Tina Grady Barbaccia (EQW)RoadbuildingNew Nevada law: It’s OK to run a red lightTired of waiting for a red light to turn green? Now, if you’re a motorcyclist in Nevada, a new law makes it legal to run red lights. The law allows those on lightweight two- and three-wheeled vehicles to go on red if a traffic light doesn’t change within two cycles, according to an MSN Autos […]October 10, 2013RoadbuildingRoadside birds can figure out the speed limitWho would have ever known that a bird may be capable of figuring out the speed limit on a certain stretch of road? Pierre Legagneux, a biologist at the University of Quebec in Rimouski, suggests they can do just that. Legagneux noticed that common European birds standing on the side of the road were inclined […]October 9, 2013RoadbuildingNY: U can txt while driving in special zonesWant to text while driving in New York? Go right ahead – just make sure you’re in one of the 91 designated texting zones. Motorists now have special “texting zones” along the New York State Thruway and State Highways, which provide a pull-off area to park and use mobile devices. Existing Park-n-Ride facilities, rest stops […]October 8, 2013RoadbuildingA Firefighter Fire-StarterA 43-year-old British firefighter is starting a fire instead of fighting it. In an attempted insurance scam that involved burning his BMW, Anthony Murray pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson as well as two fraud charges that involve two separate insurance companies, Business Insurance (BI) magazine reports. Murray faces jail time. Murray also pleaded […]October 7, 2013RoadbuildingNot so fast: Police disable stolen truck with GPSPolice used a GPS tracking device to track a stolen vehicle and disable it during a high-speed pursuit. When the authorities tried to pull the stolen truck over, the two Santa Maria, California, men — Jacob Valdez, 23, and Joshua Valdez, 18 — took off heading south on Highway 101, according to a Santa Maria […]October 3, 2013RoadbuildingThe Big WIG of Transportation: Solving Funding Issues Through ValueLet’s reach our big WIG of getting voters to understand the value of transportation so we can ensure the big whigs in Washington make solving the funding issue their WIG.October 2, 2013RoadbuildingBurn, Baby, Burn: Tire InfernoThis gives burning rubber a new meaning. Instead of striking it rich with his Great American Tire Pile of at least 42 million tires, Ed Filbin’s collection of black rubber was struck by lightning, and it burned and burned and burned. According to a report from Cracked, authorities tried to put out the fire but […]October 2, 2013RoadbuildingThe BIG WIG of Transportation FundingThe million-dollar question in transportation – make that the half trillion-dollar question – is how to find the money to fix our roads. The industry and U.S. Department of Transportation have several ideas and proposed solutions, which have served as Band-Aid solutions. According to the “Four Disciplines of Excellence (4DX)” business concept developed by Sean […]October 1, 2013Roadbuilding10 Unique Modes of TransportationThis goes beyond the planes, trains and automobiles. What seems odd to us is just par for the course for the locals. In the Readers Digest Canadian edition, Kevin Revolinski reports on these 10 non-traditional modes of transit throughout the world. 1. Underground Funicular in Turkey: An inclined railway in which a tram is moved […]September 30, 2013RoadbuildingTruck hits, damages three bridge beams with an excavatorOops—he did it again, and again and again. A driver carrying an oversize load hit three bridges on Texas’ Interstate 20 at the Crain Avenue overpass after a 34-year-old man from Sonora, Texas, hit them with an oversized load, the Odessa American reports. According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and in a criminal complaint filed […]September 27, 2013Previous PagePage 26 of 218Next PageTop StoriesCompact equipment2026 UTV Roundup: A Workhorse for Every Price RangeThe latest utility vehicles from Argo, Can-Am, CFMoto, Cushman, Deere, Honda, Kawasaki, Kubota, Mahindra, Massimo, Polaris, Yamaha, Waev.Roadbuilding equipmentTop Roadbuilding Equipment of 2025: Motor Graders, Rollers, and MoreVideosMost Viewed Construction Equipment – Our Top 10 “Closer Look” Videos of 2025Construction EquipmentAntique Caterpillars Rule! – Top 5 Vintage Equipment Stories of 2025Compact ExcavatorsCloser Look: Develon DX35Z-7 Mini Excavator Excels at Digging in Tight Spaces
