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ODOT makes STIP available for public review
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has made the draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) available for public review and comment through April 19. According to ODOT, “The program identifies highway and transit maintenance, new capacity, bicycle and other transportation-related projects that will be implemented throughout the state over the next four years.” People can […]
April 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
Bigge adds Grove RT9130E and RT9150E rough terrain cranes to fleet
Bigge Crane and Rigging has added two new Grove rough terrain crane models to its Houston operation’s fleet: the RT9130E and the RT9150E. The addition of the two models brings the company’s Houston, Texas, fleet to a total of six machines, with more than three dozen Grove RT890E rough terrain cranes. The RT9150E boasts 197 […]
April 9, 2013
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Roadbuilding
Anti-distraction laws aren’t deterring drivers
Anti-distracted driving laws seemingly ineffective, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. At any given time, approximately 660,000 people–more than the number of Boston residents–are preoccupied with their cell phones while, at the same time, driving on a road. Despite passing laws intended to decrease distracted driving, 39 states have had little to […]
April 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
DOTs and the Walkin’ Blues
Does your DOT’s building fit comfortably into a neighborhood where all forms of transport, including walking, are equally catered to? If not (and cars rule the block), does this reflect a bias among DOT folk toward the automobile? The Project for Public Spaces located DOT headquarters across the country and then went to  Walkscore, which […]
April 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Man Who Slides Bridges
Any story is valuable if it can show us how to do our work better. And especially when that work is big, massively expensive, part of our daily lives and paid for by tax dollars. For example, an old bridge that serves as a temporary route while the new bridge is being built. Better Roads […]
April 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
APWA Snow Conference: From Impacts to Education
A multi-million-dollar road project produces the tools for a traveling teaching system in South Carolina. Educators believe that show-and-tell is a good way to educate children. Many elementary and middle school students are experiencing both show and tell in their study of African American history and South Carolina history through a Traveling Trunk Program. Charleston […]
April 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
Doosan introduces DX420LC-3 excavator
Our sister site, Equipment World, reported last week on Doosan’s new DX420LC-3 excavator for road building and site development. The machine is powered by a six-cylinder, 362-horsepower water-cooled diesel engine with a high-pressure common-rail design with direct fuel injection, electronic control and four valves per cylinder. The engine also uses a cooled exhaust gas recirculation […]
April 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Northeast’s trains of tomorrow
Amid all the hot air and bluster that are much of the debate on the future of rail today, here comes something interesting – a more detailed plan of action for the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Not only a plan, but something of an insight into how thinking at the highest planning levels might turn into […]
April 7, 2013
Roadbuilding
Congestion expected to cost average commuter $1,010 annually by 2020
The average U.S. commuter spent $818 on traffic congestion costs in 2011, according to a 2012 Annual Urban Mobility Report from Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute. That number may grow to $1,010 in the next decade or less. The total cost of congestion in 2011 amounted to $121 billion, a $1 billion increase from 2010. About […]
April 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
U.S. experiences 3.6-percent increase in commercial trucks crossing borders in 2012
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released figures reporting 3.6 percent more commercial trucks crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico in 2012 than in 2011. The figures, from BTS’s 2012 Border Crossing/Entry Data, show that 10.7 million commercial […]
April 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Transportation experiences 28,000-job loss in March
Despite a decrease in national unemployment, the transportation sector experienced a decrease of 28,000 jobs in March, The Hill reported. Transportation employment decreased from 4,469,900 in February to 4,467,100 in March, marking the fourth consecutive month of transportation job losses. Transit and ground transportation saw the highest number of gains in March, with 470,300 jobs […]
April 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
APWA presents ODOT with Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award 2013
The American Public Works Association (APWA) has given the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) its Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award for 2013. ODOT is the first state department of transportation in the country to receive the award. The APWA selected ODOT because of the agency’s snow and ice removal on 43,000 miles […]
April 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
The fuel tax heist: Robbing Peter Highway to pay Paul Non-Highway
Here comes another one. A state politician – this time it’s Oregon Democratic Representative Jules Bailey – who sees money raised by fuel taxes as a sort of cookie jar he can raid to buy stuff he likes. But the jar the money goes into is a Highway Trust Fund, and the money in that […]
April 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
NOLA and the reimagining of I-10
It would seem to be a given that Americans reinvent themselves and their surroundings faster than anybody else. Many roads that helped build and make cities, sit today amid changed and changing landscapes. And that offers a chance to find a new way to look at the relationship between the road and the people who […]
April 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA calls for Women Leaders nominations
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Women Leaders in Transportation Design and Construction (WLDTC) is accepting nominations for its annual awards program until July 12. The WLDTC Awards honor individuals, companies and public agencies for their innovative efforts in transportation construction and in promoting women leaders in the industry. The 2013 awards program […]
April 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Life Extension of Asphalt Overlays Using Interlayer Technology
Everyone knows that the best way to stretch roadway budgets is to extend the service life of the road themselves. But is that easier said than done? Learn how to best utilize geosynthetic interlayer technology to extend the life of your asphalt overlays. For participating in this educational webinar, Tensar is offering the opportunity to […]
April 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
California researchers promote new pavements to cool cities
In an effort to combat the sunlight absorption and heat radiation resulting from the typical black asphalt pavement, researchers at the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley Lab are showcasing some cooler alternatives, according to Fast Company. The Heat Island Group, part of Lawrence Berkeley Lab, is displaying six cool pavings – designed to reflect 30 […]
April 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood applauds repurposed Macomb Transit Center
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told Better Roads in May 2011 that he’d like to see American jobs created by “taking some shuttered industrial plants and opening them with American workers.” Nearly a year later, LaHood’s dream is finally coming true. LaHood took to his blog today to discuss the opening of the Macomb Transit […]
April 3, 2013
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