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SOURCE / ECONOMY By GT staff reporters Published: Feb 01, 2021 09:53 PM Aerial photo taken on Jan. 28, 2021 shows bullet trains to be maintained at a maintenance base in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. Zhengzhou section of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. carries out maintenance work and epidemic precaution for trains to prepare for the country's annual Spring Festival travel rush.Photo:Xinhua Dampened by the nation's policy of encouraging residents to stay in their cities of work, air and rail travel for the Chinese Spring Festival have fallen sharply. The situa...

NRA Appoints New Managing Director 19 January 2021, 04:55 AM Politics & Government The National Roads Authority Board has confirmed Mr. Edward Howard as its new Managing Director after the position remained vacant for almost three years. Mr. Howard has held the position of Deputy Managing Director at the NRA for the past 17 years. During that period, he has completed several stints as Acting Managing Director; the latest being for a little over two years, beginning in April 2018. Mr. Howard’s career with the Ca...

Resources for Safe, Convenient Pedestrian and Bike Infrastructure Despite the stated goals of state and federal agencies to encourage active modes of transportation, there's still a long way to go to make sure that all cities and communities have safe, convenient sidewalks and bike lanes. January 17, 2021, 7am PST | James Brasuell | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has published a toolkit for state departments of transportation to deliver safe and convenient bike and pedestrian infrastructure. The compendium of resources includes work from the Transportation ...

Sensors for Monitoring Asphalt Pavements Image Credit: Zhao jiankang/Shutterstock.com The potential degradation of asphalt pavements results in expensive construction work and can be a serious safety concern for those traveling on affected roads. Although regular maintenance is often performed on paved roads, an urgent need for a precise pavement monitoring system remains. As a result, several smart sensor networks have been developed to monitor asphalt pavements' structural health in real-time. An Introduction to Pavements Historically, unpaved roads consisting of a mixtur...

Hefei-Anqing railway addresses Yangtze River Delta’s transportation shortcomings By Du Qiongfang Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/22 18:23:59 The G8311-bullet train from Hefei in East China's Anhui Province arrived at Anqing Station at around 10 am on Tuesday, marking the start of the Hefei-Anqing high-speed railway's operation. Photo: VCG When the Hefei-Anqing railway, a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong high-speed railway, was put into operation on Tuesday, it is believed to address inadequacies in the railway network in the Yangtze River Delta, and it will promote regional econo...