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Posts Tagged ‘Video’

The Bizarre Paths of Groundwater Around Structures

Tuesday, June 7th, 2022

Next time you see a dam, retaining wall, caisson, or any other subsurface construction, there’s a good chance that engineers have had to consider how groundwater will affect the stability.

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No More Time-Outs, America!

Thursday, June 18th, 2020

That improvements to passenger rail, public transit, bridges, rural roads and interstates are needed is not up for debate. In 2017, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) informed all of America that our infrastructure was graded at a D+. This included multiple systems, but largely surface transportation. President Trump, early on, made infrastructure investment […]

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West Virginia DOT in Motion: District 1 Update

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

In this week’s edition of WVDOT In Motion, we take a look at some secondary road work happening in District 1 and talk about the importance of work zone safety as construction season continues.

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Go Fourth and Ride: Families Celebrate Brooklyn’s 4th Ave Protected Bike Lane

Friday, June 28th, 2019

It’s hard not to get emotional seeing how if we build proper infrastructure and a bike network and people will come out. Brooklyn Spoke’s Doug Gordon and friends organized a short ride to PS 118 and I was surprised to see so many happy faces.

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Washington, DC: Vision for the Future Multimodal K Street

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

DDOT is designing the K Street Transitway to improve on-time bus performance and reliability of the east-west bus routes across the District. K Street NW from 12th Street to 21st Street is a critical component of east-west travel. Existing bus service in this corridor extremely slow, averaging 3 to 5 miles per hour in many segments and creating a bottleneck for routes traveling through downtown. With over 35,000 daily bus passengers moving east or west through downtown, representing approximately 40 percent of people travel on K Street, there is a lot to be gained by making transit work better.

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2019 OCEA Award Finalist – SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program

Monday, April 15th, 2019

The off-ramp bridge, part of the viaduct replacement program, is the first in the world built with two columns designed to flex during earthquake tremors and then snap back into position to remain functional. The project was based on research by the University of Nevada-Reno earthquake engineering laboratory using nickel and titanium rebar surrounded by a cement-like composite.

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The #FUELCHANGE Anthem

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019

Green For All, in collaboration with Big Picture Anthems, is thrilled to announce the release of our #FuelChange Anthem – a song and music video seeking to inspire and help mobilize a movement of people and resources for zero-emission cars, trucks, and buses in neighborhoods across America.

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What’s the Best Thing about Cycling?

Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Once again, another round of answers to a simple question posed to attendees of the National Bike Summit in Arlington: What’s the best thing about cycling? We got a nice cross section of answers.

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A Brief History of U.S. City Planning

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

500+ years of history in 15 minutes. I’m sure I didn’t miss anything! How American cities went from polluted cesspools to the high-tech urban centers of today.

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Cheddar Explains: A Flaw in Street Design May Be Costing Lives

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

In 2017 traffic deaths hit a 25 year high of 40,000 – 6,000 of those killed were pedestrians. Cities across the country are trying to reduce traffic fatalities with safety campaigns. But one of the keys to the whole problem might be in the very design of our streets. Cheddar explains…

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