- Kevin Holbert Named CEO Of Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC)
- Florida Drivers Have Much To Learn About The I-4 Express Lanes
- NHTSA Releases $260 Million In Grants
- Engineers Find A Way To Stop The Golden Gate Bridge Bridge From Singing
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Kevin Holbert Named CEO Of Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC)
Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) announced that Kevin Holbert is the company’s new CEO. His promotion follows last week’s announcement that former CEO Bret Kidd has become the chief executive of Quarterhill, Inc., ETC’s parent company. Holbert has held a variety of executive and managerial posts since joining ETC in 2002.
Appointments-Promotions-Retirements Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) (formerly ETCC) Quarterhill Inc.Florida Drivers Have Much To Learn About The I-4 Express Lanes
WESH reports on Florida DOT’s continuing effort to get Orlando residents ready to start using the I-4 Express when it opens early next year. The department and the Florida Highway Patrol are aware that drivers face a a steep learning curve because of the differences between the new express lanes and other toll facilities in central Florida. Lane entrance and exit limitations, dynamic rate setting and a transponder requirement are all aspects of the I-4 experience that will be unfamiliar to most users at the beginning.
Express Lanes Florida Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) I-4 Ultimate Improvement Programs (FL) Orange County FL Metro Area (Orlando) Public Outreach And CommunicationNHTSA Releases $260 Million In Grants
Transportation Today reports, last week, USDOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the release of nearly $260 million in highway safety grants. “As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the funds will be distributed to Highway Safety Offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, United States territories, and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. The funds, which will be used to address traffic safety on American roads, represent a 31 percent increase over the previous fiscal year’s funding level.”
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) US Department of Transportation (USDOT) US Gov't Transportation Funding US Infrastructure Funding And Financing InitiativesEngineers Find A Way To Stop The Golden Gate Bridge Bridge From Singing
San Francisco Chronicle reports, Golden Gate Bridge engineers working with aerodynamic and acoustic experts think they’ve found a way to eliminate (or at least reduce) the sound high winds make when they pass over the vertical slats in the bridge’s west railing. Their solution “calls for attaching U-shaped aluminum clips containing a thin rubber sleeve to all 12,000 vertical slats on the railings. The rubber will absorb vibrations where the vertical slats meet the horizontal rails, and reduce 75% of the vibrations that cause the bridge to whistle under high-wind conditions. The clips will be painted . . . to blend in with bridge’s architecture.” On Friday, the bridge district board approved a staff recommendation to use $450,000 in bridge operating funds to have the clips fabricated. Bridge maintenance workers will do the installation work.
A Golden Gate Bridge District news release has much more information about the sound problem, and the testing and and analysis that led engineers to the aluminum clip solution.
California Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District (GGBHTD) Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance San Francisco Bay Area (CA) Transportation and Infrastructure Research & DevelopmentThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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