News & Analysis
Cat signs Mike Rowe, “Dirty Jobs” star
July 26, 2010
Caterpillar says its partnering with Mike Rowe, creator and star of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs. Rowe will spend time with Caterpillar customers and dealers, encounters that will be featured on ...
Obama says no new gas tax, use tolls
July 26, 2010
Instead of raising the gas tax, which has not been raised in at least a decade, President Barack Obama says highway funding needs to come from tolls.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ...
Wakota Bridge tops mid-season list of completed construction projects
July 23, 2010
The opening of the eastbound Interstate 494 Wakota Bridge in the southeast Twin Cities Metro Area tops a list of 51 state highway and bridge projects totaling $113.37 million that ...
$80 billion needed to shore up U.S. rail, bus systems
July 22, 2010
A new study by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) released on July 21 estimates it would cost $77.7 billion to shore up the nation’s rail and bus lines and ...
Oberstar on Bridge Inspections: ‘We have to get this thing right’
July 21, 2010
As the three-year anniversary of the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis approaches, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit heard testimony on July 20 about the condition of the ...
Hyundai entering lubricants market
July 21, 2010
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas will begin marketing and distributing its own line of lubricant products in North, Central and South America during the second half of the 2010 year.
The initial ...
Navistar tests trucks’ ‘fluid economy’
July 21, 2010
By eTrucker Staff
Navistar said at a July 19 press conference a third-party test it commissioned shows the 2010 International ProStar+ with MaxxForce 13 Advanced EGR engine leads all Class ...
Winston-Salem vies for Cat plant
July 21, 2010
The Winston-Salem City Council will offer a total of $14.35 million to entice Cat to build a plant in the area, reports the Winston-Salem Journal.
Winston-Salem has appeared the most proactive of ...
Bobcat skid-steer inventor Keller dies
July 21, 2010
Louis Keller, one of the inventors of the compact, three-wheeled machine that lead to the first Bobcat-branded skid steer loaders, has died. Louis, along with his brother Cyril, created the ...
Federal Transit Administration awards $5 million to the ARTIC Project
July 21, 2010
The Federal Transit Administration (FAA) awarded $5 Million to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) for its project set to break ground next year.
The project will build a transportation ...
AISI to Congress: Thanks for job creation focus
July 21, 2010
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) sent a letter commending House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) for his efforts to turn Congress’s focus to job creation and U.S. ...
Granite Construction gets $22 million WashDOT bridge project
July 20, 2010
Watsonville, Calif.-based Granite Construction Company has been awarded a $22 million contract by the Washington Department of Transportation to replace the Ebey Slough Bridge in Snohomish County. Granite booked the project ...






