John LattaRoadbuilding$nowflakesThis nasty winter is turning into a budget breaker. You’d have to think at the start of winter that transportation officials all over the country would have crossed their fingers so that the weather didn’t demand money they didn’t have. It is. “Each snowflake looks like a dollar sign floating down,” said Barbara Whitmore, the town clerk […]January 12, 2010HomeWe Get Really Poor MPGLet’s say you go for a walk. Are you fuel efficient? Here’s a guy  who’s worked out we get 42 mpg doing this (less if we eat a lot of roast beef).January 11, 2010SafetyOur Roads Are How Bad?A new report by people who would know says our roads are in way worse shape that most of us had feared. And they are reaching deeper into our wallets than we feared.  Driving on rough roads costs the average American motorist approximately $400 a year in extra vehicle operating costs. Drivers living […]January 11, 2010SafetyOver half highway deaths due to …. the highwayMore than half of U.S. highway fatalities are related to deficient roadway conditions – a substantially more lethal factor than drunk driving, speeding or non-use of safety belts – according to a landmark study released today. Ten roadway-related crashes occur every minute (5.3 million a year) and also contribute to 38 percent of non-fatal injuries, […]January 11, 2010RoadbuildingThe White StuffMmmm, man this road smells good. In fact it’s making me hungry. Ever get that feeling? I admit it’s not going to happen very often, but there might have been an occurrence in Ankeny, Iowa, just before Christmas. A local company that produces kitchen spices found itself with nine tons of unneeded garlic salt. So […]January 11, 2010HomeAll The News That’s Fit To PaveThe New York Times, yes that New York Times, took a casual look at the World of Asphalt trade show in its pages this week. Not a deep look, sort of a sideways glance.January 11, 2010RoadbuildingWelcome to the Year of the Elephant in the RoomI don’t this is the last story of its kind we’ll see in the coming months. This time its from Texas, but new ones will inevitably appear from other states. In a nutshell, the head of the state DOT says money is the overhwleming need for new road and bridge programs; then the two leading candidates […]January 11, 2010RoadbuildingArkansas Senator puts horse before cartWait a minute. Is this the voice of reason I hear. “I very much would prefer that we do a highway bill, we do it for five years and we get people into jobs and moving and we get the economy (going) with the assurance that (funding) is going to be there,” Lincoln told reporters […]January 11, 2010HomeYou want green transportation? This is green.Here we are trying to make transportation more environmentally friendly and economically sustainable at the same time. It’s already been done. In Zambia. A story about this green revolution in transportation tells us: On the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, next year’s crop of bicycles is being watered by Benjamin Banda. Two Californians on a trip […]January 11, 2010HomeHow much in old dollars?This is one of those computer apps than can leave you shaking your head about the good old days. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has a simple inflation calculator. Now you can easily see how far your grandfather’s 1925 salary would go today, what you’d have to be paid today to buy the house you bought […]January 10, 2010Previous PagePage 38 of 43Next PageTop StoriesCompact ExcavatorsMecalac Rolls Out 12MTX Combination Wheeled Excavator-Loader-TelehandlerThe multi-purpose machine can perform digging, loading, and material handling tasks and run a variety of high-flow attachments.TelehandlersBobcat Unveils Electric Telehandler PrototypeSafety & 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 HD100