(WASHINGTON) - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee member Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), and Australian Ambassador to the United States, the Honorable Joe Hockey, are among the featured speakers…
Sound Trnsit Says USDOT Completes $87.7M TIFIA Loan for Light Rail Facility
Sound Transit, the public transit agency serving the Seattle area, said the U.S. Department of Transportation executed a long-term, low-interest loan…
Missouri DOT: Limited State Investment Program Focuses on System Preservation
The director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, Patrick McKenna, said his department will "focus limited resources" on preserving as much of…
Gov. Ricketts Launches New Nebraska DOT
Inaugurating both a newly named Nebraska Department of Transportation and a new organizational structure, Gov. Pete Ricketts and NDOT Director Kyle Schneweis unveiled the department's new name and logo. The new state DOT merged what had been the Department…
DOE Awards $15.8M for 30 Projects Aimed at Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Light-Duty Vehicles
The Department of Energy recently awarded about $15.8 million for 30 new research projects that it said are "aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty…
Volvo Jolts Auto Industry With Plan to Make Only All-Electrics, Hybrids as of 2019
Sweden-based Volvo Cars announced that starting in 2019 it will only manufacture vehicles that are either all-electric or hybrids, making it the first mainstream automaker to phase out models that operate just with traditional gasoline- or diesel-powered internal…
Stuart Westgate Joins The Nichols Group
Stuart Westgate has rejoined The Nichols Group after 6 years, as Senior Partner, reporting to the Board and responsible for Strategic Leadership and Business Development. Stuart previously held senior director positions at HS2 Ltd and KPMG. Stuart said…
State Transportation Funding Champion Legislators & Better Roads Advocates from Six States that Increased Gas Taxes in 2017 on Tap for July 12 National Workshop on Capitol Hill
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) will host its 4th Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates” July 12 at the Hyatt Regency…
Gov. Edwards And The Water Institute Of The Gulf CEO Justin Ehrenwerth Announce Pact With Global Water Research Leader Deltares
BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and President and CEO Justin Ehrenwerth of The Water Institute of the Gulf announced the Baton Rouge-based Water Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deltares of the Netherlands to pursue…
Changing the Methods of Design and Delivery: HDR Releases Book on Data-Driven Design
HDR’s newest publication, “Data-Driven Design,” is now available. Developed to describe an emerging methodology at the organization, the book illuminates the consulting group’s computational design process and how it connects the built environment…
