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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2016

Lemke to oversee rail system design at WSP | PB

Prior to rejoining WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, he was a senior signal designer with a national engineering firm responsible for designing systems for light rail operations in Seattle and the NCTD in Oceanside, Calif.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 3, 2016

WSP | PB to overhaul, upgrade MARTA tunnel ventilation systems

The scope of the rehabilitation and renewal project entails 16 tunnel segments with existing ventilation equipment.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 19, 2016

Porcari named president of U.S. Advisory Services at WSP | PB

Will direct the firm’s strategic consulting services across all market sectors, including buildings, transportation and infrastructure, industrial and energy, and environment. 

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2016

WSP | PB appoints Pulicare to lead U.S. transportation & infrastructure

As president he will oversee planning, design and construction services for highways, bridges, transit and rail, aviation, as well as ports and marine. He will be based in the firm’s U.S. headquarters in New York City.

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2015

FAST Act legislation to spur transportation infrastructure improvements

Authorizes $305 billion in funding for federal surface transportation programs for fiscal year (FY) 2016 through FY 2020 with funding for 2016 at $58.2 billion, which is $3.6 billion or 6.6% above 2015 levels.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2015

Maryland Purple Line EIS receives FTA 'Outstanding Achievement' award

The MTA’s Purple Line is a 16-mile, 21-station light rail line in the northern Washington D.C. suburbs. A circumferential rail transit line linking an existing radial system, the Purple Line will connect key activity centers, four branches of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system, and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2015

Rosen to advise WSP-PB's transportation clients on revenue systems

Follows a 30-year career with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, most recently serving as PATH’s manager of system technology and fare collection division.

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ArticlesDecember 1, 2015

Arizona Rail Extension Opens Early to Connect Urban Growth

Valley Metro Rail’s 3.1-mile Central Mesa light rail extension, which includes four new stations along Main Street, was added to the rail line to meet the growing transit demands in the city’s East Valley section.

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ArticlesJune 17, 2015

Consultant Roundtable 2015: Execs Foresee Changing Federal Role

With nothing but short-term extensions predicted for the immediate future, the consultant industry stresses the need to find a long-term funding mechanism, while also looking at states and localities to play more of a role in financing capital projects.

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