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The first step to sustainable transportation

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In the transport sector the journey is only just beginning. Considering the challenges ahead, the Australian transport sector has collaborated for the first time to find a collective route forward. The transport transition. The Report – The journey to Net-Zero. A planning headache. A planning headache.

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Requirements for 3D Models Increasing in Road and Bridge Bid Documents

ENR Construction

Transportation agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration and several state DOTs, are pushing forward with making Building Information Modeling a bid deliverable and binding reference document for projects.

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Federal Infrastructure Bill Paves the Way Toward More Transportation Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

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Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) loans are a crucial source of financing for certain surface transportation projects, such as highways and bridges, because they offer low interest, long-term financing. surface transportation P3s that have reached financial close.

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Drone Surveys Improve Automated Road Construction

Construction Equipment

Automated machine guidance (AMG) links construction equipment with onboard computers that use data from 3-D models and GPS to guide operations. The Oregon Department of Transportation is exploring surveying with unmanned aircraft for construction projects using an Aibotix Aibot X6 Hexacopter. pounds of cameras and sensors.

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The Distaste for Toll Roads in the U.S. | ENR: Engineering News.

ENR Construction

Transportation. The Distaste for Toll Roads in the U.S. Toll roads—just those two words bring out extreme reactions. Either you hate them or you think theyre the panacea for all that ails transportation. Through prudent historical compromises, we have created a transportation system that is the envy of the world.

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Mortenson Highlights BIM for Road Construction and Infrastructure Project

Best Practices Construction Law

Call it Building Information Modeling for horizontal construction. Call it 4D modeling for infrastructure projects. Call it "BIM Leaves the Building and Hits the Road." "And now the 3-D model allows us to greatly improve the decision-making process," says Khan.

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Is PFI about to be reborn?

Construction Law

In London, Transport for London (TfL) has said it may increasingly turn to private finance to pay for future infrastructure schemes. Government support will be required to help get investment flowing, according to transport policy specialists. Falling passenger revenues due to Covid has created new funding challenges.

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