John LattaRoadbuildingMake a Shake: Researchers simulate a big quakeIt’s a little bit of earthquake apples and earthquake oranges, but it’s valuable nevertheless. A two-story building was a broken up mess at the University of Nevada, Reno’s world-renowned earthquake engineering laboratory after researchers set in motion the final highest amplitude tests in the six-year long, multi-institutional research project that is testing the nonstructural elements […]April 26, 2013RoadbuildingFoxx NewsIs Anthony Foxx the new Ray LaHood? The Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina is the only man on the short list who looks to be going all the way. Now his hometown Charlotte Observer is turning speculation into a news story. The Washington Post and others had already done so. I’ve had him as favorite […]April 25, 2013RoadbuildingGood news about the Columbia River CrossingFor the past five years the Cascade Bicycle Club has been opposed to the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) mega-highway, a Vancouver-Portland area project. The biggest reason the club says it opposes the CRC is “its opportunity cost: every one of the billions of dollars we spend on this boondoggle can’t be spent on Washingtonians’ higher […]April 23, 2013RoadbuildingFree me from the DMV with paperless titlesThis fall, a handful of states will begin work with paperless titles systems that could make paper titles–and the endless hassles and delays associated with them–a thing of the past. If you’re not either a teenager or just a few years removed from teenhood, there is probably a degree of uncertainty and even suspicion about […]April 22, 2013RoadbuildingThe French Connection 2013: A car chase for the agesWhere’s Popeye Doyle when you need him to jump behind the wheel of his police car and chase the No. 7 train through Brooklyn? Still around apparently. Doyle’s manic and nail-biting car chase in the multi-Academy Award-winning French Connection (1971) is a legendary piece of cinema. The movie won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture […]April 19, 2013RoadbuildingRoad funding: Your piggy bank or mine?Motorist fees and gas taxes are sources for transportation funding in two state budgets. Pennsylvania and Washington State are trying to pay for essential projects and in doing so – along with a number of other states – may be showing us something of how MAP-21’s push to give states more authority and flexibility with […]April 18, 2013RoadbuildingOne Stop Shopping: AASHTO’s guide to state transportation funding initiativesWhich state is doing what to fund transportation infrastructure projects? It can be hard keeping up as almost every states tries to find new money in hard times with increasing pressure from the infrastructure itself, whether it is simply aging or just not doing the job. Since December 2012, 30 states have proposed funding initiatives […]April 18, 2013RoadbuildingSecretaries’ Day: A powerful meeting for transportation policyConferences come and conferences go but as conferences go this one could be really good. Six former U.S. transportation secretaries, who served under every president from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, will be among the participants in a conference held by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 29. […]April 16, 2013RoadbuildingLet’s make construction work zones safer. It can be done.A whole lot of highway contractors who work on our roads want to see tougher laws, fines and legal penalties for moving violations in work zones and more frequent safety training for workers on these jobs. This information comes from a survey that shows something we already know–highway construction site accidents kill. And it’s always […]April 16, 2013RoadbuildingPerrymandering a Rainy Day FundChange the boundaries of an electoral district and you get the person you want heading into office. Ah, the power of Gerrymandering. Change the rules for cashing in a Rainy Day Fund and suddenly you have found money for favorite/pet/essential projects. It’s a maybe in Texas these days with even Governor Rick Perry backing off […]April 15, 2013Previous PagePage 8 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