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Roadbuilding
Market report: Weather factors into low highway market
Just how much of a factor was winter weather in highway construction work in the first three months of this year? Perhaps quite a significant factor. Comparing the value of work being done Q1 this year with the same quarter last year, and also comparing year-to-year rolling numbers, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) […]
June 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Majority of Americans want tax dollars used for public transportation
Americans want to see increased funding for public transportation, according to survey data released this month from the American Public Transportation Association and the Mineta Transportation Institute. The results showed that 73.6 percent of respondents strongly supported use of taxes “for creating, expanding, and improving public transportation.” A year ago, 69 percent of respondents agreed. […]
June 4, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Market report: Bridges good, pavement not so good
American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist and Policy VP Alison Premo Black said the bridge market is “showing some surprising strength,” and new Q1 numbers suggest it will be an ongoing strength. Black was speaking at the ARTBA Federal Issues program in D.C. But, she said, tomorrow she’ll dig into pavement market […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Over the Top: Funding some D.C. tunnel work
I’m always looking for interesting ways to fund transportation infrastructure and today I come across this one in Washington, D.C. While speaking to American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Federal Issues program in Washington D.C., District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Chief Engineer Nick Nicholson talked about a project that does a lot for the […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
House rail subcommittee discusses California high-speed rail
The House Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, on May 28 held a field hearing on California’s $68.4 billion high-speed rail project, according to AASHTO Journal. The hearing, “Oversight of California High-Speed Rail,” featured such witnesses as California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Dan Richard, Preserve Our Heritage Vice President Kole Upton, Kings […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Senator Lautenberg dies at 89
Transportation advocate Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) died Monday morning as a result of viral pneumonia. He was 89 years old. The senator had served in Congress for more than 30 years. He also served on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, as well as four subcommittees within the transportation committee: Surface Transportation and Merchant […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
CDOT implements wildlife detection technology on highways
For the past five years, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been working on a wildlife-detecting system on a stretch of US 160, where about 70 percent of all traffic accidents involve wildlife-vehicle collisions, Government Technology reported. The technology, originally intended for use in perimeter security at prisons and airports, uses a cable nine […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood encourages Great Lakes governors to push for five-year transportation bill
At a summit of the Council of Great Lakes Governors on Saturday, outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood encouraged governors in the Great Lakes area to increase transportation funding pressure on Congress, The Detroit News reported. LaHood urged the governors to push for a five-year transportation funding bill with new revenues. He said the bill […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
America’s supertrains are running late
Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga high speed rail unit? Or maybe we’re riding on the bullet train they call the City of New Orleans? We have our old trains. But will new high speed trains on high speed tracks replace them, and in doing so make the future of intercity travel less road […]
June 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
GMC announces fall release of 2014 Sierra Denali
GMC is set to release its 2014 Sierra Denali, available with a 6.2-liter EcoTec3 V-8, this fall, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. GMC says the engine will make the Sierra Denali “the most powerful pickup truck engine on the market,” delivering an estimated 420 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque. The light-duty truck is […]
May 31, 2013
Roadbuilding
ITD uses goats to manage roadside weeds
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has begun using a non-chemical weed-control method in areas near water, The Spokesman-Review reported. In mid-May, a herd of about 100 goats spent two days grazing in an area near a retention pond on Eagle Road. A bonus with this new form of grass management: There is no additional dry […]
May 31, 2013
Roadbuilding
WisDOT launches Wisconsin 511 Twitter feed, project website
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has launched a construction project web site and a statewide 511 Twitter feed to inform travelers about road conditions in the state. Both are part of the broader Wisconsin 511 website. The website, projects.511wi.gov, provides real-time travel information such as closures and travel times, project news, schedules, updates and […]
May 31, 2013
Roadbuilding
Goalposts and Speed Limits
Let’s say you want to set a speed limit of 20 mph on a neighborhood street. You need an engineering study and a traffic study, right? No. Not in Washington State. A new Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill empowers cities and towns to set lower maximum speed limits without going through those studies. This report comes […]
May 31, 2013
Roadbuilding
Americans place high value on transportation
About 75 to 80 percent of Americans would prefer to have safe, efficient and well-maintained transportation infrastructure over cable, cell phone, internet, water, sewage and household electricity and natural gas services, according to a report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The findings come from a poll conducted to find the value Americans […]
May 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
WTS International annual conference attendance increases by 25 percent
Attendance at WTS International’s annual conference for women in transportation, which took place increased by 25 percent over last year. The 2013 conference, which took place May 15-17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broke several other other records: 40 percent of attendees were first-time participants, 30 percent more companies participated compared to last year and at least […]
May 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
Holt names Gerry Dreyer as Weslaco, Laredo regional sales manager
Holt Cat has named Gerry Dreyer Regional Sales Manager for the Weslaco and Laredo region in Texas. Dreyer’s responsibilities include leading all sales, managing resources, customer satisfaction and supporting corporate marketing strategy for Holt’s operations in the Rio Grande Valley. Dreyer previously served nine years as an Account Sales Representative in Weslaco for HOLT. He […]
May 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
Lawmaker proposes bridge safety hearing
Representative Janice Hahn (D-CA) has called for Congress to hold a hearing on bridge safety when the return from recess, The Hill reported. The request follows last week’s Interstate 5 bridge collapse in Washington State as well as bridge collapse this week in Missouri that resulted from two trains colliding and striking a supporting pillar. […]
May 30, 2013
Roadbuilding
MAP-21’s reform timetable: Can it be maintained?
Ah, yes, the reforms of MAP-21. Like a breath of fresh air they were. Changes that would accelerate woefully slow project delivery times were finally coming, changes worth waiting for. With MAP-21, our current two-year surface transportation legislation, came lowered expectations from a lack of adequate funding but raised expectations from reforms in the act. […]
May 30, 2013
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