Tag: railroad
Long-Delayed Transit Relief Coming to London
Decades in the Making, Crossrail will Carry More Than 200 Million Passengers a Year
By Thomas Renner
In June of 1941, the London Star evening paper proposed...
Three Ways Digital Twins Are Transforming Other Industries Right Now
By Richard Leslie and Donna Huey
We are deploying digital twins – a digital representation of a real-world entity or system – in a growing number...
Revitalizing a Century-Old Gateway to the Midwest
By Kevin Eisenbeis, PE, SE
With Interstate 70 (I-70) serving as a major highway connecting much of the United States, one section of the...
Third Track’s a Charm
Surveying and monitoring play a key role in Long Island Rail Road’s much-anticipated main corridor track addition.
Think of it as stealth construction. On most...
Rehabilitating the Martinsville Interceptor
Creative Delivery Proves Cost-Efficient for Rural Community
By Leslie Barksdale, PE
The city of Martinsville, Virginia, has long been known for an economy built on tobacco,...
FHWA hosting 3 peer exchanges focusing on Utilities in the Federal-aid Right-of-Way
Utility Summit Dates
FHWA is hosting 3 peer exchanges focusing on Utilities in the Federal-aid Right-of-Way. This year, FHWA's Office of Real Estate Services is partnering...
Mark Alisesky Joins Urban Engineers as Senior Project Manager for Rail and Transit
Philadelphia, PA - Urban Engineers is pleased to announce that Mark Alisesky, PE, has been hired as a senior project manager and regional marketer for rail...
FRA announces funding for ‘State of Good Repair’ rail projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership Program).
Amtrak marks PTC milestone
Amtrak, in coordination with BNSF Railway, will implement Positive Train Control (PTC) over several BNSF-owned subdivisions, marking the first activation on host-owned territory used by Amtrak.