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March 01, 2010

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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.

RoadWorks

February 01, 2010

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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.

Q&A on retroflectivity with 3M

February 01, 2010

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 ...

High Visibility: Editors put safety garments to the test at 3M test track

February 01, 2010

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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 ...

High visibility…new ANSI regs, MUTCD stress active lighting

February 01, 2010

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 ...

2009 a difficult year but ‘devastating’ to the construction industry

January 21, 2010

It's no secret that it's rough out there. It's been that way for a while now. But in the construction industry, we've been one of the hardest hit job sectors. While ...

RoadWorks: Vertical Wind Power

January 01, 2010

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Wind turbines, chemical treatments for unpaved roads, bidding for highway construction jobs and turning to solar energy in an effort to prevent the buildup of snow and ice on bridge ...

RoadWorks: We need the right kind of green shoots

December 01, 2009

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While some Washington number-crunchers insist that there are signs of the new growth of an economic spring after a long hard winter, America's contractors are not seeing the greening of ...

RoadWorks: Privatization Report: Some Ups, Some Downs

November 01, 2009

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Governments at all levels are turning to private options to help them get through and break out of the current recession.

LaHood Kicks Off Program to Get More Women Working in Transportation

October 01, 2009

U.S. Secretary of Transportation is encouraging women to pursue careers in the transportation industry. In late September, LaHood announced the launch of the pilot Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Women ...

RoadWorks: MPOs May Merit Makeover

October 01, 2009

The Department of Transportation has agreed to look into recommendations that could change the way Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) work.

RoadWorks: What to Research Next Year

October 01, 2009

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Assuming that new surface transportation legislation will eventually arrive, the Federal Highway Administration has moved to develop a planning and environment research program for FY 2010. You now have the ...
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