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- No Tunnel for Tysons
posted on July 23, 2007 02:54:46 pm
"The beast," says Ginger Evans, "is out of the cage and trotting down the road."... - Bridges Are Music To My Ears
posted on July 03, 2007 03:41:13 pm
The New York Times article on the "bridge musician" struck a responsive chord in me.... - Green Ops Fly High With Fly Ash
posted on May 25, 2007 04:01:06 pm
How "green" is your airport runway? Can runway designs really make a difference for the environment? Yes, argues George Vittas, senior vice president of AECOM's global aviation group. And what?s more,... - A New Era For an Old Pro
posted on April 13, 2007 06:23:33 pm
A couple of blogs ago, former Virginia Dept. of Transportation chief Philip Shucet agreed to guest blog about his haunting feeling that leaving the engineering world was not the best move.... - Big Ol' Jet Airliner -- Don't Carry Me Too Far Away
posted on March 22, 2007 12:08:45 pm
It's been widely known that due to a couple of severe weather events, air travelers were recently left stranded on planes for eight hours at a time. I thought of this on Monday, March 19, as I waited ... - Youth Online Magazine Focuses on Transportation Careers
posted on February 16, 2007 09:44:27 am
Michele Regenold and I have a lot in common. We're both English majors who never would have dreamed that we'd be writing about the various aspects of the transportation industry.... - Rants and Musings On TRB
posted on February 06, 2007 01:26:36 pm
Ahhh, the Transportation Research Board and its annual convention in Washington, D.C.... - Guest Spot: VDOT Veteran's Torch For Engineering Won't Go Out
posted on December 17, 2006 10:46:32 am
I was totally bummed out when Philip Shucet, former VDOT chief and one of my 2004 newsmakers, told me he was leaving the industry.... - Deep Foundations and Deep Thoughts
posted on December 04, 2006 04:28:23 pm
Bravo!? exclaimed Dick Short, my host and 2005 ENR newsmaker, leaping to his feet after each display of violinistıs prowess. ?Encore!?... - A Common Language
posted on October 06, 2006 12:17:30 pm
The car bounced merrily up the unfinished ramp toward the unfinished Caiyunba bridge. The driver skillfully managed to avoid puncturing a tire despite piles of rebar and other construction clutter, an... - Suspended Animation, to Go
posted on September 14, 2006 03:52:02 pm
China has been terrible for my ego and even worse for my waistline. Being one of few Asian American journalists specializing in the coverage of transportation infrastructure, I enjoyed a dubious but s... - Stars and Stripes of the Interstate
posted on July 05, 2006 01:09:26 pm
Someday that white highway stripe and those familiar road signs will be as visible to the human eye on a dark stormy night as they are in bright sunlight. And that's a good thing, especially consideri... - Cradling Greatness
posted on May 31, 2006 01:10:21 pm
If the inventions presented at Grand Central Terminal the week of May 21 ever make it into commercial markets, they will surely improve people's lives in various ways both big and small.... - TRB '06: Alphabet Soup and Face-To-Face
posted on January 30, 2006 01:11:57 pm
Sitting in on construction industry conference sessions used to be about LTPP, HPC and FRP. Now it's also about PPP and LEED. Design-build is becoming design-build-operate-maintain. Warranties, guaran... - Summertime, and the Megaprojects Are Easy (On the Eyes); Innovative Insights In SAFE-TEA LU
posted on August 04, 2005 01:13:11 pm
Two major projects that I?ve written cover stories on opened in July. Unfortunately we didn?t have enough space in the magazine to do them justice. One is a signature cable-stayed bridge in South Caro... - From Denver to L.A., On the Ground and In the Air
posted on May 06, 2005 01:14:41 pm
From airport expansions to highway improvements, every engineer knows that gaining public goodwill is vital to increasing the chances that a project will be successful. In Denver, convincing every vot... - Hop on the Bus, Gus. Make a New Plan, Stan
posted on April 27, 2005 01:16:18 pm
Designers and architects looking for future contracts with the Metropolitan Transportation Administration?s New York City Transit Authority should pay more attention to bus depots. Cosema Crawford, ch...