Technology

RoadWorks

Better Roads Staff - Nov 30, 2012

Mixes and Ground Tire Rubber By John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com A study from the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) confirms that ambient ...

Roadway Environmental Ratings: What’s Best for...

Better Roads Staff - Nov 12, 2012

There's a choice of programs to use in rating sustainable roads By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor The never-ending quest to define which pavements ...

Better Bridges 2012 Bridge Inventory

Better Roads Staff - Nov 12, 2012

Getting Better all the Time America’s structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridge count slowly, steadily falling By Tina Grady Barbaccia They aren’t numbers ...

Applications & Innovations

Better Roads Staff - Oct 09, 2012

Wheels or Tracks Let the jobsite be the judge By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle In the battle between choosing tires or tracks, buyers should ...

Road Science

Better Roads Staff - Oct 09, 2012

What Went Wrong, and Why Forensic Studies Give Clues to Pavement Failure By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor Whether the pavement is black or ...

RoadWorks

Better Roads Staff - Oct 09, 2012

Inside the highway and bridge industries Stuck in Slow By John Latta There has been no “bump” yet from the new surface transportation legislation, MAP-21, says Alison Premo Black, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) senior economist and policy VP. ...

RoadWorks

Better Roads Staff - Sep 06, 2012

Mapping MAP-21’s Reforms By John Latta MAP-21, our brand-new surface transportation legislation, includes several significant changes to the review and approval process ...

Road Science

Better Roads Staff - Sep 06, 2012

The Second Time Around Recycled materials need analysis, characterization By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor There is no stopping the growth of recycled and ...