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Roadbuilding

SNEAK PEEK at the 2013 Bridge Inventory: What causes the most damage to bridges?

Every year, Better Roads conducts a survey on the state of the nation’s bridges. The survey has been conducted since 1979. Bridge engineers from every state and Washington, D.C., are sent a survey with both qualitative and quantitative questions to determine the percentage of structurally deficient (SD) and functionally obsolete (FO) by state, by total […]

November 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

The Golden State or the Traffic State?

Think your state has the most traffic? If you live in California, you’re right. And if you live anywhere else, you really don’t even come close to the Golden State. California has the three busiest interstates in the country, according to new Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) findings. People drove nearly 85 billion miles on California […]

August 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

CDOT uses child’s perspective to demonstrate proper lane merging

The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new series of messages to inform drivers about the “late merge,” a lane merging technique aimed at reducing traffic delays through construction zones. CDOT’s late merge messages, which consist of highway signs and an online video (shown below), emphasize travelers’ use of all open lanes until a […]

July 11, 2013

Business

How collapsed I-5 bridge was reopened with a temporary span

Traffic is once again flowing over Washington state’s Skagit River as a temporary span has been set in place on the Interstate 5 bridge that suffered a partial collapse last month. According to our sister site Better Roads, the Washington State Department of Transportation reopened the bridge with restrictions. Vehicles traveling across are limited to […]

June 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

Traffic congestion increases by 4 percent in Q1 2013

Traffic congestion in the United States is on the rise, signaling an improvement in the nation’s economy, USA Today reported. Following nearly two years of a decline in traffic congestion, it was up 4 percent year-over-year in the first three months of 2013, according to an upcoming Traffic Scorecard from INRIX. In 2012, traffic congestion […]

April 24, 2013

Business

Study connects traffic jams to economy, forecasts cost to consumer to exceed $1,000 annually by 2020

The total cost of traffic congestion to the U.S. economy in 2011 was $121 billion, according to a report from our sister site Better Roads. Better Roads analyzed the findings of a Texas A&M study conducted last year, which found that the average consumer spent $818 in 2011 on traffic congestion costs. The report says […]

April 8, 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

Fatalities for 16- and 17-year old drivers rising

It seems 16 and 17 year old drivers have been dying on the nation’s roads at an increasing rate in the past two years, after years of decreasing numbers. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reports that: Preliminary data indicate deaths of 16- and 17-year-old drivers are up 19 percent between the first six months […]

February 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

Ah, the connected commute

Don’t commute alone. Even if you are the only person your vehicle. A new report from the New Cities Foundation says that real-time sharing of information between commuters via social networking can “enhance the overall commute experience in a number of different and interesting ways.”  That has to be cool, right? How? Well, there’s the […]

December 11, 2012

Roadbuilding

Climate-controlled street and traffic lights

It’s Cornhusker common-sense. Nature is being called on to provide light at night for people using roads in Lincoln, Neb. The city is testing wind and solar power as a source of energy to power street and traffic lights. It’s a green initiative of course, but it’s also aimed at saving money. When we talk […]

March 9, 2011

Business

MHC Kenworth – Kansas City named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of Year

MHC Kenworth in Kansas City, Mo., was named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in Seattle. “It’s an outstanding honor for MHC Kenworth – Kansas City to receive the prestigious Kenworth Dealer of the Year award,” said Tim Murphy, president of […]

June 9, 2010

Business

MHC Kenworth – Kansas City named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of Year

MHC Kenworth in Kansas City, Mo., was named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in Seattle. “It’s an outstanding honor for MHC Kenworth – Kansas City to receive the prestigious Kenworth Dealer of the Year award,” said Tim Murphy, president of […]

June 9, 2010