transportation news archive (2005)

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12/30/2005 Highway Officials Eye Truck Impact As Possible Cause of Collapse

12/29/2005 With Low Bid $90 Million Too High, N.J. Rethinks Causeway Project

12/20/2005 Runway Job Awarded to Tutor Venture, Which Left $50 Million on the Table

12/19/2005 Major Texas Job May Be Halted

12/19/2005 Crews Prepare Memphis Crossing for Future Quake

12/12/2005 Possibility Grows for New Cable-Stayed Span on the Hudson

12/12/2005 Some Tacoma Narrows Bridge Cable Wires Are Corroded

12/12/2005 No More Bones At Light-Rail Site

12/12/2005 Louisiana Moving Toward First Design-Build Bridge Job

12/05/2005 Seattle Sees Monorail’s Second Mishap in Two Years

12/05/2005 Massive Tub Girders Will Link Bay Bridge’s Troubled Spans

11/28/2005 SAFETEA-LU Remains On Course, Generally

11/28/2005 Oregon School Project Spurs Portland Waterfront Renewal

11/14/2005 Joint Venture Will Manage Idaho’s $1.2-Billion Program

11/14/2005 Down Under Excavation Causes Segment Collapse

11/14/2005 Grand Canyon Structure Soars 3,800 ft over the Colorado River

11/10/2005 Seattle Monorail Project Reaches End Of The Line

11/09/2005 Amtrak Board Dismisses Gunn as Railroad's President

11/09/2005 New York Transportation Bond Measure Approved; Major Construction Can Move Forward

11/07/2005 Better Communications, Roads Needed in Hurricanes

11/03/2005 Federal Transit Chief Confirmed to World Bank Post

10/31/2005 New Ferry Facility Adds Gloss To Manhattan Waterfront

10/31/2005 Mississippi Begins Planning For New Infrastructure

10/28/2005 First Step: Lima Tries to Build a Way Free of Congestion

10/28/2005 O'Hare Is Back On Track

10/27/2005 Gulf State DOTs Pare Post-Katrina Highway Repair Estimates

10/27/2005 This Road Leads Straight to the Past

10/24/2005 Italy Chooses Consortium To Build $5-Billion Suspension Link

10/24/2005 Detroit Builds Gateway Link Inspired by Super Bowl

10/17/2005 All Bets Are on for Big New Facility near Las Vegas

10/17/2005 Tampa Authority Sues URS Over Geotechnical Setbacks

10/12/2005 Impregilo Snags Messina Strait Contract with $4.3-Billion Bid

10/10/2005 Transit Could Play Stronger Role in Emergencies, Officials Say

10/10/2005 Seattle Monorail’s Fate Rests in Voters’ Hands

10/07/2005 Congress Broadens Airport Grant Eligibility for Gulf States

10/07/2005 Costs Are Taking Off At Grounded O'Hare Expansion

10/03/2005 Better Emergency Planning And Flexibility Needed in Crisis

10/03/2005 Transportation Officials Guard Newly Won Federal Funding

09/26/2005 After a Pause for Rita, Lake Pontchartrain's Twin-span Repairs to Resume

09/26/2005 Transportation Officials Guard Newly Won Federal Funding

09/19/2005 Seattle Monorail’s Finances Altered

09/19/2005 Culturally Iconic Link Breaks The Ice in North Dakota

09/14/2005 Railroads Battered by Katrina Are Being Fixed

09/12/2005 Louisiana Awards $31-Million Contract to Fix Lake Pontchartrain Bridge

09/09/2005 How Much Will it Take to Fix Katrina-Ravaged Roads and Bridges?

09/05/2005 Cameras and Sensors Will Patrol New York Rail, Bridges

09/05/2005 Chicago Airport Link Has Touchy Tunnel Work Ahead

09/03/2005 New Orleans Airport Faces at Least $40 Million in Damages;
Runways Were Rebuilt Just in Time, Says Official

09/02/2005 Reports From Hurricane-Damaged Shipping Ports Begin Trickling In

09/01/2005 Highways and State Roads Washed Away by Katrina

08/22-29/2005 First Section of Record-Sized Bascule Rises Over Potomac

08/22-29/2005 Fired Designers Suit Boosts Atlanta Battle

08/19/2005 Oderbrecht-led Consortium Snags $900-million Contract for InterOceanic Highway’s Peruvian Leg

08/16/2005 Overbudget Airport Terminal Is Costly to Design Team

08/15/2005 SAFETEA-LU Has Policy Changes, Too

08/08/2005 Record Transport Bill Heads for Enactment

08/03/2005 London Undergrounds Third Station Ready to Reopen

07/29/2005 Transportation, "SAFETEA-LU," Heads for Congressional Approval

07/29/2005 New RFP To Go Out For Self-Anchored Suspension Design of San Francisco

07/29/2005 Two Bombed London Underground Stations Back in Service

07/28/2005 Transportation Bill Nearly Complete; Stopgap #11 Signed, Extending Through July 30 27

07/25/2005 Ravenel Bridge Wins Raves

07/25/2005 SCA/T Water Program Plugs Interstate 93 Wall Leakst

07/25/2005 Manhattan Transit Hub Plans Progress

07/25/2005 Senate Rejects Transit Aid Hike

07/25/2005 Bush Signs Two-Day Stopgap Transportation Bill

07/22/2005 Bush Signs 10th Transport Stopgap, Extending Through July 27

07/20/2005 Bush Signs Two-Day Stopgap Transportation Bill

07/18/2005 Senate Rejects Boost in Transit Security Funding

07/18/2005 U.S. Transit Moved To High Alert

07/18/2005 Demand for Gas Will Drive Big Capital Investment

07/18/2005 A Southern Brawl Brews over Proposed Container Terminal

07/15/2005 CM Tries to Bring New Atlanta Airport Terminal Design Estimate Back to Earth

07/14/2005 Peters to Leave as FHWA Chief

07/13/2005 New Leadership Sought For Troubled Seattle Monorail Project

07/11/2005 Dennis Not Much of a Menace in Florida Panhandle

07/11/2005 Seattle OKs Transit Link to Downtown

07/11/2005 Virginia Creates Fund To Push Rail Projects

07/11/2005 Virginia Commuter Rail Extension Cost Estimate Balloons

07/11/2005 Officials Suspect Compaction In British Tunnel Collapse

07/11/2005 Transport Bill Deal Nears As Another Stopgap Is Enacted

07/11/2005 Seattle’s Financial Plan Is Derailed and Derided

07/08/2005 Escambia Bridge in Hurricane Path Again

07/04/2005 Self-Anchored Suspension Plan May Move Forward

07/04/2005 Rare Truss ‘Amputation’ Saves Midwestern Crossing

07/01/2005 Bush Signs 8th Transport Bill Stopgap, Extending through July 19

06/30/2005 House, Senate to Vote on 8th Stopgap, Extending Through July 19

06/27/2005 New Management Takes On Miami’s Troubled Terminal

06/21/2005 Senate Transport Conferees Propose $290 Billion, Down $5 Billion From Earlier Bill

06/13/2005 Transportation Bill Conferees Begin Talks, No Progress on Funding Gap

06/13/2005 VDOT Leader Shucet Stepping Down with Reforms Working

06/13/2005 NASA Lifts Up Launch Towers Prior to Space Shuttle Liftoff

06/13/2005 Fatal Truck Blaze Shuts Alpine Tunnel As Damage Is Probed

06/13/2005 Five Reasons Why Transport Bill Is Late

06/06/2005 PFI Highway in Israel

06/06/2005 Bush Signs Seventh Transportation Bill Extension

06/01/2005 Bush Signs New Transportation Bill Extension

05/30/2005 Officials See Green In New Staten Island Ferry Station

05/30/2005 As May 31 Deadline Nears, Another Extension is Proposed

05/26/2005 House, Senate Pass 7th Extension for Highway, Transit Programs

05/25/2005 Two Teams Vie to Build Messina Strait Crossing, After Another Drops Out

05/24/2005 Alleging Toxin Exposure, Bay Bridge Welders File Lawsuit Against Contractor

05/23/2005 Emergency Bridge Placed In Hours in Military Exercise

05/23/2005 Panel Says Contractor Caused Fatal Singapore Tunnel Collapse

05/23/2005 California Transportation Funds May Be Restored

05/23/2005 Transportation Bill Heads for Conference

05/20/2005  D.C., Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota Biggest Gainers in Senate Highway Bill

05/16/2005 Clean-up Crews Beat the Clock. Now They Start Figuring the Bill

05/16/2005 After Setback, New Jersey Gets Speedy Segmental Span

05/16/2005 Feds Declare Bay Bridge Welds Sound; Repairs Under Way

05/16/2005 Bidders Are Wary of Italy’s Plans To Span Messina Strait

05/13/2005 Massive Highway Retaining Wall Fails in New York City

05/09/2005 Rail Line in Growing Tel Aviv Forces Freeway Bridge Move

05/09/2005 Fluor Answers VDOT’s Ring Toll

05/09/2005 Rebuild Set on Florida Span Hit by ‘Ivan the Terrible’ Storm

05/09/2005 Denver Names Firms To Run Big Expansion

05/06/2005 Bay Bridge Welds Not Flawed, Feds Say

05/02/2005 Innovative, Movable Ramp Helps Land Island Supplies

05/02/2005 Bay Bridge Weld Test Is Under Way in Lab

04/29/2005 Public-Private Partnership Plan To Add Virginia Highway Lanes Moves Forward; Work Could Begin Next Year

04/28/2005 Uncertain Status for Three Major Projects as N.Y. Metro Transit Authority Capital Plan Goes to Albany

04/25/2005 Work Finally Begins Again On Troubled Tampa Project

04/18/2005 Probe of Bad Welds Adds to Span’s Woes

04/11/2005 Crews Build Hydraulic Record-Breaker

03/28/2005 Japanese Tunneler Digs In For Seattle Light Rail Project

03/28/2005 Noted Designer Muller Dies at 80

03/28/2005 Boston Central Artery Controversies Build

03/22/2005 Atlanta Moving Foward on MARTA Expansion Plan

03/21/2005 Airlines' 2005 Passenger Volume to Rebound to 2001 Level, FAA Predicts

03/21/2005 Vancouver Lifeline Awaits Crucial Seismic Upgrades

03/21/2005 California City Experiments With Precracking Treatment

03/21/2005 Senate is Next Hurdle For Transportation Bill

03/21/2005 Baltimore Dam Will Now Be Able To Beat Back Big Floods

03/21/2005  Senate Committee Approves Same Transit Funding as House

03/16/2005 Senate Panel Clears Highway Bill, in Line with House Version

03/14/2005 On Any Scale, Metric Conversion Is a Flop

03/11/2005  House Passes $284-Billion Transportation Measure

03/07/2005 Seattle Monorail Bid Still in Limbo

03/07/2005 Sinkhole Causes Delays on Spanish Metro Extension

03/07/2005 New Caltrans Leaders Seek Better Way of Doing Business

03/07/2005 Cianbro Says 'Specs' Followed on Chesapeake Bridge Job

03/07/2005 Interchange Shut Over Job Changes

03/04/2005 House Committee Clears $284-billion Highway-Transit Bill

03/01/2005 Extra Mileage from the Transpo Beat

02/28/2005 Cianbro Says It Followed State 'Specs' on Chesapeake Bridge Job

02/14/2005 Berlin Airport Sets Tough New Policy

02/14/2005 Transportation Issues Ignite New Jersey Constructors

02/14/2005 Army of Steel Pipes Support Tough Pennsylvania Highway

02/14/2005 Florida DOT Points to URS for Pile Problems in Tampa

02/11/2005 Paving Problems Outlined On Chesapeake Bay Crossing

02/07/2005 Unusual Lightning Strike Hits Cable on New Greek Bridge

02/03/2005 1,000 Boxes: Lawyers in Tutor Case Traded Nasty Jibes Over Evidence

01/03/2005 Interstate Alignment Shifted To Allow Runway Expansion

01/28/2005 Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Tutor In Subway Dispute

01/17/2005 U.K. JV Adds Leg To Docklands Light Rail