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Transportation

Stabilizing major landslides
Tuesday, 12.06.2011, 07:34am

Tiebacks and micropiles can cost effectively increase resisting forces to provide required factors of safety.

Feds Call for Nationwide Ban on Texts, Phones While Driving
Thursday, 12.15.2011, 06:22am

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called Tuesday, Dec. 13, for a nationwide ban on nearly all use of personal electronic devices — including cellphones and smartphones — by drivers.

Driving Test Prep Yields to App Craze
Friday, 11.11.2011, 09:00am

Delaware drivers preparing for their driver’s test at the Division of Motor Vehicles can now get some extra practice beforehand with a new app that quizzes a user on the state’s driving rules.

Propane-Powered Vehicles Tested at National Park in Alaska
Sunday, 11.06.2011, 02:33pm

Propane and propane accessories were the go-to product for TV character Hank Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill. In Alaska, though, propane is no laughing matter: It may actually become the new fuel source for National Park maintenance vehicles there.

Can Smart Transportation Apps Curb Greenhouse Gases?
Wednesday, 10.12.2011, 09:59am

Experts believe traffic, bus and parking applications will be the public sector’s key wireless contributions in helping reduce future environmental impacts, according to a report released Tuesday, Oct. 11.

FCC Asked to Disallow Wireless Shutdowns on Public Transit
Monday, 09.12.2011, 08:09am

An emergency filing sent Monday, Aug. 29, to the FCC is asking the commission to swiftly rule that local governments don’t have the authority to shut off wireless communications systems — a direct rebuke of an incident earlier this month on San Francisco’s public transit.

Transportation Projects Roadmap
Monday, 09.05.2011, 08:46am

Despite continuing economic distress and uncertainty about the amount and timing of reauthorization of federal transportation funding, many states, cities, and counties – as well as private-sector organizations – are finding ways to push large transportation projects forward. The second annual CE News Transportation Projects Roadmap lists 58 notable transportation infrastructure projects in the United States – ranked by estimated cost – that are currently in some stage of planning, design, or construction. The list includes 29 road/highway/bridge projects worth more than $50 billion in total, 17 rail/transit projects estimated at a total of more than $100 billion, eight port/waterway projects totaling more than $8 billion, and four airport projects adding to almost $15 billion.

»	Averting Bridge Disasters: New Technology Could Save Hundreds of Lives
»	Bay Bridge's final segments shipped from Shanghai
»	Report: California Mulls a ‘Department of High-Speed Trains’
»	MIT Steel Bridge team places 5th in national competition
»	Boston Area Trains to Save Fuel and Cut Pollution
»	Boring to begin Monday on light-rail link to UW
»	June 23 toll collection start unlikely as new fee structure only expected 'in few weeks'
»	CH2M HILL to acquire Booz Allen Hamilton's transportation consulting business
»	Washington state applies for Florida's high-speed-rail funding
»	Four Solar Road Designs Unveiled By University Of Rhode Island

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Aconex, the world’s largest provider of project collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering industries, has been selected to service the US$3.2 billion Panama Canal Third Set of Locks Project. The web-based Aconex system will provide all the organizations engaged on the program with a central platform for managing information and project communication.