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Roadbuilding
Long Live Asphalt Pavements
The perpetual pavement project on California’s I-5 has sparked a trend in the state for asphalt pavements designed to last 40 years with minimal maintenance.
October 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Big WIG of Transportation: Solving Funding Issues Through Value
Let’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, 2013
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October 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
Terramac displays RT9 multi-purpose crawler carrier at ICUEE
Terramac’s RT9 multi-purpose carrier for utility construction is on display at Booth N2030 at the 2013 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE), October 1-3 in Louisville, Kentucky. Powered by a 230-horsepower Cummins diesel engine, the RT9 boasts an operating weight of 26,000 pounds and a maximum carrying capacity of 18,000 pounds. The machine is […]
October 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
Who Shot the Cyclist?
In a perfect world, bicycle lanes would be separated from auto and pedestrian traffic by barriers.
October 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
Burn, Baby, Burn: Tire Inferno
This 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, 2013
Roadbuilding
DOT, Foxx suspend social media interactions during government shutdown
The U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx and sectors of the DOT announced Tuesday they will not update social media accounts or blogs during the federal government shutdown that has furloughed 18,481 DOT positions. The DOT announced in a post titled “Shutdown Information” on its Fast Lane blog yesterday that no new content […]
October 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
U.S. diesel fuel costs drop $0.025 per gallon
On-highway diesel fuel prices fell $0.030 per gallon the U.S. this week, according to our sister site, Aggregates Manager. The price drop follows two consecutive weeks of declining diesel costs. Every regions in the U.S. saw a decrease in diesel prices. The greatest decrease this week occurred in the West Coast region, which experienced a […]
October 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
The BIG WIG of Transportation Funding
The 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, 2013
Roadbuilding
Peterbilt features Model 567 at ICUEE
Peterbilt Motors Company is showcasing it new all-purpose vocational Model 567 at its outdoor display during the 2013 International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Louisville, Kentucky, October 1-3. The Model 567 is on display in a dump configuration at N1032. The Model 567, Peterbilt’s newest vocational truck, is designed to be long-lasting, rugged […]
October 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Government shutdown suspends certain DOT activities
The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m., and today 18,481 U.S. Department of Transportation employees aren’t at work because of the shutdown. Obviously, the furloughs are affecting federally-funded programs, with many operations shutting down until the government is back to business as usual. Here’s a breakdown of how the shutdown is impacting DOT activities: […]
October 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
18,481 DOT positions would be furloughed with government shutdown
Better Roads reported Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would remain operational if the federal government shuts down Tuesday. However, if a government shutdown occurs, about one in three USDOT employees would face furloughs. According to a plan released Friday by USDOT, the agency employs 55,468 people, 18,481 of which could be furloughed […]
September 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
MAP-21: The good, the bad and the lessons learned
With reauthorization less than a year away, many agencies are thinking about ways lawmakers can improve the new federal bill. Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members joined last month at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, to lead a discussion about the good and bad of the Moving Ahead for […]
September 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
10 Unique Modes of Transportation
This 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, 2013
Roadbuilding
AASHTO announces Faces of Transportation photo contest winners
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) announced Thursday that two photos of workers at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge won the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award in the association’s Faces of Transportation photo contest. A judge selected the Grand Prize winner. California Department of Transportation Engineer Martin Chandrawinata received […]
September 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
Vacuworx to demo new concrete road barrier lifter at ICUEE
Vacuworx announced this week that it will demonstrate its new concrete road barrier lifter at the 2013 International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. The lifter will be on display Oct. 1-3 at ICUEE Booth K185, where Vacuworx will demonstrate the lifting capabilities of its flat plate vacuum pads and MC5 mini-lifter system. […]
September 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
Truck hits, damages three bridge beams with an excavator
Oops—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, 2013
Roadbuilding
DOT to remain operational if government shuts down
The Senate is set to vote Friday on a resolution that could halt a federal government shutdown, according to a report from Politico, but the operation of the U.S. Department of Transportation would not be in jeopardy either way. Though a government shutdown would likely affect the DOT, Politico reported Wednesday in its Morning Transportation newsletter that a […]
September 27, 2013
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