in Houston Ship Channel Bridge March 18, 2020 No Comments A third-party design review of the Houston Ship Channel bridge project by COWI North America found 21 areas of "significant concern" on the project.Read More
Pandemic Pennsylvania Pauses Highway, Bridge Work to Curb Coronavirus Spread Jim Parsons March 17, 2020 No Comments All road and bridge construction by the state DOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was ordered to stop as of midnight, March 17.Read More
Trump Administration Flashes New Caution Light for NJ Bridge Funds Justice Department legal opinion could hold up Portal Bridge replacement Richard Korman March 9, 2020 One Comment Feds have consistently blocked any federal dollars to replace nearby aging Hudson River tunnelRead More
Judge's Move Delays Last Lawsuit to Block $2B D.C Suburb Light Rail Project Jim Parsons March 8, 2020 No Comments Judge halts proceedings and recuses himself in $2B Purple Line case, citing potential conflict of interest.Read More
Hopeful Signs, But Tough Path for Highway-Transit Bill Tom Ichniowski March 4, 2020 No Comments With seven months to go before the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation, or FAST, Act expires, there have been glimmerings of progress on a long-term successor for that $305-billion highway-transit authorization.Read More
Rail Transit Infrastructure DOT, Amtrak Weigh Near-Term Repair Plan for Hudson River Tunnel Tom Ichniowski February 27, 2020 No Comments But top House appropriator calls plan "a nonstarter," unless DOT also funds new $12B Hudson tunnel.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure DeFazio Hopes to Have Transportation Bill Ready in March House chairman aiming for April committee vote on the measure Tom Ichniowski February 26, 2020 No Comments State DOT leaders' views vary on whether Congress will pass long-term transport bill by October.Read More
Transit Infrastructure Senate Panel Starts Work on Transit Reauthorization Tom Ichniowski February 25, 2020 No Comments Banking committee hearing includes calls for increased overall funding and a focus on rural areas.Read More