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Roadbuilding
Congestion jams up New Jersey Transit station after Super Bowl
Fans attempting to leave the MetLife Stadium after the Super Bowl on Sunday night faced delays as they waited to board overcrowded trains. “Long lines and confusion” had train-traveling fans spending hours trying to leave the game Sunday night and early Monday morning, NJ.com reports. According to the report, officials dubbed the game the “first […]
February 3, 2014
Roadbuilding
Tough Fibers for Concrete
In earlier days, concrete pavements would employ steel wire mesh near the top of the layer to forestall inevitable hairline shrinkage cracks. While shrinkage cracks don’t compromise the load-carrying ability of a pavement, they are unsightly, especially when the wire mesh begins to rust, and rust streaks stain the surface. A new generation of synthetic […]
February 3, 2014
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Roadbuilding
S.T.E.A.M. profession encouragement starts young with GoldieBlox’s Super Bowl ad
When I heard a GoldieBlox commercial was set to air during this year’s Super Bowl, I was elated. [youtube FEeTLopLkEo&list=FLJUn6QmXuFV9CkuJB9T7F nolink] I saw the ad as a step in the right direction for two reasons: It works toward creating a solution to the skilled worker shortage, and it shows young girls that they can be […]
February 3, 2014
Roadbuilding
Massive bridge-building crane floats into New York Harbor
A giant floating crane glided into the New York Harbor on Thursday morning, ready to serve its latest purpose: To help construct the Tappan Zee Bridge, The Journal News reports. Named for its first job on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project, the Left Coast Lifter traveled 6,000 miles from California — even traveling through […]
January 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
NAPA/FHWA survey finds increased use of warm-mix asphalt, recycled asphalt
The use of warm-mix asphalt (WMA), recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) is on the rise, according to the results of a survey released Thursday by the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA). The survey, conducted by NAPA under contract to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), found that about 24 percent of all […]
January 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: Ohio DOT’s plow operators share their extreme winter weather stories
Continuing our extreme winter weather snow and ice stories coverage, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) shared with Better Roads some of its photos from the extreme winter weather during the polar vortex at the beginning of this month. Much of Ohio was hit pretty hard (I can personally attest to this!), especially the Northwest […]
January 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
5 Ways to Maximize Your Vegetation Management Budget
Tighter vegetation management budgets call for hard-working strategies. It’s a common conundrum — as challenges controlling invasive weeds and brush increase, vegetation management budgets decrease. Couple that with overstretched roadside crews and rising operational costs and you have an epic war with weeds. To learn how vegetation managers are prevailing against these challenges, I spoke […]
January 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
VDOT tackles winter storm with 12-hour shifts
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is putting plenty of hours and resources into snow and ice control on state roads. VDOT crews are working 12-hour shifts and using 2,000 pieces of snow removal equipment to clear roads during the most recent winter storm, Richmond’s CBS 6 reported Wednesday. The storm, dubbed the “Polar Vortex […]
January 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
8 Strange Interview Questions (or How Not to Get Hired)
After reading this article from Fast Company, I felt like I had just looked at an article out of The Onion, a satirical (but in my opinion, very well-written) take on real news. These questions asked by potential job candidates showcase bad manners and are just downright odd. Check out the highlights: 1. One candidate’s […]
January 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
U.S. DOT offers free web-based intelligent transportation resource
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is offering a free online resource for transportation professionals and students who want to learn more about intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The web-based textbook, the ITS ePrimer, uses in-depth modules, which include interactive content such as videos and web links, to explain how ITS is integrated into the planning, […]
January 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
Shuster responds to State of the Union: ‘We are still waiting for action’
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said Wednesday that President Obama failed to press critical transportation issues in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. Shuster said that, although the president has previously discussed the importance of infrastructure investments, he did little to address improvements. “I welcome the President’s interest in […]
January 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
Komatsu intros D51i-22 crawler dozer with fully automatic blade control
Komatsu America on Wednesday introduced its D51i-22 crawler dozer for the North American market. The intelligent machine control dozer features fully automatic blade control capabilities and performs both automated rough dozing and finish grading. Available in longer track-ground standard (EX) and low ground pressure (PX) models, the dozer’s operating weights range from 27,381 to 29,057 […]
January 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Diesel fuel prices rise $0.031 per gallon in U.S.
On-highway diesel fuel prices rose $0.031 per gallon in the U.S. in the week ending January 27, according to our sister site, Aggregates Manager. The rising costs follow two consecutive week of falling diesel prices. This week, diesel prices also rose in all regions of the U.S. The greatest increase this week occurred in the […]
January 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
President Obama briefly addresses transportation in State of the Union
Tuesday night, President Obama gave his State of the Union address, which offered a chance for the president to present potential solutions for transportation and infrastructure funding. However, our sister site Overdrive points out that the president only briefly mentioned transportation in his speech. Instead bringing focus to nation’s deteriorating transportation system, Obama mentioned infrastructure […]
January 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
‘Ice balloons’ from the TowPlow inventor (PHOTOS)
Bob Lannert, a retired Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) official who worked for the agency for 34 years and inventor of the TowPlow, shared photos he took in February 2007 just south to the Morley, Missouri, TowPlow plant. Morley is near the Missouri Boot Heal in the Banana Belt. According to Lannert, two balloons were […]
January 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Dwindling Highway Trust Fund causes delayed state reimbursements
The depleting Highway Trust Fund (HTF) may cause the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay reimbursements to state agencies this year. Bloomberg reports that the U.S. DOT may have to slow the payments to avoid draining the HTF. Peter Rogoff, the DOT’s acting undersecretary for policy, said at an American Trucking Association (ATA) meeting […]
January 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
Transportation in the State of the Union Address
If you think the State of the Union address is just another speech, think again. The State of the Union address, which President Obama will deliver Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, is the perfect opportunity for workers in the transportation industry to hear about how our highways and infrastructure are faring and what the […]
January 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
One reader responds to ‘booth babes’ blog post
I wasn’t sure what kind of reaction I would get to the “‘Booth babes’ and the S.T.E.A.M. professions” blog post I recently wrote. I was pleased to hear from one reader – a man – that my thoughts were an accurate description and that this practice is embarrassing. The reader, who is well-known and well-respected […]
January 28, 2014
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