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The share of electric vehicles in the commercial vehicle sector is still low, but the obstacles on the path to a successful transition are becoming increasingly clear. Various electric vehicles were presented at the IFAT trade fair, including the Trombia sweeping robot and the fully electric eEconic truck from Mercedes. Bucher Municipal also presented the fully electric compact sweeper CityCat VR50e. The electrification of commercial vehicles is growing due to stricter rules and regulations in the EU and North America. The IAA Transportation in Hannover will address the topic of the transportation transition and involve new partners such as trade associations, delivery services, and energy providers. Volvo Trucks is vigorously driving the electrification and offers battery-electric vehicles in all model ranges. The article deals with the challenge of energy supply for municipal and commercial vehicles. Volvo Trucks offers its customers charging strategy solutions to meet the energy demand during working hours. It is pointed out that electrification is not possible for all tasks, as the energy demand of some devices is too high. Therefore, alternative drive solutions are being considered. Hydraulic systems continue to be used for tasks that require a lot of power. Manufacturers are working on finding meaningful solutions for various use cases and reducing fuel consumption during operation. [Extracted from the article]

The article describes the importance of modular security solutions for mobile platforms such as driverless transport systems (FTS) in production and logistics. It emphasizes that the safety of humans and FTS must be ensured, especially as FTS become more autonomous and flexible. Automation expert Pilz relies on modular security solutions such as safety laser scanners and safety relays to avoid collisions and reduce downtime. Complex safety functions are required for freely navigable mobile platforms, which can be realized through safety laser scanners and configurable safety controllers. In addition, software solutions for fleet management are presented to optimize traffic and flow of goods. It is emphasized that each mobile application should be individually considered in order to implement the appropriate security concept. [Extracted from the article]

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has approved the $3.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project, which aims to reduce congestion on the existing Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The design of the new bridge is not yet finalized, but construction is scheduled to begin next year. The project is intended to address one of the worst truck bottlenecks in the nation and improve safety and travel on a major interstate connection. The existing bridge, designed for 80,000 vehicles per day, currently averages over 132,000 vehicles per day. The plan includes building a double-decker span with five lanes per deck, widening highways, rebuilding bridges and interchanges, and adding collector-distributor roads. The contractor for the project's first phase is the Walsh Kokosing Design-Build Team, which includes designers AECOM, Parsons, and Jacobs. The team is considering either an arch bridge or a cable-stayed span for the new crossing. [Extracted from the article]

Roundabouts, a roadway standard embraced in Europe, have been shown to improve safety, reduce congestion, and provide environmental benefits. However, the US lags behind in adopting roundabouts due to historical factors, complicated designs, and the dominance of traffic signals. Studies have shown that roundabouts can reduce total traffic accidents by 62-67% and injury cases by 85-87%. They also eliminate the risk of red-light running and have smoother traffic flow. However, roundabouts have limitations, such as accommodating high traffic capacities and ensuring bike and pedestrian safety. Proper planning, design, and education are crucial to fully realize the safety benefits of roundabouts. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the progress of rebuilding the Interstate-95 bridge in northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the first section of the permanent replacement bridge opening. Topics include the completion of the outer lanes ahead of schedule; the rapid transition from the temporary roadway to the permanent structure; and the collaboration between the Shapiro Administration, federal partners, and the City of Philadelphia to restore Interstate-95 to full capacity by 2024.

Strangling traffic notwithstanding, cars are still the preferred mode of transportation, especially in the U.S., for many commuters who take public transit from the suburbs into the city, an automobile is required to deliver them to the bus or rail station. Besides the rising cost of gasoline, traffic congestion is a huge drain on both productivity and energy conservation. And yet, innovative technology is emerging that promises to make surface transport on roadways and railways more energy-efficient. The architecture of shelters and stations, which supports rail and road transit, is just starting to feed off the high-technology momentum that seems to be driving the current surge in advanced applications.

The article offers information on J.F. Brennan Company's engagement in lock and dam rehabilitation and repairs for federally operated locks and dams on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, necessitated by aging infrastructure and fluctuating water levels.

The article discusses several new projects and technological innovations affecting the rail and mass transit of New York and New Jersey commuters. According to the author, the process of automation can improve many aspects of transportation such as the regulation of traffic flow and quick response to accidents.

The article focuses on Gautrain represents the pride of a nation and the dawning age of the country's public transport offering and buses and shuttles are available to passengers during weekdays. It mentions Gautrain is the backbone of an integrated public transport system and brings economic benefits in that efficient public transport and lower road traffic congestion increase productivity. It also mentions public transport creates jobs and supports local economies.

The article focuses on locating and designing entry control points (ECP) when improvised explosive device (IED) is discovered and mentions ECPs are designed to accommodate traffic flow. Topics discussed include destruction of U.S. Marine Corps barracks by trinitrotoluene (TNT) equivalent blast in 1983, blast that can cause death and injury and use of building codes by engineers to develop structures.

The article reports that contract to redeck the westbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was awarded to joint venture of Kokosing Construction and McLean Contracting. Topics include the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) board, announced on Oct. 27, 2022, that major construction on the span is expected to begin in the fall of 2023; the views of William Pines, executive director of MDTA, on construction plans; and traffic planning during the construction period.

The article reports that the contract for the rehabilitation of the Williamsburg Bridge was awarded to Skanska USA, a Management services company, by the New York City Dept. of Transportation.

The article focuses on setting up an in-office lab in an eye care facility and also discusses several architectural layout plans for the facility. It also offers suggestions that planners of the medical facility should consider several issues like safety issues, patient's traffic flow and optimal usage of space provided.

This article focuses on the construction project for the Hoover Dam Bypass, which is expected to open to traffic in November 2010. A major milestone was achieved by the project in August 2009 when crews connected the bridge's center arch and removed supporting cables. This section of the highway is expected to experience a 50% increase in traffic volume over the next 20 years. The project's construction contract was won by the joint venture of Obayashi Corp. and PSM Construction USA Inc. in October 2004.

The article explores the ways by which three communities in the U.S. have built roads and manage traffic flow. It describes the custom traffic-modeling tool developed by Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation (InTrans) for West Des Moines Public Works in Iowa. The use of inSync from Rhythm Engineering for traffic flow management in Lenexa, Kansas is discussed. The queue jumper technology is integrated into signalized intersections where bus traffic is heaviest in the city of Chandler, Arizona.

The article offers information on roundabout, a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island. It mentions story of Carmel, Indiana, a city of 102,000 north of Indianapolis, which has 140 roundabouts, with more on the way; and also mentions how traffic flows in a roundabout.

The article reports on a type of congestion pricing also known as cordon pricing proposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. If the New York plan had been approved, the city would have charged most car drivers $8 and truck drivers $21 to drive into the city's downtown at certain times of the day. Many lawmakers from New York's outer boroughs and suburbs opposed Bloomberg's proposal, saying it unfairly targeted commuters, who make up most of their constituency.

Presents question and answer advisory about operations at motor vehicle accidents. Main components of operating guideline; Need for firefighters to wear their reflective traffic vest; Deployment of law enforcers in place early during auto accidents to assist with traffic flow and crew safety.

Focuses on the high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, an option to relieve traffic congestion in the U.S. by restricting the use of some freeway lanes to those drivers who pay to use them. Assessment of tolls for HOT lanes; Background on the emergence of the HOT lanes concept; Implementation of the San Diego Association of Governments projects.

The article provides an outlook for the European air transport market. European carriers are speculating that their market will not recover before 2011 and the decline in premium traffic could continue even longer. According to British Airways chief executive officer (CEO) Willie Walsh, premium traffic can be expected to grow again eventually, but it may never reach its strength of recent years. European airline executives are also realizing that traffic volumes are unlikely to recover by year-end.

The article reports on the Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) which will be fully online in the U.S. in 2009 to help airlines, airports and controllers collaborate more effectively. Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) is developing TFMS for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It says that the new platform uses service-oriented architecture which would make the new system very flexible.

This article reports that using automation to free up controllers for more strategic management of air traffic is one approach being studied by NASA as it seeks to boost airspace system capacity and efficiency, thereby saving fuel. Heinz Erzberger, a NASA Ames Research Center senior scientist, says the Advanced Airspace Concept (AAC) has been studied for several years. AAC is one of the efforts to be reviewed by the Joint Planning and Development Organization, an Federal Aviation Administration-led initiative by six federal agencies to redesign the U.S. air transportation system by 2025. The main goal is to triple air traffic capacity within 20 years to avert the sort of gridlock that would make fuel consumption only one of many travel nightmares.

This article reports that traffic flow management upgrades provide the best prospect for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help airlines cut fuel consumption during the next 10 years, but overall budget pressures on the agency have forced a nearly $20-million cut in improvement efforts for Fiscal 2005. The FAA estimates tens of millions of minutes of delay could be squeezed out of the system in 10 years based on forecast traffic growth. And all this is possible for a net investment of $42 million. That's the price tag for upgrading the Traffic Flow Management infrastructure and introducing a variety of new collaborative decision-making products.

Focuses on the initiatives to improve air transportation system in the United States. Formation of task forces to enhance airline service quality performance; Suggestions of the Federal Aviation Administration to improve traffic flow; Proposals in handling the rapid growth of the regional jet fleet.

The article features the Östliche Innenstadt which was a two-stage limited ideas competition aimed to improve the urban design and appreciation of the eastern inner city of Hamburg, Germany. Seven architectural teams from different countries were invited to propose ideas for unifying the street furniture of the city, for restructuring traffic flow, and developing sheltered shopping areas and a system of city gateways. The author gives emphasis on the city planning proposal of the team comprised of William Alsop, Clifford Barnett and John Lyall.

The article discusses manufacturing processes' traffic flow. It offers suggestions from David Verhoff, president of Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Ideal Products Co., on machine shop operations. It also mentions the implementation of U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design principles at the facility of advanced cutting products manufacturer Hypertherm Inc. in Lebanon.

The article focuses on the use the traffic-sensor post (TSP), a wireless, solar-powered sensor array in monitoring traffic flow. The author says that TSP offers a more accurate, inexpensive, and easy-to-install approach. TSP may share data of vehicle location with nearby intersections, communicate to radio emergency requests, and take commands from a traffic-control center. TSP uses the Cap Pad, passive-infrared (PIR) sensors, and pneumatic tubes. The author compares the accuracy of Cap Pad and weight-in-motion (WIM) sensor applications.

The article discusses Xtreme Manufacturing telehandlers are supporting the San Diego Association of Governments with a major public transit expansion project planned to ease the congestion.

The article reports that engineers at Traffic.com Inc. had devised a way to save fuel by monitoring traffic flows with sensors stationed along roadsides. The company opted for solar panels, which can provide the 5W requirements during the day and charge batteries that last through the night. Traffic.com has installed more than 3,000 solar-powered traffic sensors, with another 10,000 or so scheduled. That underscores the success of solar power, which has been growing at double-digit rates for the past few years. The company's finely-focused application also points up solar's struggle to become a viable competitor in the power arena. INSET: Wind Energy Catches Updraft.

Discusses the installation of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Dallas which will assist the Texas Department of Transportation (DOT) in traffic management. Use of video cameras to observe roadways; Transference of data at automated teller machines (ATM); Speculation that traffic information will eventually be made available to commuters via the Internet.

The article reports on the Single European Sky (SES) initiative. The author notes that all parties involved in SES initiative have agreed that unless the web of European aviation boundaries is simplified, the efficiencies promised by SES cannot be realized. SES, which was voted by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers of the European Union, has the purpose of smoothing the flows of air traffic over Europe and reducing the number of airspace boundaries.

The article offers informationo on the Baron Traffic traffic solution for news and weather from Baron.

The article reports that according to statistics from Traffic Management Bureau of China's Ministry of Public Security, number of domestic new energy vehicles rose to more than two million at the conclusion of September 2018.

The article focuses on continuos improvements to underway to facilitate traffic flow in Charolette, North Carolina and mentions vehicle toll lanes constructed through public-private partnership agreement with contractor I-77 Mobility Partners LLC.

Reports on the use of a prototype Traffic Flow Visualization and Control (TFVC) system in roads near New York's Long Island Expressway. Development of TFVC for the US Army's Optical Adjunct range asset; Provision of real-time pointing and tracking information when multiple submunitions are deployed.

The article mentions in brief about the recovery of chemical railcar taffic in North America post-hurricane.