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Guest Blog: Electric vehicles are becoming a taxing problem
( Photo: POD Point / Flickr)
A recent article on CNN's website called attention to efforts by a handful of states to collect infrastructure revenues from electric vehicles (EVs), which operate without gasoline or diesel fuel and thus do not contribute ... Read More...
Contributed Story: Fort Worth’s gateway bridge project
City of Fort Worth, Texas DOT, Sundt Construction collaboratively redesign West 7th Street Bridge
(Photo: Texas DOT)
The West 7th Street Bridge in Fort Worth, Texas, is handling its heaviest loads ever as a dozen 300-ton arches are moved into place ... Read More...
Contributed Story: Holland Surveyors founder launches road slope measurement tool with Fowler Wyler Inclinometer
Fowler Wyler Clinotronic Plus enables land survey company’s Accu-Slope product to improve measurement accuracy and speed
The Challenge
About eight years ago, Holland Surveyors served as a road survey subcontractor to paving companies with the South Carolina State Department of Transportation’s (DOT) ... Read More...
Contributed Story: Robust Roads
Expanded clay lightweight aggregate used in chip seal surface treatments provided cost savings and a high friction score for Louisiana Highway 3147.
(Photo: Big River Industries)
Daily rains, high tides and south winds of hurricane caliber had taken their toll on ... Read More...
Guest Blog: Performance Management – The Key to Infrastructure Decision Making
(Photo: Elvis Payne / Flickr)
Today’s economy has changed the way we conduct business, both at work and at home. Just like many families have had to cut back to the bare essentials, every company and government agency that I ... Read More...
APWA Snow Conference: From Impacts to Education
This panel, provided by Charleston County, gives more details about the area surrounding the expanded Palmetto Commerce Parkway.
A multi-million-dollar road project produces the tools for a traveling teaching system in South Carolina.
Educators believe that show-and-tell is a good way ... Read More...
Guest blog: Asphalt is an economically and environmentally sustainable solution
by John Keating
At NAPA’s recent Annual Meeting, keynote speaker Jim Collins emphasized that we all need to face “the brutal facts” as we make decisions about our businesses. He spoke of explorers in Antarctica whose choices make the difference between ... Read More...
Report: Growing opportunities for U.S. clean technology, fuel components
A new CALSTART business guide on the China truck and bus market finds growing export and business opportunities for U.S. manufacturers of clean technology and fuel components, systems and vehicles. This includes natural gas, hybrid and electric systems and other ... Read More...
IronPlanet sells walking dragline for $3 million
IronPlanetbroke its record for the largest single unit ever sold, the online marketplace for used heavy equipment announced on March 11.
A buyer from North Carolina won a Marion 7820 Walking Dragline in IronPlanet's Daily Marketplace, for the highest bid of ... Read More...
NTEA releases ’2013 Fleet Purchasing Outlook’
The NTEA, the Association for the Work Truck Industry, has just released its 2013 Fleet Purchasing Outlook. Based on survey results from 287 mid- to high-level management fleet professionals with decision-making authority for truck acquisitions or vehicle specifications, the Outlook ... Read More...
Volvo’s World First Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Received the Government’s Plug-In Car Grant Approval
The world's first diesel plug-in hybrid, the Volvo V60 D6 AWD, has received approval for the Government's Plug-In Car Grant (PICG) which is designed to offer incentives for buyers to choose new ultra-low carbon cars.
In order to qualify for ... Read More...
ARTBA Chief Economist warns federal budget uncertainty could impact market in coming months
The real value of highway construction was up 4.3 percent in January 2013 compared to January 2012, according to the latest analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
“Weather is the driving force ... Read More...
