The city of Detroit, in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Michigan Central, will spend $40 million to potentially establish a multimodal transportation hub that would connect the city to neighboring cities and nations. Further information on the project’s design and construction phases will be revealed as planning efforts develop. The future […]
Gwinnett County, Georgia, is moving forward with a large-scale redevelopment project to transform the vacant Gwinnett Place Mall property into a mixed-use community known as the Global Villages project. The county is running the project through its Urban Redevelopment Agency (URA), which partnered with CBRE to advance the project. URA issued a Request for Proposals […]
States across the U.S. are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced technologies to transform how they maintain and manage roads, bridges and traffic. From generative-AI (genAI) experiments to strategic roadmapping and predictive bridge-maintenance tools, public works agencies are embracing a new era of smart infrastructure. California The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), together with […]
The Placer County Board of Supervisors in California has approved a transformational housing initiative to develop 322 homes, putting a plan in motion to meet housing demands and transform the Dry Creek-West Placer community. Construction is expected to begin after final permitting. The 65-acre site selected for the project is largely unused, consisting of nursery […]
Alamance Community College (ACC) in North Carolina has unveiled a campus master plan to build facilities and renovate buildings campuswide. The construction timelines for the nearly $77 million in planned projects have not yet been released. The long-term plan would provide ACC with the capacity and modernized services needed to keep pace with the institution’s […]
The Baltimore City Planning Commission unanimously approved Mayor Brandon Scott’s $6.9 billion Downtown RISE: A Master Plan for Downtown, seeking to develop transformative quality of life improvements throughout downtown Baltimore. The entire three-phase Downtown RISE projects were originally announced in 2023 with the first rounds of the project focusing on public safety, cleanliness, community and […]
A triad of California bills recently signed into law seek to ease the housing burden on college and university students statewide. Presently, less than 1% of community college students live on campus, compared with 14% at California State University and 41% at the University of California, resulting inthe remaining off-campus students relying on public transit […]