Come January there will  be increasing pressure on TDOT  to get into business with private toll road companies. Two years ago lawmakers took away that authority. What a difference two years ...

Itr's possible that the (voting) public is begining to see what happens when there is too little money for highways and bridges. But the process moves like molasses in winter. Last ...

America now has a new weapon in the fight against terrorists who might target our airports. Poker. The art  and science of poker playing has led better security at Pittsburgh International ...

Green may coming to yet another segment of our industry that used to be concrete's domain. According to a Cleveland Plain Dealer story on Cleveland.com, Ohio DOT is trying to find an eco-friendly ...

You know it's been happening, and now the Wall Street Journal has noticed so maybe the rest of the country will notice. Here's part of the introduction to the paper's story ...

  In reality, we know so little about Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Cabinet Secretaries are distant from us despite the masses of coverage they get. We see a version of them. ...

If you build roads or cause them to be built, you've heard of the Administration's 'livability' mantra which argues that all forms of transportation, not just vehicles, should be considered ...

We will have to wait a little longer to find out exactly where the White House stands on reauthorization. According to Audrey Dutton writing in today's edition of The Bond Buyer ...

Could it be that the internet could change the way America drives, challenging, to say the least the automobile industry's way of life (and the way we build roads)? This  is the question ...

Here's how the Bureau of Labor Statistics introduced the latest unemployment data today: Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 431,000 in May, reflecting the hiring of 411,000 temporary employees to work on ...

More evidence of the obvious. This time from Michigan. A new report from the Anderson Economic Group  of Lansing says the state will lose 12,000 jobs if it cannot find ...

Something about an ill wind, or silver linings in the worst of clouds. The prevalence of low bids that are everywhere and anywhere governments are asking for bids, continues to ...