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Roadbuilding

LaHood awards $6.5 million to ease truck parking shortages in Michigan, Minnesota

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability. ,U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability. ,U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability. ,U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability. ,U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability. ,U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability. ,U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded $4,480,000 to Michigan's I-94 Truck Parking and Information Management System and $2,049,940 to Minnesota's Comprehensive System for Assessing Truck Parking Availability.

May 4, 2011

Technology

Oregon DOT saves millions through cost avoidance with innovative IT system

For every $1 invested in the Oregon Department of Transportation’s nine information technology systems on the Oregon Transportation Investment Act III State Bridge Delivery Program, $2.10 was returned in benefits — making the agency’s return on investment, in terms of costs avoided, more than double.

May 3, 2011

Safety

Missouri to host 2012 National Work Zone Week event

On the heels of Work Zone Awareness Week, Missouri has been chosen from several other state nominees to host the national work zone kick-off event on Monday, April 23, 2012. “We wanted to select a state that’s doing something wonderful that could be shared with the rest of the nation,” said James Baron, director of […]

April 19, 2011

Roadbuilding

Reauthorization and 85-yard field goals

It’s like everyone in Washington involved in trying to put a viable new surface transportation bill into action are playing the same silly game. Everyone knows its silly, but they keep on playing. Here’s an example from last week: A House transportation appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine the Federal Highway Administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget […]

April 5, 2011

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Insufficient highway infrastructure maintenance, an aspalt research conference, Caterpillar enters the heavy truck market and more industry news items are featured.

April 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

HTF problem? No problem, says LaHood

It appears that I have been mislead. The Highway Trust fund is doing just fine. It can pay for current and future projects. In fact it’s so okay that fears of another bailout maybe being required are completely unjustified. And I thought we had a problem with the HTF Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, here cited […]

March 11, 2011

Safety

Highway traffic highest level since 2007

Americans drove 3 trillion miles in 2010, the most vehicle miles traveled since 2007 and the third-highest ever recorded, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on March 2. The increase in traffic volume comes as the U.S. in 2009 posted its lowest number of traffic fatalities and injuries since 1950. “More driving means more wear […]

March 9, 2011

Roadbuilding

Mike Anderson’s American Iron

The U.S. Interstate System itself accounts for only 1.1 percent of total public road mileage in the nation, but still carries 24 percent of all highway traffic.

March 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Moves to slash project delivery time, red light cameras, a transportation infrastructure survey

March 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

Across the country, paving material suppliers andcontractors alike mining new opportunities with thin hot mix asphalt overlay technologies.

March 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

Across the country, paving material suppliers andcontractors alike mining new opportunities with thin hot mix asphalt overlay technologies.

March 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

RoadScience

In-place pavement recycling meets a variety of needs.

February 1, 2011