Georgia DOT Video Highlights Freight and Logistics Planning
editor@aashto.org October 18, 2019 0 COMMENTSA new video crafted by the Georgia Department of Transportation highlights the ongoing work of the Georgia Commission on Freight and Logistics, of which Georgia DOT Commissioner Russell McMurry is a member. [Above photo by Cedric Mohr for the Georgia DOT.] The video highlights key concerns expressed at a recent commission meeting held in Savannah […]
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PennDOT Seeking P3 Proposals for Transportation Projects
editor@aashto.org October 18, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Office of Public-Private Partnerships will be accepting unsolicited private sector proposals for transportation projects involving agency-owned infrastructure through October 31 – adding that its next unsolicited proposal acceptance period will occur in April 2020. [Above photo by PennDOT.] PennDOT said in a statement that private sector P3 project proposals can […]
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AASHTO Offers Interim Revisions for Bridge Temporary Works
editor@aashto.org October 18, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has issued a series of 2020 interim revisions for its Guide Design Specifications for Bridge Temporary Works, 2nd Edition. [Above photo by Jake Daniels for the Nebraska DOT.] Those interim revisions aim to simplify the “wind provisions” for temporary bridge works used in the construction of […]
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USDOT Secretary Chao Announces New Rural Infrastructure Focus
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSU.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao (seen above) said her agency is launching a new rural infrastructure-focused initiative during a speech at the 2019 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials annual meeting in St. Louis – an effort that will be buttressed by the creation the Rural Transportation Council that will officially […]
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Transportation Safety, Funding Will Be Emphasis Areas for New AASHTO President
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSPatrick McKenna, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, has been elected to serve as the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2019-2020 president. The organization also elected New Hampshire Department of Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan as its vice president – only the second woman in the association’s 105-year history to serve in […]
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Highway Rights-of-Way May Be Key for Developing Hyperloop
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSEstablishing the hyperloop electro-magnetic transportation system on a regional and/or national basis may hinge on highway rights-of-way, viewed as the ideal footprint for constructing the low-pressure tubes that will contain the high-speed hyperloop pods expected to travel at 670 mph. “How do we leverage the investment in the highway system that we’ve made? How do […]
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Missouri Governor Calls for ‘Bold’ Transportation Solutions
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSMissouri Governor Mike Parson (R) believes that “imagination and necessity are changing transportation across this country” and that “bold solutions” will be needed to provide “safe, convenient, and accessible transportation options” for travel throughout the United States now and in the future. “You can make a lot of things a priority, but if you make […]
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AAA Says Pedestrian Detection Systems ‘Perform Inconsistently’
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSNew research from AAA indicates that motor vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking or AEB systems that feature pedestrian detection capability “perform inconsistently.” The pedestrian -detection technology also is “completely ineffective at night,” which the group called “alarming” as 75 percent of pedestrian fatalities occur after dark. [Above photo by AAA.] AAA also found that […]
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AASHTO Resolution Seeks Compliance Transition for Roadside Safety Devices
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials unanimously passed a resolution at the organization’s 2019 annual meeting in St. Louis that established several key points as the industry seeks to eventually transition to new performance-based roadside safety device compliance measures in the coming years – an effort delayed by the lack of a […]
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AASHTO Board Approves 10 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Policy Resolutions
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved 10 detailed resolutions outlining the surface transportation funding policy positions the organization plans to support as that key federal legislation needs to be reauthorized in 2020. [Above photo by Cathy Morrison/MoDOT.] The current 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation or FAST […]
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The end of the flight took place just over 71 hours after Wellman, his crew, and Kiddo [the cat] had departed from Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the dirigible for their airborne journey.
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1910: An Ambitious Transatlantic Airship Voyage Comes to an Early End
The end of the flight took place just over 71 hours after Wellman, his crew, and Kiddo [the cat] had departed from Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the dirigible for their airborne journey.
Up, up and away to the rest of the story: https://transportationhistory.org/2019/10/18/1910-an-ambitious-transatlantic-airship-voyage-comes-to-an-early-end/