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May 5, 2017

Bayonne Bridge project * USA: INFRASTRUCTURES

* New York - Bayonne Bridge project to finish six months early

--- Supersize container ships could begin calling at New York’s port by July, six months earlier than expected following the accelerated completion of a delayed $1.6 billion project to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge... Calling the project “truly an engineering marvel,” Mr. Christie said the raising of the bridge span to 215 feet from 151 feet—while keeping the roadway open to traffic—would be a boon to the region’s economy and to consumers... The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was supposed to complete the project in time for an influx of supersize container ships following the opening of the newly widened Panama Canal last summer...


... Ms. Campbell said that bigger ships carrying a larger volume of goods would allow shippers to lower their costs and to deliver goods to consumers faster... 
NY, USA - BDP International - May 2, 2017

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May 17, 2016

TRUCK LANES * USA: Are they solution?

* California - Are truck lanes part of solution to worsening congestion?

--- With goods movement from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach expected to double in the next decade, logistics industry experts are looking at ways to address an expected tsunami of freight through the region’s already congested freeways and streets... Among infrastructure improvement ideas applauded by local truckers rolling through the Inland Empire are efforts by transportation officials to widen the freeways and fix potholes and a proposal to introduce dedicated truck lanes... Local officials have been developing plans for new toll lanes, wider freeways, safer on- and off-ramps and more rail transit opportunities – some of which are under construction... Dedicated truck toll lanes have been proposed by Southern California transportation officials, but to build them, according to the SANBAG’s online post, the public cost is likely to exceed $5 billion, of which at least $1.2 billion would be for truck lanes within San Bernardino County... 
(Photos, by David Bauman - Big rigs travel up the incline on I-215 near the junction with the 60 last month. Truckers say they favor truck-only lanes, both to help other traffic move more quickly and to promote road safety)   --   Los Angeles, CAL, USA - The Press Enterprise, by Neil Nisperos - May 15, 2016

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Apr 6, 2016

"AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS CORRIDOR" * Canada - USA - Mexico: The U.S. Highway 83

* North Dakota - 1,885-mile Autonomous Vehicle Highway would run from Canada to Mexico

-- North Dakota native Marlo Anderson and the Central North Trade Corridor Association are working on a plan that would create a highway for driverless vehicles. Anderson, known by some as the "Guru of Geek," is the host of the talk show "The Tech Ranch" ...  He has a love of technology that's tied to the prospect of driverless vehicles. Anderson and a small team of others have been working since 2014 on a project they call the Autonomous Friendly Corridor. And actually, it already exists. Kind of, anyhow. The corridor would be the 1,885-mile-long U.S. Highway 83, which Anderson calls “underused.” The road runs through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It crosses the northern border into Manitoba and touches the southern tip of the United States, ending at Mexico. In northern South Dakota, U.S. Highway 83 runs along the Missouri River through Campbell, Walworth and Potter counties. Under the current plan, the autonomous highway would be the first in the United States to allow driverless vehicles to transport cargo and humans... Anderson’s ideal test run would be driving — or rather not driving — from Bismarck, North Dakota, to Pierre, South Dakota, on U.S. Highway 83. He hopes for a test run in 2017... Meanwhile, Anderson and the corridor association are working toward creating a coalition of the six states and Canada. “It’s pretty strong now between Canada and North Dakota,” Anderson said. “This will set a footprint for the rest of the country to follow..." 
Bismarck, North Dakota, USA - Transport Topics - 5 April 2016

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Feb 28, 2016

INFRASTRUCTURES * Europe: A new St. Gottard tunel ?

* Switzerland - Safety and environment drive road tunnel vote

-- Voters on Sunday will decide on the construction of an additional road tunnel through the central Swiss Alps, one of Europe’s main north-south links for cars, buses and trucks... A broad coalition of environmental groups and mainly leftwing parties is challenging last year’s decision by parliament to build a second 17km tube through the Gotthard massif in the heart of Switzerland... The government says the existing tunnel needs renovation after more than 35 years. A second parallel arm would absorb the more than 17,000 vehicles on average passing the thoroughfare every day... Later on, the two tunnels will only be used for one-directional traffic and limited to one lane only, the authorities have pledged... The government and parliament claim the second tunnel – costing about CHF2.8 billion ($2.8 billion) – will help ensure road safety and provide continuous access to a north-south road link all year round both for economic and political reasons... The southern Ticino region - bordering Italy's Lombardy and Piedmont regions - would be cut off from the rest of Switzerland if the existing tunnel closed without an equivalent offer, they say... Nearly 40 people have died in road accidents in the 17km tunnel since 1980, including 11 victims of a fire in 2001... Opponents a coalition of environmentalists and leftwing parties say their proposal it's to cap transalpine road traffic and to promote a plan to put long-haul trucks onto rail went down as a major upset at the ballot box... Critics have since accused the government and parliament of failing to implement the initiative, as targets to reduce the number of trucks crossing the Alps of trucks were missed and deadlines later extended... Turnout in Sunday’s ballot is expected to be clearly above average, at least 55%...
 (Photo from Keystone - The Gotthard road tunnel is the main transport link for cars and trucks crossing the Swiss Alps) -- Zurich, Swiss - SWI/Swiss Info, by Urs Geiser - Feb 27, 2016

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Dec 12, 2015

INFRASTRUCTURES * Australia: Reliability of the Bruce Highway

* Queensland - Yeppen Floodplain project boosts the Bruce
-- The federal government says productivity on the Bruce Highway has been assured with the commissioning of the $170 million Yeppen Floodplain project... The Yeppen South project will keep the highway open during major floods in Rockhampton's southern outskirts, federal infrastructure minister Warren Truss says, and involves 2.1km of new bridges, and a number major intersection upgrades... Completed in two years, the Yeppen South project was jointly funded by the federal and Queensland governments, contributing $136 million and $34 million respectively...
(Photo: The floodplain project) -- Fairy Bower, QLD, Australia - ATN - 11 Dec 2015

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Sep 30, 2015

TRUCKING COSTS * Canada: How much did 9/11 affect cost of northern cross-border trucking? - ** INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT: new bridge

* Ontario - Goods across the border U.S.A. / Canada increased from .3 to 0.6 percent of their value

(Photo: Trucks backed up for kilometres near the border in Windsor, Ontario) 
-- Statistics Canada released a report in July that shows that since Sept. 11, 2001, the cost of trucking goods across the border between the U.S. and Canada has increased from .3 percent of the value of goods shipped to .6 percent... The study pointed to the obvious, the implementation of new security measures designed to prevent illegal shipments at border crossing points... Statistics Canada said the study resulted from data collected by Statistic Canada’s Trucking Commodity origin and Destination Survey...

** Ontario - New bridge on the border USA/Canada

(Photo: New bridge to be named after Gordie Howe)
-- Canada’s plan to build the Gordie Howe International Bridge is aimed in part at adding faster, cheaper shipping alternatives for such exports... The billion-dollar project calls for a six-lane bridge between Windsor and Detroit complete with a $250 million U.S. Customs plaza that Canada has agreed to fund. The bridge is scheduled to open by 2020... According to the CBC, the U.S. and Canada have the largest bilateral trading relationship in the world – measuring at $870 billion in 2014. An estimated $2.4 billion in goods and services cross the U.S.-Canada border every day... 
 Ottawa, ONT, CAN - Land Line, by Charlie Morasch - 25 Sept 2015

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Jun 14, 2013

SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURES * Australia

* Australia - Intelligent Transport System to improve safety of railway crossings

(Image: The ITS gives an audio-visual alert that escalates in volume and intensity as the train gets closer to the crossing) 
Melbourne,VIC,Australia -Gizmag by Darren Quick -June 12, 2013: -- In the quest for smarter and safer transportation networks, automakers have been working on communication systems that use wireless technologies to share information between vehicles and infrastructure, such as traffic lights, road works, intersections and stop signs. The potential applications of these vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) systems are constantly being expanded, and while GM has been working to bring cyclists and pedestrians into the mix, a team from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, is looking to improve safety at railway crossings by developing a system that enables communication between trains and road vehicles... A team at La Trobe University’s Centre for Technology Infusion (CTI) has developed an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) that uses GPS and Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) wireless technology to establish a wireless connection between trains and vehicles approaching a railway crossing. The system is designed to detect the possibility of a collision and alert the driver with in-car audio-visual alerts that escalate in volume and intensity as the train gets closer to the crossing. The team, which was a merit recipient in the Research and Development category at the Victorian finals of the 2013 iAwards, has been developing, testing and refining the system over the past three years. World first field trials at both regional and urban railway crossings have been conducted involving around 100 road and rail vehicles fitted with the technology...

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Jun 12, 2013

* Canada - "Hazmat will expose 75,000 or more people in the Windsor area"

* Ontario - Calls Ambassador Bridge hazardous material study deficient

(Photo: The Ambassador Bridge) 
Windsor,ONT,CAN -Transport Topics (USA), by Michele Fuetsch -11 June 2013: -- The city of Windsor, Ontario, said Michigan’s recommendation to allow more hazardous materials to cross the Ambassador Bridge is based on a deficient study that doesn’t consider the 75,000 people in Canada who would be exposed to accident risk... Windsor’s complaints were contained in a recent eight-page commentary sent to the Michigan Department of Transportation, which recommended in December that such hazmat loads as fuel, paint, gases and acids be allowed to cross, although explosives and radioactive materials would still be banned... Michigan’s study is “fundamentally deficient because it fails to address or inadequately addresses” such things as response capability of police and fire on both sides of the border and the economic impact if the bridge is damaged in an accident, the commentary said...

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Feb 8, 2013

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS & NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* Europe - An "FBI" European to track frauds

(Photo: Gas Infrastructure Business in Europe) 
Brussels,Belgium -The Official Carriers/WK Logistique et Transport, by Louis Guarino -5 Feb 2013: -- The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is responsible for protecting the EU budget against the diversion of funds for infrastructure. In 2011, investigators from the "FBI" European regained 691 million... Treated 493 cases in 2011, 691 million recovered with 524.7 million euros in structural funds (infrastructure, environment) 113.7 million for Customs and € 34 million in agriculture... This is the table of hunting hounds of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), which have the administrative police powers of the "Federal Bureau Investigation" American... Unknown to businesses and the general public, this Brussels office is headed by Giovanni Kessler, former mafia magistrate... In 2011, thanks to prosecutions in the Member States and the recommendations of the Board, the Member States' courts have sentenced fraudsters to a cumulative total of 511 years imprisonment and imposed fines amounting to 155 million... Statistically, there is less fraud when EU funds are allocated directly by the European Commission... In contrast, the structural funds to finance infrastructure or environmental projects (wind) are often synonymous with diversion to organized crime (...)


* USA - ECOtality expands product offering. Announces new Minit Charger 12 

San Francisco,CAL,USA -Ecotality (PR) -January 22, 2013: -- ECOtality, Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, is now offering its Minit Charger 12, an advanced fast charger designed to optimize battery life and potential for battery-powered transportation in the material handling industry... Ideally suited for intermediate industrial applications, the Minit Charger 12 extends battery life by as much as 40 percent... Additional performance capabilities include sequential, or multi-unit charging, as well as the highest sustained charge rate available on the market...

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Jan 24, 2013

INFRASTRUCTURE'S * USA

* DC - Engineering group says surface transportation lacks $846 billion

(Photo from MSN Money)
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -22 Jan 2013: -- The national trade association for engineers says surface transportation will fall behind an astonishing $846 billion worth of investment by the year 2020 unless Congress takes the steps to fix it...  The American Society of Civil Engineers is set to publish a “report card” in March that spells out the enormity of the gap between spending and the needs of the system...  In a series of previews leading up to the report card, the president of the engineering group said the deterioration of the nation’s infrastructure – including roads and bridges, waterways, ports and electrical grids – jeopardizes safety, threatens quality of life, and harms the economy... In addition to the $846 billion gap for roads and bridges by 2020, the ASCE also points out a $39 billion gap for airports, $16 billion for seaports and waterways, $84 billion for drinking water, and $107 billion for electricity...

* Massachusetts - "Shareway" presents a vision of transport infrastructure in 2030

(Image: Höweler+Yoon Architecture - ‘Shareway’ is a concept that connects public and individual transport to a single artery)
Boston,MASS,USA -Gizmag, by Donna Taylor -January 21, 2013: -- American-based studio Höweler + Yoon Architecture has developed an intriguing concept for modern urban infrastructure between Boston and Washington called "Boswash." Central to the design of this imagined mega-region is the firm's "Shareway" design – a bundled transport concept that seeks to redress the nightmare of the urban commute by connecting public and individual transport to a single artery along the 450 mile (724 km) route of the existing Interstate 95...

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Oct 14, 2011

INFRASTRUCTURES * USA - Obama Fast-Tracks Six Major DOT Projects

Calls for expedited construction of bridges in Massachusetts, New York


Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by John D. Boyd -Oct 11, 2011: -- President Obama designated six large transportation construction projects for fast-track permitting and environmental reviews to get them into their building phase faster and spur job creation... That put the Department of Transportation overseeing the most infrastructure projects of any part of government under an expedited clearance program that Obama ordered... The DOT’s larger list that made the White House cut include projects spread around the country. They are:


— Cut permit review time to replace the Whittier Bridge on Interstate 95 in Massachusetts with a higher-capacity one to handle projected traffic for the next 20 years.

— A huge project to replace New York’s “deficient” Tappan Zee Bridge, over the Hudson River on I-285, could be sped up by several years. The White House said this structure is “a critical link in the regional transportation network.”

— The rest range from transit rail projects for Los Angeles International Airport and Baltimore, a new highway from Provo, Utah’s airport to I-15 and a next-generation aviation pilot project for Houston’s two airports.

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May 7, 2011

INFRASTRUCTURES * Vietnam - Japan Proposes ‘Asia Cargo Highway’

Highway would help promote connectivity and trade facilitation

Hanoi,VietNam -The Journal of Commerce Online (USA), by Hisane Masaki -May 6, 2011: --  Japanese Finance Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, proposed an “Asia Cargo Highway” as Asia’s long-term goal to create seamless flows of goods in the region...  Noda made the formal proposal in an address to an annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Hanoi on Thursday...  Noda said that Asian countries need to promote regional cooperation and integration through the facilitation and speeding up of cross-border flows of goods...  With the concept of an Asia Cargo Highway and Japan's pledge last year of $25 million to the ADB for regional trade facilitation, Japan will work closely with the bank, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and other entities to support Asia's drives to promote "connectivity" in the fast-growing region through increased trade facilitation, he said...   ASEAN consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Apr 19, 2011

Infrastructure Projects * USA - Va. Freight Study Maps

Study identifies transportation high priority projects in all modes

Richmond,VA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by R.G. Edmonson -Apr 12, 2011: -- The Virginia Department of Transportation on Monday announced completion of an intermodal freight transportation study and investment strategy for future freight infrastructure. The commonwealth’s effort could be a model for other states, according to Transportation Secretary, Sean T. Connaughton...  The study “enabled us to identify projects that are most important to moving nearly $2 trillion worth of freight annually throughout Virginia,” Connaughton said. The work would contribute some $350 billion to the state’s economy and jobs...  The study identifies transportation high priority projects in all modes – port, highway, rail, air and marine highway – and includes policies and initiatives to supplement capital investment... (Photo from 3.bp.blogspot: New River Gorge Bridge: West Virginia, USA)

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Nov 6, 2010

ELECTION REPORTS * USA - Voters weigh in on transportation issues

Transportation-related initiatives

Grain Valley,MO,USA -OOIDA's/Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -5 Nov 2010: -- On Nov. 2, voters in several states had their say on various transportation-related initiatives. Here is some of they, state-by-state breakdown of how many of those initiatives fared on Election Day . APPROVEDS Propositions:

* California
- 22: Statewide: Prohibits the state from taking or borrowing local government and transportation funds under any circumstances. Among the funds that will be off-limits to the state are fuel taxes dedicated to transportation and transit improvements, local government property taxes for public safety, and the portion of the diesel tax dedicated to public transit.

- Measure K: Anaheim: Prohibits the Anaheim City Council from enacting an ordinance to permit or authorize any red-light camera or other automated traffic enforcement system. Voters would have to decide whether to change the rule.

- Measure F: Alameda County: Increases vehicle registration fee by $10 to raise about $11 million each year with 60 percent of the county’s revenue earmarked for roads. Another 25 percent will be used for congestion relief work. Another 10 percent will help make technology improvements at traffic signals. The rest of the money will be used on projects that include crosswalks, sidewalks and lighting.

- Measure B: Marin County: Increases vehicle registration fee by $10. Roads will get 40 percent of the anticipated $2 million a year in revenue, transit will get 35 percent, and another 25 percent will be used to address projects related to climate change and pollution.

- Measure AA: San Francisco County: Authorizes vehicle registration fee to increase $10. The estimated $5 million a year will be used for congestion mitigation, street and road repairs, and to improve transit and pedestrian and biking routes.

- Measure M: San Mateo County: Increases vehicle registration fee by $10. Projected to raise about $7 million a year, the revenue will be split between cities and the county. Allowable uses of the funds for cities are roadwork and transit.

- Measure B: Santa Clara County: Increases vehicle registration fee by $10. About 80 percent of the estimated $14 million generated will go for roads. Another 15 percent will be designated for other transportation-related projects.

* Colorado
- Referendum 2D: Snowmass Village: Authorizes a mill levy to raise $357,000 annually for five years. The tax will pay for transportation services and equipment. The tax replaces a 0.81 mill levy that ends this year. The levy funds two retiring bonds for roads and operational facilities.

* Ohio
- Issue 56: Garfield Heights: Changes the city charter to prohibit use of red-light cameras and speed cameras to enforce traffic laws.

* Rhode Island
- Question 3: Statewide: Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to match federal funds to improve roads, bridges and transit buses. As much as $80 million can be used for road work. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority can use up to $4.7 million to buy and rehabilitate buses.

* Texas
- Proposition 1: Austin: Authorizes a $90 million transportation bond. Road and streets projects will get 57 percent of the funds. Alternative transportation projects, such as sidewalks and bike lanes, will get 43 percent. Approval of the bond allows distribution of $100,000 to design a solution to relieve congestion on the Mopac Expressway.

- Proposition 1: Baytown: Prohibits use of traffic cameras to issue tickets for a traffic violation without a police witness.

- Proposition 1: Richland Hills: Asked voters whether they wanted to stay in the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, also known as the T. The T services Tarrant County and the North Central Texas region. Breaking from the T would have freed up a half-cent sales tax for other needs.

* Washington
- Proposition 1: Bellingham: Raises the sales tax by up to 0.2 percent for pay annual street repaving; building sidewalks, crosswalks and bike lanes; and contracting with the Whatcom Transportation Authority to buy extra bus service. The tax, which will be in effect for 10 years, is estimated to generate $3.8 million annually.

- Proposition 1: Mukilteo: Requires a two-thirds majority of the City Council and a majority of voters to authorize any future use of automated traffic cameras. Fines would also be limited to $20, the amount of the least-expensive parking ticket.

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Jul 13, 2010

Infrastructure Projects * USA - States Identify “Urgent” ones

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials identify 55 “urgent” capacity projects to improve freight movement

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by R.G. Edmonson -Jul 12, 2010: ... The list is in a report “Unlocking Freight,” the second of three designed to reinforce the group’s call on Congress to pass a comprehensive transportation spending plan... AASHTO said there are 55 projects in 30 states, with 20 of them improvements to the Interstate Highway System... At a meeting of the Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTO President Larry L. "Butch" Brown equated transportation and the economy: "No transportation, no economy. They are inseparable. We must invest to maintain and strengthen the American ‘transconomy”... AASHTO said that although more long-distance freight will move by rail in the next 20 years, 74 percent will still be carried by truck. By 2035, truck traffic on the interstates will be 22,700 trucks per day, more than double current levels... (Photo from academic.emporia.edu: The Royal Gorge Bridge in Canon City,CO, 1053 feet!)

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Jul 12, 2010

Pearl River Necklace bridge * China - A twisted solution to an unusual traffic problem

Left or right?

Hong Kong,China -Gizmag, by Darren Quick -July 11, 2010: -- Luckily there aren’t many countries that drive on the opposite side of the road and share borders. However, they do exist, such as China, which drives on the right, and the former British colony of Hong Kong, and former Portuguese colony of Macau, both which drive on the left. This can pose an interesting problem for engineers and road planners, but Dutch architectural firm, NL Architects, has come up with a bridge with a twist – a concept that not only puts the drivers on the correct side of the road physically, but helps reinforce that fact visually to help get the drivers into the mindset of driving on the opposite side of the road... The grooves of a well-preserved track leading to a Roman quarry near Swindon, England, suggests that Romans drove on the left. It has been theorized that riders on horseback generally rode on the left so they could hold their reigns with their left and keep their dominant hand free to offer a greeting to passing riders or to defend themselves with a sword...
In the late 1700s in the U.S. teamsters driving large freight wagons pulled by several teams of horses were positioned on the left rear horse so they could hold the whip with their right. To ensure the clearance of the wheels of oncoming wagons they preferred that wagons pass them on the left where they had a better view. This prompted a shift from left to right-hand traffic in many countries. So much so that today around two thirds of the world’s people live in right-hand drive countries...

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Apr 24, 2010

INFRASTRUCTURES * USA - Los Angeles' Potential Transit Future Revealed

Los Angeles is the ultimate car-friendly city

Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Fast Company, by Ariel Schwartz -Apr 7, 2010: ... Perhaps that's why so many people are furiously working on plans to give L.A. an alternative transportation infrastructure. We recently took a look at the L.A. Bike Working Group's proposed freeway system for bikes, and now a group called Move L.A. is pushing a plan called Los Angeles 30/10. The plan, spurred by a 2008 L.A. ballot measure that will raise $40 billion for public transportation through increased sales taxes, asks the government to front some of the cash now in the hopes that projects can be completed in 10 years instead of 30 years... GOOD reports that the plan has backing from Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are also interested in pushing it ahead. Villaraigosa has a vested interest in seeing the project to completion--it could be his legacy. He also surely realizes that the L.A. economy will be crippled by rising gas prices unless immediate action is taken...


* USA - Live traffic data could be generated by end of year. New cameras designed to alleviate congestion

Sioux City,IO,USA -The Sioux City Journal, by Dolly A. Butz -April 21, 2010: -- By the end of the year, the Iowa Department of Transportation will have 27 cameras and 26 traffic senors operational on Interstate 29 and highways 20 and 75 in Sioux City that will generate live traffic data to help alleviate congestion during road construction... The Western Iowa Intelligent Transportation System project isn't intended to issue traffic tickets like the red-light cameras at various intersections around town. In fact, Schultz said the sensors don't pick up specific speeds of vehicles, but measure the flow of traffic and provide an average speed... (Photo from http: bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews: These cameras are designed to keep you from stopping.)

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Mar 20, 2010

INFRASTRUCTURE * USA - Missouri I-70 projects planned next 2 years

Kansas City,MISS,USA -Overdrive -March 19, 2010: -- Over the next two years, the Missouri Department of Transportation will be working on Interstate 70 through Kansas City, including bridge work and easing congestion where the highway meets I-435... One of the first projects will be repairing 14 bridges over I-70 from Troost Avenue to Van Brunt Boulevard... Another I-70 project this year is to add a third lane of I-70 beneath I-435, remove the Route 40 bridge over I-435 and replace it with a new half-diamond interchange to give drivers access on the north side. This new interchange is expected to be complete by December...

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Jan 13, 2010

INFRASTRUCTURES' PROJECT * Turkey looking to become logistics leader in Black Sea basin


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Ankara,Turkey -The Hürriyet Daily News, by DÖNDÜ SARIIŞIK -January 12, 2010: -- Turkey and Russia are planning to build a logistics center in Krasnodar, located 1,500 kilometers south of Moscow. Along with bilateral trade, the center will provide transportation, customs and storage services to third countries. 'Turkey is aiming to become a logistics leader in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions,' according to one official... According to the logistics center project, Russia and Turkey will set up a combined system that will effectively use rail, ferries and motorways. Costs will be remarkably reduced as cargo loaded at Russian ports will be received at Samsun and Mersin’s ports through one route, as opposed to the present system by which goods are transported between Russia and Turkey via other countries... Some 98 percent of cargo from Russia to Turkey is carried to Black Sea ports via railways... Some 50 percent of the existing costs will be eliminated with the transportation system between the ports of Kavkaz and Samsun...

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Dec 5, 2009

INFRASTRUCTURES * Europe - DP World Project on Target in Rotterdam

Port says Dubai’s financial problems to have ‘no impact’ on development

Rotterdam,Holland - The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bruce Barnard -Dec 4, 2009: -- Dubai World's financial problems will not affect the construction timetable of Europe's biggest container terminal in which its subsidiary DP World is the largest investor, the port of Rotterdam said Dec. 4... DP World has a 30 percent stake in the Rotterdam World Gateway consortium that is building a box terminal with a capacity of 4 million containers a year on Maasvlakte 2, a large tract of land reclaimed from the North Sea... Europe's biggest container port will have excess capacity of between one million and 1.5 million TEUs in 2010 because of the decline in box shipments, ECT president Jan Westerhoud said in the summer... Rotterdam's container traffic fell 13 percent in the first nine months of 2009 from a year ago to 7.2 million TEUs... The port which handled a record 10.8 million TEUs in 2008 had previously forecast traffic would hit 12 million TEUs in 2009... (Picture from joc.com: World Gateway, in Rotterdam)

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