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Construction Equipment

Final Word

Dodging an unpleasant reality   By Kirk Landers     While the news media and political partisans obsessed over the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of Obamacare in late June, a House/Senate conference committee ended a 1,000-day-plus national disgrace by agreeing to a two-year (actually, 27-month) transportation act. The new act ended several years […]

August 3, 2012

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

Within a handful of bright, or at least not gloomy, spots there may be opportunities for transportation agencies and highway and bridge contractors to be pro-active in their fight against the agonizingly slow recession climb-out.

January 12, 2012

Roadbuilding

‘We need some form of populist movement for funding,’ say ARTBA and AASHTO

From Better Roads (sister publication to Equipment World) Editor-in-Chief John Latta at the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) annual meeting in Orlando. We may not see people to pour into the streets, but we do need some form of populist movement if we are to squeeze as many funding dollars as possible out of Washington, […]

February 8, 2011

Roadbuilding

Financial District

The rules of the transportation funding game have changed in Washington.

February 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

Financial District

The rules of the transportation funding game have changed in Washington.

February 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers

The Republican caucus unilaterally rescinded budgetary guarantees that user fees collected for the Highway Trust Fund would be invested in a timely manner and only for transportation improvements.

February 1, 2011

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Fuel tax hike opponents now have fewer places to hide, intelligent driverless vehicles, speed-related crashes and wildlife sightings are among the issues featured.

December 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Fuel tax hike opponents now have fewer places to hide, intelligent driverless vehicles, speed-related crashes and wildlife sightings are among the issues featured.

December 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

Financial District

New report says public in no mood to increase transportation funding (in fact they’d be happy to see cuts) and New York City tries “car sharing” to cut costs.

November 1, 2010

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ARTBA’s Ruane on Caltrans decision: Political inertia playing havoc with nation’s transportation program

American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President & CEO Pete Ruane has made an official statement regarding the Caltrans announcement stopping new transportation improvement projects. Ruane’s statement follows: “Political inertia from Sacramento, California, to Washington, D.C., is playing havoc with the nation’s transportation improvement programs. “The news that California is suspending payments to highway […]

August 13, 2010

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ARTBA: Mobilize to make highway, transit bill a ‘priority’

Dr. Pete Ruane, president and CEO of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), called the transportation industry to action today in a grassroots speech delivered via video on the association’s website. In the address, he urged transportation design and construction professionals to take advantage of the upcoming July 4 and August congressional breaks to provide to demonstrate strong grassroots […]

June 29, 2010

Business

ARTBA chief blasts inaction on highway, transit bill

If Congress and the President do not act later this year or in early 2011 on passage of a new, multi-year highway and transit authorization bill, hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs could be lost and states could face at a 50-percent cut in federal funding, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO […]

June 7, 2010