The New York Times14d
A Walkway Was Set to Open on the Queensboro Bridge. Until it Wasn’t.
A long-awaited pedestrian path appeared to be finished this month. A ribbon-cutting was scheduled. A news release was prepared. Then City Hall hit the brakes. By Dana Rubinstein and Winnie Hu The ...
sciencex14d
Using existing infrastructure to estimate pedestrian volumes
Every time a pedestrian pushes a button to cross the street, it creates a useful data point about how many people are walking through that intersection. Now, transportation planners and engineers in ...
NBC Right Now14d
City of Pasco planning new bike and pedestrian bridge for safer Sylvester Street crossing
PASCO, Wash. – A project to build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge on the south side of the existing Sylvester Street/Highway 395 overpass in Pasco is in the preliminary stages. The project calls ...
NBC New York14d
Three of NYC's iconic bridges in need of vulnerability assessments, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that 15 New York and New Jersey bridges be inspected for levels of risk collapse from a vessel collision as part of a nationwide call to ...
USA Today15d
68 bridges in 19 states potentially at risk: Is one near you?
Federal officials investigating the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, warned on Thursday that 68 bridges nationwide could be at similar risk. The ...
ABC News15d
NTSB recommends vulnerability assessments on 68 bridges following Key Bridge collapse
A risk assessment could have prevented the Key Bridge collapse, the NTSB said. Nearly a year since the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a container ship struck one of ...
KSL15d
Pedestrian struck by vehicle, critically injured attempting to cross Riverside Drive
ST. GEORGE — A woman was critically injured after being struck by a car in St. George on Wednesday. The crash occurred on Riverside Drive near 900 East, which is currently in a construction zone ...
CBS News15d
NTSB recommends 68 bridges in U.S. be evaluated for risk of collapse. See the full list.
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday 68 bridges across 19 states be evaluated with a "vulnerability assessment" to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a vessel ...
AOL15d
NTSB recommends vulnerability assessments on 68 bridges following Key Bridge collapse
Nearly a year since the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a container ship struck one of its piers, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that the ...
Yle15d
Police suspect negligence in Espoo pedestrian bridge collapse
Police suspect that the Espoo pedestrian bridge collapse in May 2023 was due to the negligence of several individuals. The temporary metal and plywood bridge spanning Itätuulenkuja in Tapiola ...
Perth Now15d
Man filmed ‘bungee’ jumping from Mandurah’s Dawesville Bridge where Wade McCurdy died in 2009
Shocking footage has emerged of a daredevil “bungee jumping” from the Dawesville Bridge in Mandurah. This is the same bridge where a champion bodyboarder jumped and died in 2009. In the video ...
EurekAlert!15d
Using existing infrastructure to estimate pedestrian volumes
DERIVING PEDESTRIAN COUNTS Researchers are exploring methods to convert the push-button data into complete pedestrian counts for the transportation network.