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Better Roads Staff - May 13, 2013

In bridges, there’s American old and then there’s old. The Pont Vieux and the Cathedral ...

Safer Road Construction Sites: Yes, we can.

Better Roads Staff - May 07, 2013

By John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com A whole lot of highway contractors who work on our roads want ...

To Prevent Failure, Begin with Better Bases

Better Roads Staff - May 06, 2013

Fatigue cracking usually links to inadequate road foundations By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor Fatigue cracking in bituminous ...

Working Work of Art

Better Roads Staff - May 06, 2013

At 130, the Brooklyn Bridge still does the job it was built for. by Doug Hecox ...

Mix Optimization

Better Roads Staff - May 06, 2013

A formula for greenbacks and green roads To avoid fracturing aggregates when compacting stone matrix ...

Variable pricing: A case study

Better Roads Staff - Apr 03, 2013

Inside the highway and bridge industries By John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com Using different tolls for different times of ...

Special Transportation Research Board 2013 Report

Better Roads Staff - Apr 03, 2013

‘Bio-Binder’ Green Modifiers Star at TRB By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor The emerging universe of biologically based ...

Measuring Misery

Better Roads Staff - Mar 06, 2013

Inside the highway and bridge industries by John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has come up with The Planning Time Index (PTI). It is a way to measure the degree of commute unreliability, introduced for the first ...

Integrating Roadside Vegetation and Erosion Control

Better Roads Staff - Mar 06, 2013

Safety and the mowing-herbicide-beautification-erosion control-culvert maintenance mix By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor Integrated roadside management programs are ...