The Roadologist
The Better Roads Blog. Roadology is the study of roads and their relationship to culture and impact on development
Re-extensioning. Again.
September 14, 2011
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So we have another extension of surface transportation authorization.
Now SAFETEA-LU, which expired in 2009, effectively runs through March 31. I really tried to find something in this one, as in ...
Innovation – what a concept
September 08, 2011
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In this economy, and in this political climate, whether you are a contractor of a government agency, being able to change to meet conditions that are demanding it, is essential. ...
Tower to Air Congress: Land that thing!
August 31, 2011
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Okay so the President today calls on Congress to extend the surface transportation authorization before the current extension runs out September 30th. He is supported by nearly all the major ...
What? Another extension? Really?
August 19, 2011
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This will surprise no one.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee and therefore the key senator in any reauthorization legislation process, is setting up ...
Wanna hear something scary?
August 17, 2011
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According to Politico's Ben Smith there is a little known upcoming event that is probably nothing to worry about.
Most of the gas tax is set to expire on September 30.
Actually ...
If we all lived like New Yorkers we could all live in Texas
August 15, 2011
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Now this is cool.
Sometimes people who play with numbers come up with some really interesting stuff. Well, stuff I find interesting because it comes from left field. Like this. The ...
Congress, send me that bill!
August 12, 2011
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I keep wondering if there is a tipping point for our transportation infrastructure, a point where the entire game changes. Somewhat in the way a breached levee in New Orleans ...
Work Trucks Set New Efficiency Standards
August 09, 2011
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Work trucks, including pickups and dumps trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions under new ...
More Here = Less There
August 05, 2011
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This calculation is so simple that even I, who is severely math-challenged, can do it. If the fuel tax remains the same but the amount of fuel used goes down, ...
Slow Train Comin’
August 03, 2011
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“We have workers who need jobs and a country that needs rebuilding; an infrastructure bank would help us put them together.” President Obama, this week.
It’s not exactly deck chairs on ...
Surviving the 405 closure: Carmageddon playlist and ‘secret streets’ to get you around
July 14, 2011
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Wondering how to survive the 405 closure in the Los Angeles area? Dubbed "Carmageddon" in honor of the traffic backup and madness (quite literally) that's expected to ensure motorists are ...
End EPA Jihad! — Mica
July 12, 2011
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I often wonder if John Mica rummages around in old television shows looking for one liners. Introducing a bill to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory authority he said:
“EPA’s ...






