Tag: Better Roads News: Page 9

Roadbuilding

Six Northeastern DOTs honored for innovative projects

These DOTs have optimized and expanded transit for inner-city users, increased safety on busy seasonal roadways, and focused on innovative bridge replacement.

July 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

How to turn old tires into aggregate the subject of upcoming MnDOT webinar

MnDOT will go over the ways to recycle old tires in order to make use of them as an aggregate in pavement design and implementation. More on Equipment World.

July 10, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pete Ruane, “dean” of transportation lobbyists, handing over the reins

Ruane is honored to have served ARTBA and to have helped advance its mission of ensuring solid investment in transportation infrastructure. More on Ruane here.

July 3, 2018

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway Board approves $99 million in contracts

The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved 13 construction contracts and six professional engineering service contracts totaling nearly $99 million.

July 2, 2018

Roadbuilding

Tempe Police: Autonomous Uber operator was watching “The Voice”, had time to avoid deadly collision

An Uber driver operating in autonomous mode was streaming “The Voice” when her Volvo fatally struck and killed a homeless woman pushing a bicycle across a dimly lit street in Tempe, Arizona, last March. That’s according to a newly released 318-page police report. It details subpoenas used to get information from Hulu, Google and other […]

June 29, 2018

Dealers

BlueLine Rental takes first steps toward launching IPO

The offering is expected to commence when market conditions allow, subject to, among other things, completion of the SEC review process. More details here.

June 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

Next Gen concrete pavement surface textures spur awards for Texas DOT

They were recognized for their efforts to advance the understanding and use of quiet concrete pavement surface textures using the NGCS in the state of Texas.

June 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway urges July 4th drivers take caution in work zones, opens “safe phone zones”

The heaviest travel for the 4th of July holiday is expected on Tuesday, July 3, when nearly 1.9 million vehicles are projected to use the 294-mile system.

June 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

Rough, congested roads and bridges cost Ohio drivers $12 billion annually

Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Ohio motorists a total of $12 billion statewide annually.

June 25, 2018

Roadbuilding

To pick your pothole patches, new “decision tree tool” comes with flash cards or flow chart

Minnesota Department of Transportation has developed an Asphalt Patching Methods Best Practices Guide for identifying and repairing potholes effectively.

June 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

ARTBA commends Feds for dropping greenhouse emission measurement proposal

ARTBA urged the U.S. DOT to not jeopardize the bipartisan congressional support for MAP-21 by including extraneous issues in the law’s implementation.

June 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Huge landslide shuts down major N.C. highway

About 2,000 people were evacuated Wednesday after emergency managers warned the Lake Tahoma dam. Heavy rain triggered landslides at the dam.

June 7, 2018