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US Plans New Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Nov 27, 2015The US Federal transportation officials are planning to revise polices on self-driving cars and will release an update to the policies in the coming weeks. In 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued ...
Tags: Self-Driving Cars
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AASHTO Approved 1,253 Miles of New USBRS
Dec 17, 2014The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has approved 1,253 miles of new U.S. Bicycle Routes (USBRs), according to the Adventure Cycling Association, which has been working with the standards setting ...
Tags: Bicycle Routes, map, Sporting Goods
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U.S. Officials Is Planing to Announce Whether Automakers Should Be Required
Feb 26, 2014U.S. officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle ...
Tags: Car-to-Car Communication, Wi-Fi, GPS function, Qualcomm
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This Editorial Appears in The Jan. 13 Print Edition of Transport Topics.
Jan 14, 2014This Editorial appears in the Jan. 13 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Washington, D.C., is often the butt of jokes for its year-after-year inaction. But this week - one filled with transportation events - ...
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The Green Bay ,Wis,Bridge Closed for More Than Three Months
Jan 6, 2014The Green Bay,Wis.,bridge closed for more than three months after sagging will reopen Jan.5. The opening of the Leo Frigo Bridge will come 12 days earlier than state officials expected and just in time for the NFL playoff game Jan.5 ...
Tags: Green Bay bridge, reopen
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AISI Announced Research Yielded Design for Steel Plate Girder Bridges to Meet Requirements
Nov 18, 2013The Steel Bridge Task Force of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), announced Wednesday that new research has yielded design examples for steel plate girder bridges ...
Tags: Steel Bridge, Mineral
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AASHTO Has Approved New Sections of The U.S. Bicycle Route System in Minnesota
May 15, 2013The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has approved new sections of the U.S. Bicycle Route System in Minnesota, Missouri and Kentucky. With these additions, the USBRS now totals 5,616 miles in 10 states. ...
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Thailand intends to invest $ 67.3 billion in a high-speed rail system
Mar 15, 2013Thailand's Department of Transportation officials said on Mar. 11th, Thailand will expand and improve the country's transportation network before 2020, and build a modern and high-speed rail and other transportation facilities. ...
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The FAA Gave No Details on When They Resume Flying Boeing's Newest Commercial Airliner
Jan 18, 2013The FAA said airlines would have to demonstrate that the lithium ion batteries involved were safe before they could resume flying Boeing's newest commercial airliner, but gave no details on when that could occur. Boeing did not ...
Tags: ion batteries, FAA, Boeing, commercial airliner
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Light-Emitting Diodes or LEDs Have Replaced Standard Lamps
Nov 28, 2012Time to Change the LED? Laser-Guided Lightmeter Will Tell You In many of the nation's traffic lights, light-emitting diodes or LEDs with their brighter light and longer life have replaced standard lamps. But knowing when to replace the ...
Tags: Laser-Guided Lightmeter, traffic lights, MoDOT, LED signals
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Longer Life Have Replaced Standard Bulbs
Sep 24, 2012In many of the nation's traffic lights, light-emitting diodes or LEDs with their brighter light and longer life have replaced standard bulbs. But knowing when to replace the signal heads has remained a guessing game, says Dr. Suzanna Long, ...
Tags: LED light