John LattaRoadbuildingHello, traffic jam?No more back seat driver telling you how to avoid doing the congestion crawl. Honda can now have a smart phone app tell you how to do it. Yes, Honda now says it is possible to delay the occurrence of a traffic jam and improve fuel efficiency by 20 percent or more by driving a […]March 26, 2013RoadbuildingThe roads to First Manassas, then and now.The things we do in the name of progress. Progress is one of those wonderfully vague words that can be used in any number of contexts, often by diametrically opposed sides of the same debate in support of their cause. It’s meaningless and meaningful at the same time, a refuge for some and a rallying cry […]March 26, 2013RoadbuildingTraffic lights or stop signs?Are traffic lights always preferable to stop signs? It’s not a new debate, and this time it’s a suburb in Brooklyn, New York, that is raising the issue. It seems cars speed through residential streets in Boerum Hill, and now some locals believe that traffic lights bear a major part of the blame as they encourage […]March 26, 2013RoadbuildingGoogle self-driving car: three challengesAre we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? No. Google’s self-driving car is something special but there are a number of interesting problems to overcome before it arrives at a broadly usable stage. Part of the vast interest in it is the assumption that eventually the driverless car will be a […]March 25, 2013RoadbuildingElvis and the Highway Trust FundLet’s say Elvis was still around somewhere. Let’s say his plot to flee the spotlight and disappear into a quiet life far from the madding crowd was still working. And let’s say that he took some of his old Cadillacs and Lincolns with him, the big, lumbering, gas-hogging mid-fifties models. Perhaps today he’d be aware […]March 25, 2013RoadbuildingDepends what you mean by “relevant” or “earmark.”When it comes to transportation infrastructure, what is “relevant” and what is an “earmark?” The debate arises courtesy of Minnesota Republican Representative and former Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann. And while the debate comes from a meeting where she spoke, it is not just a one-off story about that meeting or even about Bachmann, it is […]March 22, 2013RoadbuildingDynapac introduces new soil compaction machines at World of AsphaltOn Friday, Dynapac introduced a new range of soil compaction machines at World of Asphalt with a transversely-mounted engine—a design move which makes almost all of the engine easily accessible to mechanics when the hood is lifted. Dynapac says the sideways engine eliminates a problem common with the larger Tier IV Interim engines, which, traditionally […]March 21, 2013RoadbuildingNew look: BOMAG rebadges its CMI, Cedarapids purchasesSo this is what they’ll look like. BOMAG has brought a stabilizer/reclaimer and a paver to the World of Asphalt show in San Antonio that introduces not the only the former Terex products but reveals their badges. The machines are of course yellow, but the badging has retained the old CMI and Cedarapids names on […]March 20, 2013RoadbuildingThe Ghosts of Ingersoll Rand: Volvo road equipment moves forward at World of AsphaltIf any industry sews nostalgia into every stitch of its fabric, it’s ours. Equipment from days gone by is still part of the landscape and so are the names that were branded on it. Whether it is because previous generations of your family that owned the company began the business with it or because the […]March 20, 2013RoadbuildingCompact machines are poster children for OEMs’ best engineering mindsIt is astounding the power and versatility you can see in small machines in the construction industries today. I constantly wonder how the older generations in the business (OMG that’s me) see these marvels. So many of them do powerful precision work that was done in the not-so-distant past by crews of workers. For example, […]March 20, 2013Previous PagePage 12 of 43Next PageTop StoriesWheel LoadersLiebherr Debuts World's First Large Wheel Loader with a Hydrogen EngineThe L 566 H's hydrogen reciprocating piston engine is the "optimal power source" for larger equipment, offering comparable performance to diesel, Liebherr says.DozersHyundai Breaks into the Dozer Market with HD100The DirtTest Run & Review: The Market's First Electric Mini Excavator, JCB’s 19C-1ECompact equipmentTakeuchi's TCR50-2 Crawler Dumper is Coming to North AmericaCompact Track Loaders“There’s Something for Everyone” – Compact Track Loaders Continue to Evolve