John LattaRoadbuildingArticleFebruary 9, 2010RoadbuildingArticleFebruary 9, 2010RoadbuildingJobs Bill May Threaten ReauthorizationWhere we once watched the ‘stimulus’ legislation for clues on both what money would go where and when reauthorization might be done, we can now watch the ‘jobs’ legislation. Expect it to lead the news next week the way health care used to last week. One troubling aspect of the legislation is that it is not as […]February 5, 2010RoadbuildingBack to the Future: the roadsurfacing versionMoney gets tighter and tighter for government agencies that build and maintain roads. What do they do? One choice is apparently to plan for a higher percentage of gravel roads. Check out this USA Today story.February 5, 2010RoadbuildingFirst thoughts, Las Vegas, World o’ ConcreteIn Las Vegas for the World of Concrete week. First day suggests numbers will be down but no numbers yet. Last year we heard the same thing early in the show but later heard from some big name exhibitors that lower attendance was mitigated by the quality — read ‘buying power’ –of the attendees, i.e. […]February 3, 2010RoadbuildingSlimeball that ate Tokyo might help road designersLiveScience.com is reporting that experts trying to design a way out of traffic jams are studying an odd potential source of help: slime mold. It seems one particular mold feeding on food crumbs created a design that is a dead-ringer for the Tokyo rail system. The mold grows via a series of linked veins that look a […]January 28, 2010RoadbuildingAnother Wary Eye on ARRA moneyGuess who is keeping a very sharp eye on ARRA funding? The IRS, that’s who According to a story in a recent issue of The Bond Buyer newspaper the tax collection agency’s tax-exempt bond branch has been charged with keeping a close watch on ARRA-authorized bond programs to be sure they are not used beyond their […]January 26, 2010HomeHer Own Backhoe to Play WithI may have the answer for OEMs wondering whether there’s a new pool of customers they might tap into in this sad economic environment. There is: Three year olds. Seems a mom in New Zealand left her three year old daughter Pipi playing on the computer, apparently looking for toys. And she bought one. A […]January 15, 2010RoadbuildingWhite House, Congress Working on $400B-$500B MeasureAh, is that the sweet smell of cooperation? The headline isn’t mine. It’s from a story in today’s Bond Buyer from Audrey Dutton in the newspaper’s Washington Bureau. According to the story The Obama administration is working with Congress on a multi-year transportation bill that it expects will cost between $400 billion to $500 billion, Transportation Department […]January 14, 2010RoadbuildingRun Ray, RunApparently we’re running a marathon. Here’s Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talking yesterday about what taxpayers want and the goal of making “transportation an economic engine of recovery.” As I’ve said before, modernizing our nation’s transportation infrastructure has been a top domestic priority of President Obama’s from the day he took office nearly a year ago. […]January 14, 2010Previous PagePage 37 of 43Next PageTop StoriesTelehandlersBobcat Unveils Electric Telehandler PrototypeThe new zero-emissions machine is powered by liquid-cooled batteries and has a rated operating capacity of 5,511 pounds.Safety & ComplianceContractor Faces $394K in Fines After Worker Dies in TrenchWheel LoadersLiebherr Debuts World's First Large Wheel Loader with a Hydrogen EngineDozersHyundai Breaks into the Dozer Market with HD100The DirtTest Run & Review: The Market's First Electric Mini Excavator, JCB’s 19C-1E