LaHood backs water highways, a higher gas tax fund, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, fuel taxes and tunnel inspections are among the issues featured in industry news.

Civilian flaggers, a road funding gap, a streetcar revival and hybrids are among the industry issues featured.

A bridge section the size of a football field has been lifted into place above the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

Just as a rising tide is said to have the power to lift all boats, the Great Recession apparently leaves no-one behind. Equipment distributors have taken a pounding. Computer passwords, ...

Americans, even in rural areas, overwhelmingly favor expanding public transportation such as rail or bus transit rather than highway construction, which traditionally has received much more funding, according to a ...

Taxes for improving the infrastructure, public investors cooperating with government agencies and a new hall of fame are in the news.

A mileage-bsed revenue system is possibly by 2015, Buffalo highways, a new editor for Better Roads and Tennessee is King of the Roads are some of the stories featured.

Rating sustainable road projects, a St. Louis work truck show, the bauma construction equipment trade fair, the ANSI 107 regulation update and more issues in the news are featured.

Glen Senior, human factors engineer, 3M Design and Vision Science, answered some of the top questions about garment visibility exclusively for Better Roads. 1. What are the different distances at which ...

The visibility of highway workers’ garments — or lack thereof — was put to the test as four cars of editors, including Better Roads, drove around 3M’s test track at ...

The new ANSI 107 regulation update is now in effect, and highway workers need to meet new comprehensive regulations on U.S. highway worker high-visibility safety garment requirements. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray ...