Common Ground Alliance - Thu April 10, 2025
Common Ground Alliance Conference & Expo Highlights Risks of Damage to Buried Infrastructure
Common Ground Alliance (CGA) concluded its 2025 Conference & Expo at the Orlando World Center Marriott. With 1,600 damage prevention leaders in attendance, the conference is the largest gathering of its kind in America....
NTSB - Wed April 09, 2025
NTSB Issues Report On Fatal Pennsylvania Explosion, Recommends CGA Best Practice
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report on the 2023 explosion at the Palmer Chocolate factory. The incident claimed seven lives at the Pennsylvania facility, in part due to inadequate locating of high-pressure steam and natural gas utility lines....
Fall River Herald News - Mon March 31, 2025
South Coast Rail Line Opens in Mass.; Feds Warn Three State Bridges at Risk of Collapse
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was joined in the town of Fall River by Mayor Paul Coogan and other local and state dignitaries March 24, 2025, to cut the ribbon on the Fall River/New Bedford commuter route of the state's long-awaited South Coast rail line....
The Associated Press - Wed May 24, 2023
NTSB Calls for Corrosion Checks to U.S. Bridges Similar to Collapsed Pittsburgh Bridge
Investigators looking into the 2022 collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other spans in the United States with similar construction to ensure they do not have the same kind of corrosion that was found on that city's Fern Hollow Bridge....
Philip Marcelo – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu October 10, 2019
Feds Recommend New Requirements After Natural Gas Disaster
BOSTON (AP) Federal officials are recommending stronger nationwide requirements for natural gas systems following last September's natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates major pipeline accidents, said Sept....
NTSB - Mon November 19, 2018
NTSB Investigation Blames 'Design Errors' For FIU Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
An investigative update issued by the National Transportation Safety Board Nov. 15, about its ongoing investigation of the fatal, FIU pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami, Fla., says errors were made in the design of the 174-ft....
AASHTO - Mon November 05, 2018
New Jersey DOT Obligates $23M for Local Bicycle, Pedestrian Projects
The New Jersey Department of Transportation awarded $23 million in federal funding has been obligated to local bicycle and pedestrian projects through its Transportation Alternatives Program or TAP grants on Oct....
Emily Buenzle - Wed June 06, 2018
FDOT Argues Case in Lawsuit About FIU Bridge Documents
In court on June 4, the Florida DOT (FDOT) tried to block the public and media from seeing the records that could show the cause of the fatal FIU bridge collapse in March. FDOT requested that Judge John Cooper of the Leon County Circuit Court dismiss a lawsuit by the Miami Herald, which urged the state of Florida to turn over documents including emails, meeting minutes and additional records detailing the bridge's construction and design, the Tampa Bay Times reported....
Associated Press - Thu May 24, 2018
NTSB Confirms Cracks May Have Contributed to Deadly FIU Bridge Collapse
Federal investigators looking into the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida that killed six people earlier this year confirmed May 23, 2018, that they are focusing in part on the emergence of cracks in the structure before the accident....
Wed April 25, 2018
PHMSA to Host Hazmat Safety Research and Development Forum
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Hazmat Safety Research and Development Forum is scheduled for May 16th and 17th at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center....
