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Roadbuilding

ARTBA reminds motorists to drive carefully in construction zones during July 4 holiday

The upcoming Independence Day holiday will likely bring more traffic to the roadways. And with highway construction season in full swing, safety is a top priority. That’s why the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is reminding drivers to stay alert and slow down in construction zones this holiday. It’s also important to remember […]

July 1, 2013

Business

Believe it or not, most Americans think good roads are more important than their iPhone or TV

To say the findings of a recent study reported on by our sister site Better Roads are a bit shocking is an understatement. Maybe the understatement of the year. Be honest. If you had access to a swath of the American population and could ask them what they value more than their iPhone or cable […]

June 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA Foundation awards 2013 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has named the 2013 recipients of its “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship,” The scholarship, established in 1999, is awarded annually to provide financial assistance for the higher education of children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job. The following students […]

May 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Transportation construction investments generate $354 billion in annual U.S. economic activity

The money invested in employment and purchases in the transportation construction industry generates $354 billion–or 2.25 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)–annually in United States economic activity, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) report. The report, “The U.S. Transportation Construction Industry Profile,” reveals that the annual GDP transportation construction employment […]

April 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

ARTBA-organized resource sponsors National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week activities

The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, managed by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation, is a sponsor of 2013 National Work Zone Awareness Week activities. National Work Zone Awareness Week lasts from April 15-19 and aims to raise awareness about the need to drive cautiously in work zones. This year’s theme, […]

April 17, 2013

Business

Highway construction up 4.3% annually in January thanks to warmer weather

Highway construction was up 4.3 percent in January over January 2012, largely due to warmer weather, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Each month ARTBA analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data and reports the outcome. “With warmer-than-average temperatures across the country, many contractors were able to get more work done on transportation projects, […]

March 12, 2013

Business

$7 billion in federal highway funds obligated so far in current fiscal year

Federal funds obligated by federal, state and local departments of transportation (DOTs) have increased $7 billion during the current fiscal year which began last October 1, according to the according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) latest analysis of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data. That’s an increase of 56 percent over the $4.5 […]

February 15, 2013

Safety

Safety tips from a winner

G.A. & F.C.Wagman in York, Pennsylvania, received recognition from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association for their safety programs. Here’s how the company upped their safety success. Promote communication: Maintaining and promoting open lines of communication between the shop and field operations will ensure safe, productive equipment operations, says Carter Dicken, equipment manager. Avoid complacency: […]

March 16, 2011

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NAPA’s Mid-Year Meeting lineup: Reauthorization and climate change

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced that the lineup of sessions for its Midyear Meeting will include the latest information about Congress’s progress on the climate change and surface transportation reauthorization bills. The meeting is scheduled for July 26-28, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The NAPA committee meetings are scheduled […]

June 2, 2010

Roadbuilding

Another Band-Aid: House passes $7 billion to shore up the Highway Trust Fund

Well, it’s not the ideal solution, but this Band-Aid will at least keep the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) solvent. Just days before the HTF was going to run into the red, the House yesterday approved $7 billion to shore up the almost empty fund, according to a Reuters report in The Washington Post. This stop-gap […]

January 15, 2010

Maintenance

There are bigger concerns than one piece of legislation

In a recent phone call with Jeff Solsby, director of communications for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), I asked him about the proposed legislation by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Texas’ senior senator. She has introduced legislation that will allow states to opt out of the federal highway program. Rather than receiving […]

January 6, 2010