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Roadbuilding

Vomit in a cab? You’ll pay for it!

The City of Columbus, Ohio’s Vehicle for Hire Board is considering fining people who vomit in or otherwise “soil” a cab after drinking too much, The Columbus Dispatch reports. An exception would most likely be made for kids and ill people who are seeking medical care, according to the newspaper report. A fee hasn’t been […]

November 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

MAP-21: The good, the bad and the lessons learned

With reauthorization less than a year away, many agencies are thinking about ways lawmakers can improve the new federal bill. Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members joined last month at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, to lead a discussion about the good and bad of the Moving Ahead for […]

September 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

10 Highways American Drivers Hate

Most drivers dislike something about driving, whether it’s a long commute, traffic congestion, seemingly unfair traffic lights, numerous potholes or a number of other aspects. Jalopnik readers have spoken up about highways they hate. The auto-focused website asked earlier this week, “What is the worst road in America?” From that question, Jalopnik compiled a list […]

September 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

Chicago mayor proposes increased fines for motorists “dooring,” bicyclists who break traffic laws

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday proposed plans to the City Council to increase fines for bicyclists who disobey traffic laws and for motorists who open their doors in the path of bicycles, the Chicago Tribune reported. The fine for bicyclists who violate traffic laws would increase from the current $25 fine to a minimum […]

May 9, 2013

Roadbuilding

Caterpillar 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator wins Edison Award

Caterpillar’s 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator won a 2013 Silver Edison innovation award in the Energy/Transportation category at the 26th annual Edison Awards, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. Caterpillar received the award last week in Chicago, Illinois. This is Caterpillar’s first nomination and first year winning an Edison Award. According to the awards’ website, […]

April 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

$105,000 in parking tickets in Chicago. Where else?

This is one of those shake-your-head stories. All of the people involved in this fiasco basically wandered around in a daze, thinking wasn’t an option. Do something? Who, me? Why don’t you do something? Not my job. When it comes to transportation infrastructure and we think of what to build, how and where to build […]

April 12, 2013

Business

D.C. airport metro station tops list of biggest U.S. infrastructure projects

According to Same Day Steel Deck these are the five highest-profile transportation infrastructure projects in the United States. 1. Dulles Transit Extension in Washington, D.C: This $6.2 billion project began in 2008 and has a target completion date of 2016. It’s purpose is to extend the Washington Metro line to Dulles International Airport and Tyson’s Corner. 2. […]

March 13, 2013

Roadbuilding

Chicago’s private road future

What we need is a matchmaker. Is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel the man for the job? Getting private investment money into a serious relationship with roads is  a very frustrating process. So much so that it hasn’t really happened yet to any significant extent. The money is out there, and investors want to invest it. […]

January 7, 2013

Business

Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail construction could create 6,200 jobs

A high-speed rail project that will connect Chicago, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri has been cleared for construction, according to a report by CivSourceOnline.com. The project’s environmental impact plan passed muster with environmental feasibility standard and received the OK from state and federal officials. Amtrak trains are being considered to run the roughly 300-mile route […]

November 21, 2012

Construction Equipment

Illinois sewer upgrades to create 9,700 construction jobs

A recently launched $1 billion initiative to upgrade sewer lines, water mains and water treatment plants across Illinois will create 9,700 construction jobs in the state, according to Gov. Pat Quinn's office.

October 23, 2012

Construction Equipment

Terex appoints SES as distributor

Terex has appointed SES as a full line distributor of Terex compact construction equipment, which includes 45 product models such as compact track loaders, skid steers, loader backhoes, wheel loaders and excavators. SES will also distribute Terex Fuchs material handlers, a line which includes tracked and wheeled material handlers with operating weights ranging from 41,888 […]

August 9, 2012

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The Greenest, Quietest Mile

The star of the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s midyear meeting in Chicago is Michigan Avenue. The recently-rebuilt downtown thoroughfare is, by the accounts of a number of speakers singing its praises, the greenest, or one of the greenest, major roads in the country. It is certainly the result of some innovative thinking from origination, to […]

July 17, 2012