Better Roads Staff - May 06, 2013

Here in the Rust Belt, the season of snow and ice is giving way to the season of rain and ...

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Better Roads Staff - Apr 03, 2013

Early in my career, I worked for a special interest consumer magazine that was getting beaten badly by the competition. ...

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Better Roads Staff - Mar 06, 2013

Holland was in the news again this winter with small-scale demonstration projects seeking to make roads safer and greener. This small, ...

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Better Roads Staff - Feb 05, 2013

kirk.landers@att.net By Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus   Some people just know how to sell. In mid-December, Ohio governor John R. Kasich and the ...

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Better Roads Staff - Jan 09, 2013

The bridge you are crossing is sponsored by…   kirk.landers@att.net     When we talk about public-private partnerships, we mostly think of tollways and ...

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Better Roads Staff - Dec 01, 2012

One More Letter to Write   By Kirk Landers With another bitterly contentious election under our belts, most Americans would like to live ...

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Better Roads Staff - Nov 12, 2012

Get agency pros out of the closet   By Kirk Landers   Over the past few decades advances in technology, methodology and best practices ...

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Better Roads Staff - Oct 09, 2012

Politics with Earmarks   kirk.landers@att.net     While the citizenry and media of the United States focused on election polls and campaign rumors this ...

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Better Roads Staff - Sep 07, 2012

Actually America, Our Road Funding Could Be Worse   By Kirk Landers   A lifetime of eager anticipation is swallowed in the sudden realization ...

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Better Roads Staff - Aug 05, 2012

Passing a Kidney Stone     kirk.landers@att.net “A tie,” football coach Vince Lombardi is said to have famously said, “is like kissing your ...

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