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Highways 2.0: Transportation’s future holds drastic changes for road builders
The Eisenhower Interstate System was a bold plan. It supercharged our economy and provided good, middle class jobs to millions of Americans for more than 40 years. It changed the face and character of America. That’s what we’re calling Highways 1.0. What followed in the footsteps of these big thinkers and world-class builders? Stasis, neglect and […]
March 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
Is plastic the new pavement? Roads made of recycled ocean trash could be built in just weeks
Plastic roads may seem more well suited for Hot Wheels, but a Dutch company is aiming to bring the toy track to the test track. VolkerWessels announced last week that it was working on plans to bring the world’s first plastic road to the Netherlands. The PlasticRoad project is still entirely conceptual, and the company is looking […]
July 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
This Dutch bike path could be the precursor to solar energy-capturing roads everywhere
A bike path in the Netherlands that’s shorter than a football field could be the future of energy and travel. Engineers built the 229-foot test track with a solar road surface. Al Jazeera reports the path’s surface can be driven over while also generating electricity. The small test track has generated enough electricity in just six months […]
May 22, 2015
Business
Spending of state DOTs places priority on new road construction over repairs
State departments of transportation spend more each year on new road construction than on road repairs, according to a new report from Smart Growth America and Taxpayers for Common Sense. The report, “Repair Priorities 2014,” notes that between 2009 and 2011, state DOTs collectively spent $20.4 billion on new roads, growing the nation’s state-owned network […]
March 25, 2014
Construction Equipment
Final Word
Understanding the Transportation Act By Kirk Landers As construction industry leaders push Congress to enact a long-term federal transportation program, some heavy construction contractors will remember feeling little or no surge in work in the months following the enactment of the last two long-term bills. The federal transportation program does play an important role in […]
January 27, 2012
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