Power and Speed
A new venture aims to build an underground cargo distribution system that operates at airline speeds using an electromagnetic levitation and propulsion system....
Plans for European Shipping Canal Move Forward
Managing Geotechnical Assets to Improve Highway System Performance
As geoprofessionals, we have a great opportunity to look at our work in new ways and to show its value to others. Highway agencies are looking to get the most from their assets and with...
House Report Examines Ways To Improve Nation's Freight Transportation Network
NewsBriefs: Upsurge Predicted in U.S. Freight Business (Trains Magazine)
NewsBriefs: Better Movement of Freight in California (Environmental Protection Agency)
Short Takes: Lea Program to Cover Shipping Costs of Donations
Rail Construction: Engineers Overcome Tunneling Challenges on Dutch Freight Line
Railways: High-Speed Freight and Passenger Line to Connect Spain and France
NewsBriefs: West Coast Port Delays Prompt Shippers To Look To Mexico (Los Angeles Times)
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NewsBriefs: Freight Pipeline Route Studied (Freight Pipeline Company)
Tying It All Together
The Rancocas Greek Bridge, a steel tied arch designed for both light-rail and freight train loading, may be the first bridge of its kind to carry freight trains in the United States....
Liquid Assets
Educational Facilities and the fountains of a new plaza are making good use of water from a system that is remediating contaminated groundwater in Wichita, Kansas....
Terminal Transformation
Infrastructure improvements ranging from the extension and strengthening of an existing wharf to the construction of an intermodal rail yard are turning a 30-year-old cargo-handling facility...
Shipshape
As the shipping industry changes, so must port facilities. In light of that fact, the Bayport Container and Cruise Terminal, now under construction at the Port of Houston, has been designed...
Constructing on the Inconstructible
Exhaustive and sophisticated analyses of extremely weak foundation soils coupled with an innovative approach to quay wall design help bring the new shipping terminal under construction...
Geotechnical Engineering: Pneumatic Capsule Pipeline Removes Soil Vertically
The Train Lane
With the elimination of more than 200 at-grate roadway crossings, the Alameda Corridor - $2.4-billion rail cargo expressway in Los Angeles - will carry 100 freight trains in and out of...
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