John LattaRoadbuildingThe Sandlot SystemIf Washington politicians are holding onto the ball and refusing to play, states will take the ball away and play their way with their rules.September 8, 2013RoadbuildingThe Roads to a City’s BankruptcyHere’s an interesting look at data about what its accumulator calls “unnecessary infrastructure.” What he/she (a bio, with no name, says the blogger is a professional Urban Planner and Designer) is doing is trying to find a link between a big city’s bankruptcy (Detroit apparently triggered this entry) and the lane miles per capita within […]August 9, 2013RoadbuildingWhose trains are safer: Europe or USA?It’s lies, damned lies and statistics again. This time the question, arising after the recent high-fatality (79) Spanish high-speed rail disaster, is about whether Europe’s trains are safer than ours. In this report we lose, but the numbers are not as simple as they seem as you can see. I raise the question because the […]August 8, 2013RoadbuildingInvite Them and They Will ComeFind the local reporters covering your industry and invite them to your office and out to a jobsite.August 7, 2013RoadbuildingThis is what you do for your state, Mr. Road Building ContractorTo continue to have as much firepower as possible at your fingertips when talking to people who are unaware of the impact of your industry on your state, check out this interactive map. It’s built on 2012 American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) research and it shows you just how much of an impact […]August 7, 2013RoadbuildingWe know where you were last night: VMT a bad idea, says professorIt’s really all about privacy. Or is it? Mark J. Perry, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, says a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee is a bad idea. He says, “One feature of the VMT tax is that it would require some way to […]August 6, 2013RoadbuildingDr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde and Pres. ObamaI’m going to have a to go along with Mark on this one. According to Mark Szakonyi writing in The Journal of Commerce, “There are two President Obamas when it comes to infrastructure spending.” The president has continued to talk about his commitment to a stronger transportation infrastructure and to showcase his awareness that it […]August 5, 2013RoadbuildingIgnore the potholes; re-elect me!Think of it as a NIMBP problem. As in a Not In My Back Pocket problem. [You know the NIMBY problem of course: yes we want you to build that horrible/dangerous/smelly —–, just Not in My Backyard] Americans want more money to be spent on our roads and bridges. They just don’t want to be […]August 2, 2013RoadbuildingCloser to E than F and heading for BLet’s say you are rolling down the highway and watching the gas gauge on your dashboard as you go. You see it steadily going down. You are aware that it is heading to E. You roll on. It gets inevitably closer to E. You know if you don’t stop and fill up it will hit […]August 1, 2013RoadbuildingYo Congress: Transportation infrastructure is a job-creating investmentThere is an argument about transportation infrastructure that is not made enough–not anywhere near enough. It boosts economic choices and economic growth: two major flag waving issues for almost everyone in public life, especially the conservatives. But why do we see so little coverage of the details of how it works? Perhaps because it’s a […]July 31, 2013Page 1 of 43Next PageTop StoriesExcavatorsVolvo’s Big Excavator Overhaul Continues with Rollout of Midsize EC260, EC300The new 26- and 30-metric ton models are popular sizes for site prep, roadbuilding and utility installation, Volvo says.Construction EquipmentBold Thieves Use Stolen Compact Loader, Backhoe to Steal ATMsTechnologyKubota Reveals All-Terrain Robot for Construction Sites: the KATRDozersA Closer Look: Next-Gen Caterpillar D8 Dozer Gets Enhanced Operator ExperienceFeatured Sponsor13 Step Plan To Boost Tech Efficiency from Fullbay
