John LattaRoadbuildingDutch moving to VMT systemIs this our future? A story out of Holland says the Dutch are doing away with sales taxes on new vehicles and road taxes and moving to a VMT system, paying 7 cents a mile based on GPS tracking of their vehicle’s movements — with surcharges for driving in crowded areas or rush hours.November 17, 2009RoadbuildingGood Guys in Bad TimesThere can’t be any doubt there’s enough vitriol and pointed fingers out there for anyone who wants to promote the idea that there is a binary inevitability in our public life where all members of that party/persuasion are bad people who are always wrong and everything is their fault and members of that party/persuasion who are the only hope […]November 13, 2009Roadbuilding10K — Lakes in Minnesota, Stimulus Projects UnderwayWhen you tink about it, 10,000 is a lot. According to the White House more than 10,000 transportation projects have now been ‘jumpstarted” by stimulus funds. Veep Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary LaHood made the announcement today. The number is actually 10,041 and counting. To date, the U.S. Department of Transportation has made $48.1 billion […]November 12, 2009RoadbuildingArticleNovember 12, 2009RoadbuildingAussie transit solution: Something old, something newAustralia, it seems, is facing the same challenges we are when it come to transit. So says the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) report, “Balancing Infrastructure Reinvestment with System Expansion.” Australia’s transit experts, says the report, face these familiar problems: rising populations, traffic congestion, budget constraints, and the new imperative to be “green.” The Aussies […]November 12, 2009RoadbuildingArticleNovember 9, 2009RoadbuildingArticleNovember 9, 2009RoadbuildingArticleNovember 9, 2009RoadbuildingBridges are strange, when you’re a strangerThey call them the world’s 18 strangest bridges. Maybe if you travel them daily you wouldn’t think twice. But for the rest of us….. Bridges tend to be designed and built with utility foremost in mind, says Popular Mechanics magazine. OK, we know that. But wait, it’s not a statement meant to impress, it’s an […]November 6, 2009RoadbuildingRobbing Peter to Pay PeterHere’s an idea to get people working on highways and bridges. Instead of borrowing from the general fund or raising taxes to get work on highways and bridges going in a hurry, why not borrow from the new reauthorization legislation BEFORE it is enacted? It’s the idea of the Democrat’s Number Two in the Senate, […]November 2, 2009Previous PagePage 41 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
