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Roadbuilding
Domino 1.
There is a sense of inevitability about this. Itâs not a real surprise, and the next falling domino probably wonât be either.Tennessee will stop work on its portion of I-69 because the state canât afford the cost. Writing a guest column in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, TDOT commissioner John Schroer says the state has already invested [âŚ]
January 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
A key question is how to engage citizens to be interested in transportation infrastructure projects.
January 9, 2013
Roadbuilding
A Disruptive Innovation
BIM is going be increasingly  influential in transportation infrastructure planning and building. Yes, its an opinion, but this stuff has power that it hasnât even unleashed yet. Building Industry Modeling is advancing, technologically, so fast that it allows agencies and companies in transportation infrastructure to look at projects, and predict projects, in new ways. It [âŚ]
December 13, 2012
Roadbuilding
The Good, The Bad and The Sierra Club
Think of it as a ânaughtyâ and âniceâ list for transportation projects. The Sierra Club has named Americaâs â50 Best and Worst Transportation Projectsâ The projects in the clubâs report serve, it says, as examples of the âbestâ and âworstâ in transportation investment. They were all still being worked on or recently completed. And they [âŚ]
December 12, 2012
Construction Equipment
Final Word
Clean up transportation politics with earmarks  By Kirk Landers  While the citizenry and media of the United States focused on election polls and campaign rumors last summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation quietly announced that more than $470 million in unobligated earmark funds was being released to the states for investment in transportation [âŚ]
October 4, 2012
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
Itâs not much of a bill, but it is what we have to work with.
August 5, 2012
Roadbuilding
RoadWorks
The ups and downs of an infrastructure bank, Hawaii has new move over law and cleaning up our alleys are among the items featured.
August 5, 2012
Safety
Think Differently
Seems to me it was Cool Hand Luke himself who told his jailers what they wanted to hear when he said he was trying to âget my mind right, bossâ. But he never did. Something of an original thinker was our Luke. I am at a conference where some really original thinkers are trying to [âŚ]
July 25, 2012
Business
You got a âDâ? Well, thatâs okay, schoolâs hard.
If your children come home with âDâ on their report cards, do you ignore it,accept it, because, hey, they look like theyâre doing okay? Or do you hit the roof?â Our transportation infrastructure is not falling apart at the seams, ready to collapse around our ears. And that may be part of the problem. Trying [âŚ]
June 19, 2012
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
Are our politicians losing interest in roads because they will not evolve as spectacularly and as rapidly as, say, computers, phones or arcane investment opportunities ?
June 10, 2012
Roadbuilding
Benefits of Advanced Transportation Solutions at TS Canada 15th Annual Conference and General Meeting
As traffic congestion climbs and government spending declines, transportation agencies and transit departments at all levels are challenged to meet the growing needs of drivers in an efficient and cost-effective way. To effectively manage the transportation infrastructure, government agencies are turning to intelligent transportation technology, as part of an integrated approach to managing urban resources. [âŚ]
June 4, 2012
Roadbuilding
Hereâs an idea
As our transportation infrastructure woes get more woeful, figuring out how to get work done for today and tomorrow and way into the future isnât getting any easier. The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) will present its second annual TransOvation Conference for transportation design and construction pros in Virginia in July. I went [âŚ]
June 1, 2012
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