Thursday, June 4, 2020

Today's Infrastructure News

House Panel Unveils Bill for Surface Transportation | ASCE SmartBrief
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has introduced a five-year, $494 billion bill focused on surface transportation. The bill is broken down into $319 billion for highways, $105 billion for transit, $60 billion for rail, $5.3 billion for motor carrier safety and $4.6 billion for highway safety.   Full Story: Roll Call

Parsons Introduces Intelligent Intersections Solution 
| ASCE SmartBrief
Parsons has developed a smart solution that can help automate traffic signal retiming in an efficient, environmentally sound manner. Parsons estimates the technology can reduce intersection congestion by as much as 40%, carbon dioxide emissions by about 4.9 million tons annually and productivity losses by an estimated $27 billion per year.  Full Story: Traffic Technology Today

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