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Energy Queensland (EQL), Australia’s largest electricity company, delivers power to people in a state that’s twice the size of Texas.…
Why can’t America have high speed rail? Because our investment is a ‘rounding error’ compared with Europe’s, says Amtrak’s CEO
Across the world, high-speed trains zip from city to city, sometimes topping 250 miles per hour before dropping off hundreds…
The collapsed Baltimore bridge will be demolished soon, and the crew of the ship that’s trapped underneath will be onboard when the explosives go off
The controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been…
After getting billions in federal funding, Amtrak is ‘trying to claw 19th century and 20th century assets and pull them into the 21st century,’ CEO says
Every day, several speeding Amtrak trains slow down from a rip-roaring 110 miles per hour to a 30-mile-per-hour crawl as…
Kristian Ruby, secretary general of Eurelectric, the trade association representing the interests of the electricity industry in Europe, is fascinated…
Amtrak no longer has to live ‘hand to mouth’ after being starved of funding for decades, CEO says
In January 2021, lifelong Amtrak super user and evangelist Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United…
American infrastructure cracks again as tanker fire shuts down Interstate-95 in Connecticut for days
The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker…
Baltimore officials plan to open a deeper channel in port to release ships trapped in harbor
Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting…
‘The earthquake that we design for is one that’s unlikely to happen’: Empire State Building engineer explains why skyscrapers are built to last
The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center.…
‘Full range of impact’ on businesses in transportation and supply chain logistics after Baltimore bridge collapse, U.S. official says
Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said Thursday that they expect…