What civil engineers are reading this week

• What is your ‘why’? The inner drive that pushes you to be a great civil engineer

  The people who leave lasting impacts on their professions usually have something deeper that drives them. New graduate student Ashley Forkey explores what will make her be her “best future self.”

• Amtrak reopens New York’s East River Tunnel Line 2

  Amtrak has reopened East River Tunnel Line 2, marking the end of the first phase of a $1.6 billion rehabilitation project to significantly reconstruct two of the four tubes of the 116-year-old tunnel.

• Business leaders can navigate climate change and help combat it, new book asserts

  For civil engineers, climate change’s effects are increasingly visible and the need for action ever clearer. But for business leaders, it can be difficult to cut through the noise. A new book offers advice.

• Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting

  Artificial intelligence tools aim to address one of the most persistent sources of delays: incomplete applications.

• All aboard Amtrak’s sleeker, cleaner new trains

  The $8 billion Airo fleet promises cleaner, more reliable service as passenger rail enjoys record ridership – and faces an uncertain future.

• New bridge in eastern Rwanda brings transformative benefits to residents on each side

  A permanent suspension bridge will provide access to schools, hospitals, markets, and transportation routes. The engineers on the project share their firsthand recollections about the work with ASCE.