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Hyperloop One names 4 potential US routes
Dive Brief: Hyperloop One has selected 10 routes — including four in the U.S. — as part of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge, according...
Agencies Told to Cut Regulatory Budgets in Fiscal 2018
President Trump’s point person in his push for deregulation has sent regulatory officers at all agencies instructions to submit a budget...
Japanese team creates way to mass-produce earthquake-resistant metal
A team from Japan’s Tohoku University has found an economical way to improve the properties of “shape-memory” metals, so called for their...
China dreams of 4,000km/h “flying trains”
A Chinese state-owned space and military technology group will investigate the feasibility of a magnetic levitation (maglev) rail system...
U.S. House Passes Bill To Allow Self-Driving Cars in Every State
Self-driving cars have been on the horizon for the past few years, as companies like Tesla and Waymo have been focused on bringing...
Engineers 20 years ago warned of flooding risk in Houston area
DALLAS - A report released two decades ago on the Harris County reservoir system predicted with alarming accuracy the catastrophic...
Automatic Emergency Relief from FTA Regulatory Requirements Applicable to Hurricane Harvey Response
Charter Transit agencies may take actions, such as providing service for evacuations, returning evacuees from shelters to their homes,...
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION MOBILIZES NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET VESSELS IN SUPPORT OF HURRICANE HA
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) has activated two National Defense Reserve Fleet...
Four new members join DART board
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) welcomes new board members Ray Jackson, Jon-Bertrell Killen, Dominique Torres and Catherine Cuellar. ...
Texas flood disaster: Harvey has unloaded 9 trillion gallons of water
Words cannot describe the catastrophic situation unfolding in Houston and Southeast Texas. As daylight dawned this morning, the scope of...
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