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Roadbuilding
LiuGong showcases largest excavator, new skid-steer at Bauma 2013
LiuGong featured its Model 945E excavator and 375B radial lift skid-steer at Bauma 2013, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. The 945E excavator, part of the 45-ton weight class and the largest in its lineup, features a 329 horsepower Cummins engine, a 2.2 cubic meter bucket and six operating modes: power, economy, fine, lifting, breaker […]
April 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
Make a Shake: Researchers simulate a big quake
It’s a little bit of earthquake apples and earthquake oranges, but it’s valuable nevertheless. A two-story building was a broken up mess at the University of Nevada, Reno’s world-renowned earthquake engineering laboratory after researchers set in motion the final highest amplitude tests in the six-year long, multi-institutional research project that is testing the nonstructural elements […]
April 26, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Motorcyclist fatalities reach more than 5,000 in 2012
The number of motorcyclist fatalities has climbed nearly consecutively for 15 years, with a 9-percent increase in 2012, to more than 5,000 deaths, according to a report from Governors Highway Safety Association. The report is based on data gathered the first nine months of 2012 and estimates the last three months of the year. According […]
April 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Wirtgen AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines
Wirtgen’s AutoPilot Field Rover, which won an innovation award at Bauma 2013, eliminates stringlines, using a GPS to guide paving machines instead, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. The device uses a computer integrated into the machine, GPS receivers mounted on the paver and a control panel. To create the stringline, the receivers communicate with […]
April 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Young Americans are driving less
Though traffic congestion has been on the rise since January, vehicle miles driven in America are nowhere near their pre-recession levels. In fact, according to a Frontier Group report, Americans drove about 6 percent fewer miles per year in 2011 than in 2004. The report points to young Americans as top drivers of the trend, […]
April 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Highway Equipment Company hosts drawing for Hi-Way gift package
Highway Equipment Company, the manufacturer of Hi-Way road maintenance equipment, is hosting a drawing for a Hi-Way gift package, ending June 28, 2013. To enter, register for a VIP account at HiWayVIP.com, then submit a testimonial about your experiences with Hi-Way equipment. Testimonials for the drawing will be accepted from April 1 until June 28. […]
April 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Foxx News
Is Anthony Foxx the new Ray LaHood? The Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina is the only man on the short list who looks to be going all the way. Now his hometown Charlotte Observer is turning speculation into a news story. The Washington Post and others had already done so. I’ve had him as favorite […]
April 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
FHWA Administrator Mendez: Safety is top priority in innovation
Safety is the top priority when considering new innovation in transportation and infrastructure, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez said in an interview with Better Roads during the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s (ITS America) Annual Meeting. Mendez explained that in 2011, the number of highway deaths decreased by 26 percent, compared to 2005. The grand […]
April 24, 2013
Roadbuilding
Traffic congestion increases by 4 percent in Q1 2013
Traffic congestion in the United States is on the rise, signaling an improvement in the nation’s economy, USA Today reported. Following nearly two years of a decline in traffic congestion, it was up 4 percent year-over-year in the first three months of 2013, according to an upcoming Traffic Scorecard from INRIX. In 2012, traffic congestion […]
April 24, 2013
Roadbuilding
Transportation construction investments generate $354 billion in annual U.S. economic activity
The money invested in employment and purchases in the transportation construction industry generates $354 billion–or 2.25 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)–annually in United States economic activity, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) report. The report, “The U.S. Transportation Construction Industry Profile,” reveals that the annual GDP transportation construction employment […]
April 24, 2013
Roadbuilding
Twenty-two wheels and fourteen roses
The debate on whether to allow (or permit states to allow) heavier semis on our roads is wandering around in Congress. (I would say “eighteen wheelers” but some of them would be “twenty-two wheelers” thanks to an extra axle and that just doesn’t sound right.) The arguments are out there and not hard to find. […]
April 24, 2013
Roadbuilding
Two-thirds of Americans would refuse gas tax as transportation, infrastructure funding
Two-thirds of Americans would vote against a 20-cent per gallon state tax dedicated to funding road and bridge repairs, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. According to the poll, 66 percent of Americans would reject the gas tax, while only 29 percent would support it. The data were collected in poll conducted April 9-10, […]
April 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
EPA to hold two hearings on Tier 3 proposed rulemaking
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two public hearings in April on the Tier 3 proposed rulemaking, which would set new vehicle emissions standards and lower the sulfur content of gasoline in 2017 if passed. The hearings, which will address how motor vehicles impact air quality and public health, will take place April 24 […]
April 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
Good news about the Columbia River Crossing
For the past five years the Cascade Bicycle Club has been opposed to the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) mega-highway, a Vancouver-Portland area project. The biggest reason the club says it opposes the CRC is “its opportunity cost: every one of the billions of dollars we spend on this boondoggle can’t be spent on Washingtonians’ higher […]
April 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
Max Baucus to retire from Senate
Max Baucus (D-MT), Montana Senator and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has no plans to seek reelection in 2014, Politico reported. Baucus has worked with key transportation issues such as transportation funding and the Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012. According to The Hill, Baucus has been the top Democrat […]
April 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
MoDOT warns against dangerous roadside debris
Adopt-A-Highway volunteers in Missouri are seeing an increase in the amount of dangerous discarded materials on roadsides, CBS St. Louis reported. Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) District Maintenance Engineer Becky Allmeroth said the volunteers have seen more guns, cell phones and meth-making materials–including two-liter bottles, coolers and tanks–along the sides of roadways. Allmeroth said there […]
April 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
HCSS releases “2013 Heavy Civil/Infrastructure Estimating Survey” findings
HCSS, a construction estimating software developer, has released the findings from its “2013 Heavy Civil/Infrastructure Estimating Survey,” which examines issues affecting the heavy/highway industry. The survey looks at responses from 442 companies in the United States and Canada. The survey includes a number of findings such as: An increase in bidders on jobs in 2012. […]
April 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ditch Witch presents Josh Kennedy with Harold Chestnut Award
Ditch Witch has presented Josh Kennedy, parts manager of Ditch Witch of Oklahoma, with the 2012 Harold Chestnut Award. Each year, Ditch Witch selects a parts manager who exhibits dedication, enthusiasm, creativity and confidence, and presents that parts manager with the award. Kennedy has been working with Ditch Witch of Oklahoma for 11 years. He […]
April 22, 2013
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