Bobby Atkinson (EQW)RoadbuildingThomas named deputy secretary of Kentucky Transportation CabinetGov. Matt Bevin has tapped Greg Thomas to be the new Deputy Secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The stateās transportation department announcedĀ at the beginning of February that Thomas, who spent most of his years in the private sector, would step into the role.Ā Thomas most recently worked for LG&E and KU Energy LLC in Louisville [ā¦]February 19, 2016Construction EquipmentRiding along with an upstate New York snowplow: a life that ārevolves around the weatherāCamillus Highway Department snowplow driver Gary Poppe never knows when the call will come to get out on the roads to clear the snow. Heās out in his snowplow so much fighting back the accumulation in the city, located in upstateĀ New York, that he considers his plow his winter home. āSame with all the other [ā¦]February 18, 2016RoadbuildingARTBA offering scholarships to children of highway workers killed or disabled on the jobThe American Road and Transportation Builders Associationās Transportation Development Foundation is once again offering scholarships to the children of highway workers who were killed or permanently injured while doing road work. ARTBA announced earlier this month it was seeking applications from qualified high school studentsĀ for the 2016/2017Ā Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program. The scholarship [ā¦]February 18, 2016RoadbuildingBoulders strike semi trucks as rockslide shuts down I-70 in ColoradoA boulder the size of a small car hit twoĀ semi-trucks on Interstate 70 inĀ Colorado during a rockslide that shut down the highway. The Denver Post reportedĀ that the rockslide on Monday night in Glenwood Canyon didnāt injure anyone, but did divert traffic 146Ā miles east of the Utah Boarder after the Colorado Department of Transportation shut down [ā¦]February 17, 2016RoadbuildingChicago snow plow driver shot at while clearing city streetsFor the second time in less than a month, a snow plow driver was shot at while clearing streets. ABC 7 in Chicago reported that aĀ Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department snow plow driver was driving through the West Side on Sunday afternoon when another driver in a dark SUV opened fire. The snow plow driver [ā¦]February 17, 2016RoadbuildingCaltrans dismantles 504-foot long section of old Bay BridgeThe California Department of Transportation recently dismantledĀ a massive chunk of the old Bay Bridge in Oakland. According to Caltrans, the department finished up a major project at the beginning of the month in its three-year demolition of the old Bay Bridge as it cut looseĀ the 504-foot long, 2,500-ton steel truss and lowered it onto waiting [ā¦]February 16, 2016RoadbuildingHighway worker frees woman from vehicle overturned in icy Indiana creekA highway worker in IndianaĀ is being hailed a hero after he helped rescue a woman whose car overturnedĀ in a creek last week. According to the Banner Graphic, Putnam County Highway Department worker Greg Whitman was passing by a rural creek when he noticed an overturned sedan in the freezing waters. Just minutes before, 25-year-old Christy [ā¦]February 16, 2016RoadbuildingWashington governor announces new acting DOT SecretaryWashington Gov. Jay Inslee named Roger Millar as the stateās new acting Secretary of Transportation. According to a press release from the governor, Millar, current Deputy Secretary, will take over leading the Washington Department of Transportation immediately. āWSDOT is fortunate to have Roger, an accomplished engineer and transportation leader, to step up in this pivotal [ā¦]February 15, 2016RoadbuildingNHTSA: Googleās self-driving system is now legally considered āa driverāGoogle wants to change what people considerĀ a ādriverā of a vehicle, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is legally making that possible. The NHTSA released itsĀ response to a letter Google sent the agency in November 2015Ā about regulations regarding the Self-Driving Car Project, and the NHTSAĀ said that the companyās artificial intelligence system used to drive [ā¦]February 12, 2016RoadbuildingTexas DOT reminds residents political signs canāt be placed in right of wayThe general election might beĀ eight months away, but theĀ political season isĀ in full force. But Texas wants to remind voters to be careful where they put those campaign signs. The Texas Department of Transportation said in a press releaseĀ itās time to remind residents across the state itās illegal to place any sign of any kind on [ā¦]February 12, 2016Previous PagePage 6 of 44Next PageTop StoriesTechnologyāHey, Catā ā Watch Caterpillarās In-Cab AI Voice Assistant Help OperatorLike Siri or Alexa, the operator need only say, āHey, Catā and a command, and the system does the rest. See it in action here.Pickups2026 GMC Sierra, Chevy Silverado Get Supercharged to 1,000 HP by SVEExcavatorsRedesigned Cat 6015 Hydraulic Shovel Gets Boosted Efficiency, DurabilityConExpo/Con-Agg 2026ConExpo Survival Guide: Tips from Veteran Attendees (and our Editors)Featured SponsorLink-Belt Unveils Smarter Excavators Built for Every Operator
