Traffic Analysis Software Helps Reduce Congestion
Maneuvering from Point A to Point B can be risky business if roadway congestion has you suddenly hitting the brakes. Motorists navigating Cascade Road at the I-285 interchange in Fulton County, Georgia, have been dealing with crashes, delays, and other traffic inefficiencies there for years. Congestion along the Cascade Road corridor – a principal arterial… Read More »
Tags: Diamond Interchange, Diverging Diamond, Fulton County, Georgia, Roundabouts, SIDRA, Synchro, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Modeling, Traffic Signals, VISSIM
6 Reasons to Hire a Registered Professional
Why hire a registered professional? What difference does it make that your engineer, architect, geologist, landscape architect, surveyor, mapper, or soil scientist has a professional license? It makes all the difference if you want your project to be safe, long-lasting, and built to code. Arizona legislators introduced a bill earlier this year seeking to abolish… Read More »
Tags: Arizona, Engineer, Geologist, Landscape Architect, Professional, Registration
FHWA Hydraulic Videos Train Engineers
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently expanded its YouTube presence by creating a series of educational videos that showcase the use of a portable flume to visualize open-channel flow and culvert design concepts. The portable flume is a small open channel (6 inches wide and 5 feet long) that fits on a tabletop and recirculates… Read More »
Tags: Culverts, Federal Highway Administration, Flume, Hydraulics, National Highway Institute, Training Courses, Water Resources