transportation news archive (2006)

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12/27/2006 Los Angeles Completes Light Rail Tunnel

12/26/2006 Caltrans Names Manson Construction as Low Bidder for Underwater Cable

12/25/2006 Transportation Strategy Is Taking a Toll on Firms

12/25/2006 Ohio River Designs Unveiled As Funding Questions Loom

12/25/2006 New Florida Crossing Braced For Future Hurricanes

12/22/2006 New Hood Canal Pontoons Float Into Position

12/20/2006 NJ Transit Taps Construction Manager for $7.2-billion Tunnel

12/20/2006 U.S. and Panama Sign Trade Agreement, Opportunity Seen in Canal Expansion

12/18/2006 Tacoma Narrows DecksAre Lifted into Place

12/18/2006 Design-Build Road Helps Private Port

12/18/2006 Seattle Viaduct's Fate Is Debated

12/17/2006 Audit: Tampa Road Unit Created 'Conflict' by Tapping HNTB Executive

12/13/2006 Nevada Transportation Director Steps Down

12/11/2006 Louisiana Officials' Goal Is Hurricane Resistant Bridge

12/11/2006 Irish Building Boom Fuels Innovative Project Delivery

12/10/2006 Despite Problems, Atlanta's Airport Pushes Ahead and Innovates

12/04/2006 With Congestion Looming, San Diego Plans Expansion

12/04/2006 New Jersey Rail Plan Moves Along

12/04/2006 State Files Negligence Suit For Boston Tunnel Plenum Collapse

12/04/2006 For Missouri Highway Job, Designs Cross State Lines

12/04/2006 Indiana Likes Speedy Delivery

11/27/2006 CA/T Safety Review Is Good News for Commuters, Project Managers

11/27/2006 Federal Research May Clear Recycled Roads' Bad Rap

11/20/2006 Signature Nevada Span Is No Longer in Limbo

11/16/2006 Denver Selects Team to Develop Union Station

11/13/2006 Manhattan Tunnel Structure Is Built for the Long Term

11/13/2006 Cost Cutting Contributed to Fatal CA/T Anchor Accident

11/13/2006 Why I-84 Is Turning into Connecticut's Unlucky Number

11/06/2006 Panama Projects Will Piggyback on Canal Expansion

10/23/2006 Medley of Materials Make Debut On Deicing Facility

10/16/2006 Clues Sought In Bridge Collapse

10/16/2006 Seattle Earthwork Reaches New Environmental Heights

10/16/2006 Asset Management Firms See Big Future on Public Programs

10/09/2006 Vital Oil Artery Still Needs Funds for Next Contract

10/09/2006 Q&A with O'Hare Modernization Program Executive Director Rosemarie Andolino

10/09/2006 Tragedy Raises Road Inspection Questions

10/08/2006 Construction's 'Super Bowl' Tackles Infamous O'Hare Delays

10/02/2006 New Orleans Landmark is Widened and Strengthened

10/02/2006 Peters Confirmed as DOT Secretary

09/26/2006 Senate Panel Approves Peters for Top DOT Post

09/25/2006 Hoover Dam Bypass Project Delayed By Tower Failure

09/25/2006 Senate Backs Aid For Ports, Transit

09/25/2006 Historic Bascule Bridge Receives Fascia Lift in Florida

09/18/2006 Will Europeans Again Play Key Role in New York City Tunnel Bidding?

09/18/2006 Bridge Section Is Pushed, Pulled and Lifted into Place

09/18/2006 BP Takes Flak Over Big Alaska Problems

09/18/2006 Tunnel Option Canned To Keep Rail Project on Track

09/15/2006 Port Security Bill Boosts Transit Security Gets Funding

09/11/2006 Engineering Audits Required For California Oil Facilities

09/08/2006 Virginia Governor Vetoes Tunnel Option for D.C. Metrorail Extension

09/08/2006 House Lawmakers Slam BP for Alaska Pipeline Maintenance

09/07/2006 Missouri DOT Puts Forth Unique Design-Build-Maintain Bridge Contract

09/07/2006 Alaska Redraws Plans for Controversial Span

09/05/2006 Bush Taps Road Vet Peters to Run Transportation Dept.

08/30/2006 Former Union Pacific Official Named New Amtrak President

08/28/2006 Course Will Help Car Dealers Take Buyers for a Ride

08/24/2006 After Bechtel and San Jose Hit Impasse, Hensel Phelps Steps In

08/15/2006 BP Could Have Saved $170 With Better Monitoring

08/14/2006 Public Outreach Reshapes Road

08/10/2006 Senate Confirms New Federal Transit Chief

08/07/2006 Bits And Building Work May Be Factors In CA/T Collapse

08/01/2006 Panel: Dulles Rail Tunnel Feasible, Costlier Than Aerial Plan

07/31/2006 Politics and New Problems Still Dog Big Dig Tunnels

07/24/2006 CA/T Epoxy Problem May Be Nationwide

07/24/2006 Tunneling Team Wins Plum Big Apple Job

07/21/2006 Thomas D. Larson, Former State and Federal Transportation Leader and 1982 ENR Man of the Year Dies at 77

07/20/2006 Senate Passes Water Projects Bill, Adds New Reviews for Corps Projects

07/17/2006 Five Minutes with Norm Mineta

07/17/2006 Ex-Kansas Gov. Graves Nixes Top DOT Job

07/14/2006 Judlau-Dragados Team Wins $428-Million New York Tunnel Job

07/12/2006 Inspections Reveal 60 Loose Roof Anchors in Boston Tunnel

07/12/2006 Crews to Remove Boston Tunnel Panels After Passenger is Struck

07/10/2006 From Transportation Secretary to P.R. Man and Lobbyist

07/03/2006 DOT Chief Mineta Resigns As Race for Replacement Begins

06/26/2006 Snapshot of Corridors Brings Shape to Energy Transmission

06/26/2006 Virginia Extends Deadline for Proposals on Megaproject

06/23/2006 Mineta Resiging as DOT Secretary, Effective July 7

06/12/2006 Washington State Offers Mea Culpa For Hood Canal Delay

06/12/2006 U.S. Rail Advocates Look to China for Inspiration, Learning

06/12/2006 Tampa’s Troubled Highway  Finally Nearing Completion

06/12/2006 NTSB Wants New Standards, Better Oversight on Road Work

06/06/2006 Ferrovial Snags BAA From Goldman Sachs

06/05/2006 San Jose’s Design-Build Job Almost Ready

06/05/2006 Nevada Bridge Left Hanging Over How To Erect an Arch

06/05/2006 New Panel Begins Its Search To Help Highway Trust Fund

06/01/2006 Safety Board Faults Construction, State Oversight in Fatal
Colorado Accident

05/31/2006 Takeoffs and Landings: Cradling Greatness

05/29/2006 Japanese See Warning In New Orleans

05/29/2006 North Carolina Selects Engineer To Develop Greenfield Site

05/29/2006 Miami Officials Get Terminal Bids Three Times Too High

05/29/2006 Alaskan Projects Loom Large

05/29/2006 Louisiana Wants Feds To Pay For Repairs

05/25/2006 New Commission Begins Transportation Finance, Policy Study

05/22/2006 Delayed Opening of Tacoma Narrows Span Could Be Worse

05/22/2006 After Year’s Delay, Mississippi Crossing Is Back on Course

05/15/2006 Atlantas $5.4-Billion Program Marks Finish of Fifth Runway

05/15/2006 With Replacement Open, Old Bridges Becomes Fish Habitat

05/15/2006 Hoover Dam Bypass Delayed After Concrete Plant Is Closed

05/11/2006 First Lanes of New, D.C.-Area Bridge to Open in June

05/08/2006 Uncertain Fate of Airlines, Funding Keeps Officials Alert

05/08/2006 Prototype Span Features Medley of Waste Products

05/02/2006 Fueled by Uncertainty, Airports Pursue Expansion Plans

05/01/2006 Colombia Finally Closes In On Andes Link to Bogota

05/01/2006 Interchange Job Closed Down after Year of Work

05/01/2006 Wide Vision for Panama Canal

05/01/2006 Crews Close Main Span of New Mississippi Crossing

04/27/2006 Senate Panel Clears FHWA, EPA Nominees

04/24/2006 Feds Like Powder River Plan But Locals Object to Route

04/24/2006 Unique Segment System Marks Los Angeles Rail Line

04/24/2006 Construction Nears on Louisianas Cable-Stayed Mississippi River Span Will

04/17/2006 In Unique Deal, Airport Owner Will Run Road, Fund Rail

04/17/2006 Hoover Dam Bypass Builders Stick to Old-Style Cableways

04/17/2006 In Unique Deal, Airport Owner Will Run Road, Fund Rail

04/10/2006 Redesigned Transit Crossing Features Intricate Steel Work

04/10/2006 Private-Sector Toll Roads Are More Appealing—and Riskier

04/06/2006More Dollars Means More Sense Needed in Running Projects

04/05/2006 New Jersey Senators End "Holds" on FHWA Nominee

04/03/2006 Toronto Subway Wins Some Funds

04/03/2006 Berlin Finally Wins Approval To Build Out Schönefeld

04/03/2006 Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Route Mimics Conditions in Alps

03/28/2006 Ontario Gives Proposed Subway Expansion a Monetary Push

03/27/2006 OHare Runway Work Delayed to 2008

03/24/2006 Bay Bridge Officials Receive Two Bids For $1.4-Billion Suspension Span

03/13/2006 Japanese Team Goes Deep To Link Istanbul's Two Parts

03/09/2006 FHWA Deputy Capka Nominated to Agency's Top Job

03/06/2006 State and Producers Ink Contract for $20-Billion Line

03/06/2006 Engineers Damper Potential Sway of Italys Olympic Span

03/02/2006 U.S. DOT Commits Aid for Atlanta, Myrtle Beach Airport Projects

02/27/2006 Concrete Lining Stops Leaks But Neighbors Sue for Water

02/20/2006 New Panama City Facility Moving Closer to Takeoff

02/13/2006 Bids Too Costly for Ohio Crossing

02/13/2006 $3-Billion Project Planned To Move Rockies Gas East

02/10/2006 DOT Budget: Highways, Transit Rise, Airport Grants Cut

02/06/2006 Officials Push Hard For Bay Span Bids

01/31/2006 Israel on the Move with Long-Delayed Transport Projects

01/30/2006 Virginia Joins with Coal Firms To Build Coal Region Highway

01/30/2006 Overseas Team Wins Big Indiana Project

01/30/2006 St. Louis Cost Overrun Case Takes an Ugly Turn

01/30/2006 Results Hold Promise for Canada's Construction Market

01/25/2006 Bay Bridge Self-Anchored Suspension Span Bids Delayed Again

01/24/2006 St. Louis Light Rail Problems Trigger Heavy Legal Battles

01/23/2006 Contractors Anticipate Rebidding of Signature Span

01/19/2006 Ex-N.Y. MTA Board Member Picked As Federal Transit Chief

01/18/2006 Seattle Port, Contractor to Pay Third Wastewater Fine in $1-Billion
Runway Job

01/16/2006 Corps Seeks Floodgate Designs for New Orleans Canals

01/16/2006 PB Allows Award Of Idaho Road Job

01/13/2006 Corps Seeks Floodgate Designs for New Orleans Canals

01/11/2006 Work Starts on New Amtrak Bridge in Connecticut

01/10/2006 Louisiana Reopens Second Damaged Span, 8 Days Early

01/09/2006 Pedestrian Structure in Paris Takes Design to New Levels

01/09/2006 Truck Impact Considered Possible Cause Of Collapse

01/04/2006 Miss. DOT Names Bidder for Bridge Replacements