Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

Better Roads Staff - Dec 01, 2012

One More Letter to Write By Kirk Landers With another bitterly contentious election under our belts, most Americans would like to live in a world without politicians and robocalls and super PACs for at least a little while. But for people in ...

Kirk Landers: Editor Emeritus

Better Roads Staff - Sep 07, 2012

Actually America, Our Road Funding Could Be Worse By Kirk Landers A lifetime of eager anticipation is swallowed in the sudden realization that his world is a lesser place after his victory, that his role model has fallen and he must now ...

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

Better Roads Staff - Feb 17, 2012

Currying Corporate Support By Kirk Landers In its January forecast essay “What’s Ahead for Transportation in 2012?” the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) writes hopefully of the business community increasing its support for a more reliable transportation system. Noting ...

Kirk Landers

Brooke Wisdom - Nov 01, 2010

Election Season Fallout By Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus By the time you read this, the election season will be over. I’ll be feeling like a deer at the end of the hunting season. I can answer my phone again. No more machine-dialed ...

Kirk Landers: New times, new tactics

Brooke Wisdom - Mar 01, 2010

New times, new tactics Better Roads’ February 5 e-RoadPro newsletter carried an item from infrastructure blogger Melissa Lafsky in which she mulled the significance of the fact that a large majority of Americans believe the federal fuel tax increases every year. The ...

Kirk Landers: How much is too much?

Brooke Wisdom - Feb 01, 2010

My long time friend and colleague Larry Green took up residence in a bucolic village in Germany last year, moving there from a log cabin in Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains. He ushered in the New Year by forking out about $75 ...