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Business

Surveys find Americans willing to support 10-cent fuel tax increase to maintain roads

Ever wonder why some research studies show substantial public support for increased fuel taxes and other studies show the opposite? It turns out, it’s all in how you ask the question. Exhaustive proof of that is provided in the Mineta Transportation Institute’s fourth annual survey of public opinion about paying additional taxes to support transportation […]

August 1, 2013

Construction Equipment

SUV crashes into NYC’s cavernous 2nd Avenue Subway construction site

Of all the construction sites that deserve a driver’s undivided attention upon approach, New York City’s Second Avenue Subway likely deserves the most. As we’ve shown you before, the cavernous digging going on beneath the surface at this site is like a scene of of Journey to the Center of the Earth. Not exactly something you’d […]

July 29, 2013

Business

Texas contractor to pay for repairs resulting from tar covered tires from recently paved road

It always feels nice to drive on newly-paved roads. Typically, that doesn’t include taking the road with you. Victoria, Texas contractor Brannan Paving has agreed to pay for all the repairs resulting from a botched paving job that for several days closed down a 2.5-mile stretch of road near Corpus Christi, according to KRISTV.com. Officials […]

July 24, 2013

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Japan’s cartoon animal road construction signs are weird and cute (PHOTOS)

Oh, Japan. Just when we think your delightful culture can’t seem any more foreign to us, you go and do something like turning your road construction signs into adorable cartoon animals. According to our sister site Better Roads, the signs have become popular across Japan since 2006 and were implemented as a creative way to […]

July 12, 2013

Construction Equipment

Dutch scientists engineer smog-eating street that reduces air pollution up to 45%

For a large number of Americans, driving is an absolute necessity. Unfortunately it’s one of the main contributors to air pollution due to the nitrogen oxides produced by the vehicles we drive. But what if the streets we drive on leveled the playing field? What if our roads literally ate smog? According to one group […]

July 11, 2013

Business

Newly-appointed DOT chief Foxx outlines goals in blog post

The newest member of the Cabinet and the 17th person to take on the duties of leading the U.S. Department of Transportation took to the DOT’s Fast Lane blog to outline his three main goals for the department. Newly-appointed Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said in his first DOT blog post that he believes the […]

July 5, 2013

Safety

Colorado DOT ads depict construction workers as kids, urging drivers to “Slow for the Cone Zone”

As our sister site Better Roads reports, road construction season is in full swing. Which means that state departments of transportation are all looking for creative ways to grab the attention of drivers in order to make sure they are aware of all road construction zones and slow down as they enter them. The Colorado […]

June 13, 2013

Business

Senate Committee approves nomination of Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation

As expected, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx’s confirmation as the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation is going smoothly. On Monday, the Senate Committee for Commerce Science and Transportation approved his nomination, according to our sister site Better Roads. Foxx’s nomination will now go before the full Senate. The Senate committee’s chairman, Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, urged committee […]

June 12, 2013

Business

Recent talks suggest Congress has put transportation funding on the back burner

After attending last week’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) fly-in visit with Congress, John Latta, the editor of our sister site Better Roads, writes that the overall feeling among the contractors and agency officials that were there is that lawmakers do not share their sense of urgency about securing funding for transportation infrastructure. “A common theme they heard […]

June 11, 2013

Business

A pros-and-cons overview of available options for funding transportation infrastructure

The partial collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle has put a big and bright spotlight on the need for more funding for transportation and infrastructure needs in this country. Now attention turns to the lawmakers tasked with figuring it out. During a meeting in Washington, D.C. of the Transportation […]

June 10, 2013

Construction Equipment

Big Bertha, world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, lowered into starting position in Seattle

With the digging of the Washington State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle scheduled to start in July, the Washington State Department of Transportation recently lowered the head of Big Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, into the pit that will serve as its starting position. Bertha made her triumphant arrival in Seattle at the beginning of April […]

June 5, 2013

Business

A history of American infrastructure funding and how to go about establishing new financing tools

Just about anyone with knowledge on the subject of infrastructure and transportation funding in the U.S. that you talk to will tell you that big changes need to be made in order to remain competitive with the rest of the world. The truth is, our infrastructure is falling apart. The former Transportation Secretary has said […]

May 15, 2013