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Roadbuilding
Obama’s budget leaves out funding for transportation projects, Shuster says
On Wednesday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Representative Bill Shuster said President Obama did not include a way to pay for the transportation projects in his proposed budget, The Hill reported. The proposed budget calls for $50 billion in infrastructure spending, including $40 billion for a “Fix It First” program, as well as $77 million […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama’s FY2014 transportation budget: B+, maybe
Just what does transportation infrastructure get out of the President’s FY2014 budget? To be sort of ho hum about it, it’s what I think we expected; it’s okay but it doesn’t change much and it doesn’t knock your socks off. It could have been worse, it could have been seriously underfunded. Instead it’s got some […]
April 11, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Kobelco USA opens North American headquarters in Houston
Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has opened its new North American headquarters in Houston, Texas. This comes on the heels of the termination of a 10-year agreement with CNH in December. The company will begin directly marketing Kobelco excavators in the United States and Canada. The new headquarters is located at 4690 World Houston Parkway and […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood addresses Tampa bike safety summit attendees
At a national bike safety summit in Tampa, Florida, today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he thinks the Tampa area can become bike-friendly, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Today’s bike safety summit, one of two scheduled this month, focused on ways Tampa can do just that. LaHood addressed ways the community could become more […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Hyundai introduces R260LC-9A crawler excavator
Our sister site, Equipment World, reported this week on Hyundai’s launch of its R260LC-9A crawler excavator, the newest in its 9A series. Among improvements over previous models are improved hydraulics, a more comfortable cab and a stronger frame. The R260LC-9A offers an operating weight of 56,880 pounds, a bucket digging force of 38,290 pound-feet and […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Bad chocolate: The downside of electric cars
Remember when chocolate was good for you. Then bad. Now it’s good again? Well, now it seems electric cars may not be as eco-friendly as we first thought. According to a report from BBC, a recent study by scientists in environment- and electric vehicle-friendly Norway has “found that in some circumstances electric cars can have […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Drug Bustin’ Zeppelins – Go Navy!
Here’s an idea: Muscle up U.S. Navy Zeppelins with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment and float them aloft as hunters of drug smugglers. Before the Navy fires a broadside at me, yes, I know they’re not Zeppelins, but I get so few chances to use the word. They’re blimps. Or airships. And they have a history in […]
April 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
SFC Bridge Systems completes $658,000 bridge in Texas
SFC Bridge Systems has completed construction of a $658,000 two-lane vehicular bridge along Bay West Boulevard in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. SFC Bridge Systems, a division of Fort Worth-based general contractor Speed Fab-Crete, designed, manufactured and assisted in the installation of the three-sided concrete arch bridge system, which was constructed, in part, using local materials like Texas […]
April 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
Obama’s 2014 budget provides $50 billion increase in infrastructure spending
President Barack Obama on April 10 presented Congress with a $3.8 trillion budget plan for the 2014 fiscal year, which includes $50 billion for infrastructure spending, according to the Associated Press. The $50 billion is intended for infrastructure investments and includes $40 bllion for a “Fix It First” effort. Fix It First is meant to […]
April 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
The world’s 10 most wasteful transportation projects
Sometimes governments spend billions of dollars on transportation projects that turn out to be inefficient and a waste of tax dollars. That’s why Jalopnik has compiled a list of the 10 most wasteful transportation projects in Modern History. The projects listed are the top responses to a question Jalopnik asked its readers: “What’s the most […]
April 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
“No highway expansion,” says Wisconsin lobby
Here’s a plea to stop building new highway lane miles in Wisconsin. Hmm. The new communications era (NCE) allows all sorts of people and groups to take their case directly to the public, sometimes in a clumsy, amateurish way, but often, as in this case, with some pretty convincing work. But the NCE (I just […]
April 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
In the Persian Gulf: It’s art. It’s a bridge.
There is this bridge. And it is something to see. The Sheikh Zayed Bridge joins Abu Dhabi Island to the mainland on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, and it is an excellent example of the seamless coming together of design, engineering and construction within a single transportation project. New photos from London company […]
April 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
Margaret Thatcher Privatizes the Buses
And so the Iron Lady, the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, leaves the stage, dying following a stroke. Stories about her are legendary. Some of the best ones are true, but many of them are embellished or just plain apocryphal. One refers to failure and its link to having to use public transport. Which […]
April 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
Construction value expected to reach $919 billion in 2013
FMI’s first-quarter 2013 Construction Outlook shows that the value of annual construction is expected to increase to 8 percent over 2012 levels, our sister site, Equipment World, reports. FMI forecasts the U.S. value of construction-put-in-place to rise to $919 billion this year. Though the report refers to the figure as a “solid improvement,” it says […]
April 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
AED chairman testifies at Congressional tax reform hearing
Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Vice Chairman Tim Watters is set to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee at the “Small Business Tax Reform: Growth Through Simplicity” hearing at 1 p.m. Eastern Time on April 10. Watters will speak on behalf of AED and the construction equipment industry. He will emphasize that […]
April 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
Greenest Street: Chicago, Illinois
It’s “the greenest street in America.” That’s what the Chicago DOT says of Cermak Road. So it must be true. There’s been a lot written about it, but basically, to use Gizmag’s take on it, “A streetscape that includes natural landscaping, bicycle lanes, wind powered lighting, storm water diversion for irrigation, drought-resistant native plants and […]
April 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
From the Milan Furniture Show – an ‘electric’ car
Would you drive this? It comes from a major event in world furniture. The show delivers new products, designs, ideas and trends in furniture. But this year in Milan, Italy, a British designer who usually arrives with furniture ideas showed up with ideas for furniture that goes inside a car. And he provided the lighting […]
April 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
Let’s Mess with Taxes
Something had to give. People want better roads and less congestion. So politicians promise to deliver. But people don’t want to pay more for their better roads. So politicians promise to deliver them at no extra cost. Result: stalemate, with deteriorating roads and increasing congestion. Around and around we go, stuck uncomfortably between Scylla and […]
April 9, 2013
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