Better Roads Staff - Jul 03, 2012

Dad. Cart. Horses.   I had this column done. Then I tossed it. Father’s Day came along. I thought a lot about ...

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Better Roads Staff - Jun 10, 2012

A Road is a Road is a Road The thing about our roads is that they don’t go anywhere. Before we had ...

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Better Roads Staff - May 07, 2012

A view from across the pond By John Latta It wasn’t postcard Paris. It wasn’t one of those enchanted springtimes the city ...

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Better Roads Staff - Apr 06, 2012

Reforming Reauthorization Much of the debate (if you can call it that) on a new highway bill has focused on the ...

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Better Roads Staff - Mar 20, 2012

"Mud, rain and malaria be damned." We once built a road through Burma’s monsoons and mud, malarial mosquitoes, dense jungles and ...

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Better Roads Staff - Feb 17, 2012

Bust Up Their Floating Crap Game Let’s be ruthless about this. By John Latta Politicians and wannabe politicians are at their most vulnerable ...

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Better Roads Staff - Jan 12, 2012

Vox Populi Our December reader outlook survey that was a primary component of my cover story forecasting 2012 , was sent ...

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Better Roads Staff - Dec 04, 2011

Building Chocolate Pudding Road through the Mountains in the Clouds I can’t remember how old my son was then, maybe five, ...

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Brooke Wisdom - Nov 12, 2011

Roll Tide Shakespeare almost certainly never wrote “fish or cut bait.” I don’t even know if he liked to fish. But ...

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Better Roads Staff - Oct 04, 2011

Think Something Daring Today By John Latta I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Innovation may be the most powerful ...

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