Wisconsin will be able to continue work on its high-speed rail program thanks to a $46.5 million boost in stimulus grants from the Department of Transportation. Under the terms of the grant, Wisconsin’s Department of Transportation will complete preliminary engineering, design work, program and environmental management. The high speed rail line will extend from Milwaukee [...]
Illinois will be putting more than $500 million into its mass transit system statewide. The funding will come from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program and is expected to create 18,000 jobs while improving system safety and service delivery. Funding will be split mostly between the Regional Transit Authority (RTA), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), [...]
The next time you’re stuck on the BQE in New York, Interstate 5 in Los Angeles or Interstate 45 in Houston, tell yourself “at least it’s not as bad as Beijing.” According to a new Commuter Pain Index, Beijing, Mexico City and eleven other international cities have increasingly worse daily commutes than drivers in US [...]
According to a study released Tuesday high-speed rail could be a major stimulant to the regional economies where hubs are planned. In addition to the nearly $20 billion in increased annual revenues, CO2 emissions could be reduced by 2.8 million tons a year, the US Conference of Mayors indicated.
Virginia has started streaming its transportation Boards and Commissions meetings live online. All public bodies in Virginia’s Transportation Secretariat that hold meetings at the DMV headquarters in Richmond will now be able to stream the proceedings online. The initiative is part of the state’s open government plan by showing the full meeting instead of just [...]
In announcing a partnership with the city of Stockholm and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, IBM is putting a powerful new analytics technology on display to help city officials manage traffic congestion, decrease air pollution and make operational improvements within their transportation infrastructure.
A formal agreement was announced last week by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue between his administration and CSX Transportation to share information, resources and strategies to better protect the state’s rail infrastructure. The public-private partnership is one of seven such agreements, meant to develop better rail security policies.
Last week, the Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) announced a $14 million award to San Diego and Dallas to deploy technologies meant to reduce congestion and enhance traffic management. As part of the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) initiative, the cities’ transportation departments will work with RITA to show how technology can [...]
Chesapeake, Virginia is 353 square miles with more miles of deep water canals than any other city in the United States. In order to help manage commerce and public safety operations in this complex landscape, IBM has been chosen to deliver a wide array of intelligent systems, the company announced today.
Across the country, from New York and San Francisco, to Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles, transportation departments are levering open-source technology and development to help deliver a smoother ride. By making data available to developers, these cities are demonstrating how issues like prolonged potholes, construction delays and missing the last bus can be a worry [...]
