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Oregon Department of Transportation schedules work to build Sandy
Beginning in June 2009, the Oregon Department of Transportation will begin work on a $60 million project that will replace two bridges that cross the Sandy River. But the project's cost will be dictated by environmental regulations that shorten the summer work period - thereby lengthening the project's overall timeline....
Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, Regulations, SOFTWARE, Strategy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-10-23
ICF International Awarded Department of Transportation Contract Valued at $10M
Firm Continues to Provide Policy and Regulation Development Support to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FAIRFAX, Va. -- ICF Incorporated, LLC, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), announced today that it won a competitively awarded recompete contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
Tags: Government, SOFTWARE, Strategy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-10-22
Drivers still leaving cars in park
High gas prices prompted Americans to drive fewer miles for the eighth consecutive month, the government reported Wednesday. Drivers logged 12.2 billion fewer miles in June compared with June 2007, a 4.7% decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Gasoline prices...
Tags: car, Government, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Texas A&M University, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-08-14
DOT focusing on private crossings, new technology
Several safety initiatives designed to reduce collisions between motor vehicles and trains will be completed before the end of 2008 as part of the ongoing U.S. Department of Transportation Highway-Rail Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Action Plan, said DOT Secretary Mary E. Peters. "Our efforts to improve safety where...
Tags: collision, Government, R&D, Regulations, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-07-01
Grade-crossing safety guides
The Federal Railroad Administration is distributing two resource guides to assist railroads, grade-crossing designers and state and local governments in making general safety improvements at highway-rail crossings and in establishing quiet zones where locomotive horns can be silenced. The Compilation of Pedestrian Safety Devices in Use at Grade Crossings provides...
Tags: Government, lane, pedestrian, railroad, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-07-01
Control valves pave the way for DOT's variable primary system
Variable primary chilled water systems can be a cost-effective alternative to standard primary/secondary systems and are becoming more commonplace for that reason. At the same time, these systems are often more challenging to control. In designing a variable primary system for the new Department of Transportation DOT headquarters in Washington...
Tags: Government, Regulations, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-05-01
Adonis sold for more than $1 million.(Update)
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has sold the Adonis, a Liquid-bulk tanker from the Beaumont Reserve fleet, for $1,151,727 to International Shipbreaking, Ltd., Brownsville, Tex. The ship brought the highest price for an obsolete ship under the Maritime Administration's program, which...
Tags: Government, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-04-01
SPACEHAB Debuts New SPACETECH Product at Aviation Industry Expo
AirWard Containers Exceed New Department of Transportation Regulation Requirement HOUSTON -- SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPAB), a provider of commercial space services, today announced the successful completion of development and testing activities for its new AirWard Container Systems. Planned for unveiling at the Dallas Aviation Industry Expo in Dallas, Texas, March...
Tags: Company, Government, oxygen, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-03-17
SPACEHAB Debuts New SPACETECH Product at Aviation Industry Expo
AirWard Containers Exceed New Department of Transportation Regulation Requirement HOUSTON -- SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPAB), a provider of commercial space services, today announced the successful completion of development and testing activities for its new AirWard Container Systems. Planned for unveiling at the Dallas Aviation Industry Expo in Dallas, Texas, March...
Tags: Company, Government, oxygen, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-03-17
U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Technology Solutions to Improve Safety and Reduce Traffic Congestion.
M2 PRESSWIRE-3 March 2008-US Department of Transport: U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Technology Solutions to Improve Safety and Reduce Traffic Congestion. C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03032008 The U.S. Department of Transportations Research and Innovative Technology...
Tags: accident, congestion, Government, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-03-03
DOT Seeks Rail Safety Improvements
The Department of Transportation said recently it is seeking to reduce common mistakes that result in nearly half of all human factor-caused train accidents. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said that this is the aim of a new federal regulation that places greater accountability on both railroad management and employees for...
Tags: accident, accountability, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, secretary, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-02-25
Scheme raises costs
Let's be clear: No one cares more deeply about the problem of delays in our nation's aviation system than the airlines do. Delays make doing business more difficult and cost our customers and companies billions of dollars every year. The solution to those delays is clear....
Tags: FINANCE, Government, Manufacturing, MARKETING, Pricing, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-29
Missouri Closes I-64 for Construction Project
The Missouri Department of Transportation shut down Interstate 64 on Jan. 2 and began the largest construction project in the agency's history, officials said. An extensive analysis led to die decision to close all lanes of I-64 for two years, instead of leaving one lane open and stretching the effort...
Tags: Government, MARKETING, Missouri, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-14
Flying round-trip from Miles City to Billings costs $88. Why so cheap? Because the government picks up $779 of the tab
Imagine an aviation system in which planes fly two-thirds empty, fares are as low as $46 and the government pays up to 93% of the cost of a flight. You don't have to look far. That system exists in the USA -- and quietly is expanding...
Tags: billing, Government, SOFTWARE, subsidy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-12-31
DOT Seeks Input on Congestion Technology
The Department of Transportation asked private companies and governments to provide information on commercially available technologies that could be used to reduce congestion and improve the safety of the transportation system.DOT said it will choose applications and stakeholders interested in partnering on "SafeTrip-21," a field test of technologies to be...
Tags: congestion, DOT, Government, SOFTWARE, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-12-24
Continuing HOS Worries
The worst part of the seemingly never-ending Ti saga of the attempt to bring the antiquated hours-of-service rules somewhere close to the realities of 21st century trucking is the uncertainty brought on by the current game of legislative and judiciaiping-pong being played in slow motion.Almost a month after the U.S....
Tags: Government, Regulations, Texas Instruments Inc., U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-08-27
Proposed Truck-Only Toll Lanes Illegal, Georgia Trucking Officials Contend
Trucking executives told the Georgia Department of Transportation a plan to build truck-only toll lanes as part of an expansion project for one of Atlanta's busiest freight corridors would violate federal law.According to the plan, released by GDOT on May 1, truck-only toll lanes would be added to a section...
Tags: Atlanta, FINANCE, Georgia, Government, Investment, lane, Taxes, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-08-27
Portland Pacesetters: July 18, 2007
ENGINEERING Hopper Dennis Jellison's Vancouver branch has hired Thomas E. Beggs as its project manager and engineer to support the Transportation Services Section, Jeffrey B. Ballatine as its engineering trainee and Joseph H. Frank as its summer paving inspector. At its Pasco branch, Hopper Dennis Jellison has hired...
Tags: Government, MARKETING, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-07-18
Partnering to Make School Bus Safety Even Safer U.S. Department of Transportation Holds Public Forum on Seat Belts on School Buses.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 July 2007-US DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION: Partnering to Make School Bus Safety Even Safer U.S. Department of Transportation Holds Public Forum on Seat Belts on School BusesC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11072007 U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today called on...
Tags: Government, secretary, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-07-11
PennDOT Says Furlough Will Have Enormous Impact on Services
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Rich Kirkpatrick of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, +1-717-783-8800 HARRISBURG, Pa., July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell is working to adopt a budget that requires no broad based tax increases, provides sufficient resources to ensure that Pennsylvania continues to improve its public schools, offers high...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, Pennsylvania, SOFTWARE, Taxes, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-07-06
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