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Bauma 2010
Signs of a rebound in Europe’s big show, despite the travel problems By Therese Dunphy and Tom Jackson Even though the volcano in Iceland grounded almost everyone in North America, the big European equipment show Bauma was held April 19-25, and drew a large international audience who saw new products from manufacturers around the […]
June 3, 2010
Millions in TIGER II grants available
Following on the success of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant Program, Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of $600 million in TIGER II grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects. TIGER II grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a […]
June 2, 2010
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Who is Minding Your Fuel (and Saving you Money)?
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Rising fuel costs are impacting everyone’s bottom line. With diesel prices increasing 74 percent over the last year, taking a hard look at fuel costs is a matter of survival.
July 1, 2024
ARTBA: Senate climate bill ‘shorts’ transportation sector
A majority of the revenue generated from a new transportation user fee included in a climate bill proposed in the U.S. Senate would be diverted to non-transportation purposes —- a departure from 54 years of federal policy, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The “American Power Act” (APA), released May 12, […]
May 13, 2010
Business
American Iron and Steel Institute: EPA’s greenhouse gases ‘tailoring rule’ will cost jobs
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson offered the following comment today on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tailoring Rule. “The Tailoring Rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency today does not solve the fundamental problems associated with regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, which is that failure […]
May 13, 2010
Equipment
Caltrans: 111 public transit, air quality projects get $63.3 million in funding
Caltrans today announced it has awarded $63.3 million to fund 111 public transit and air quality projects across California to upgrade transit service and purchase eco-friendly buses. All of the funding comes from Proposition 1B, the 2006 transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to improve public transit in California. “When the voters passed Proposition 1B, […]
May 13, 2010
Business
California crackdown
Selected transcriptions from CARB’S April 22 public hearing Just before we went to press with the May issue of Equipment World the California Air Resources Board and staff held a public hearing in Sacremento to present it’s plan for addressing the criticisms brought up in February by the Associated General Contractors of America. As […]
May 10, 2010
Equipment
Hamlin Jennings will lead new Concrete Sustainability Hub at MIT
Hamlin Jennings, who is known among academic and industry researchers for his influential work on the fundamental chemistry of cement, will be the inaugural executive director of the Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSH), a research center established last fall at MIT in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) Research & […]
May 6, 2010
Equipment
On Record
The change order solution By Marcia Gruver As contractors working under New York City’s Local Law 77 will tell you, some state and local agencies have found a sneaky way to require contractors to meet diesel emission reductions on current fleets – even though these reductions are not currently required by any state or federal […]
May 5, 2010
Bauma
JCB launches new 8085 midi excavator
JCB is launching the new 8085 ZTS midi excavator, offering increased torque, reduced fuel consumption, upgraded controls and a host of detail improvements. Though similar in overall dimensions to the JCB 8080 ZTS it replaces, the JCB 8085 ZTS is more productive, yet promises lower operating costs and reduced emissions.The excavator is powered by a […]
May 3, 2010
Bauma
BOMAG developing hyrid compaction unit, based on BW174P model
BOMAG is developing an innovative hybrid compaction machine based on its BW174AP model, according to a report in the official Bauma Daily News e-newsletter, published by World Highways and Aggregates Business Europe. Information about the new machine was not accessible on the BOMAG Website at the time of this Web posting. This machine is an asphalt […]
April 27, 2010
Business
BOMAG developing hyrid compaction unit, based on BW174P model
BOMAG is developing an innovative hybrid compaction machine based on its BW174AP model, according to a report in the official Bauma Daily News e-newsletter, published by World Highways and Aggregates Business Europe. Information about the new machine was not accessible on the BOMAG Website at the time of this Web posting. This machine is an asphalt […]
April 23, 2010
Business
Cummins launches Tier 4 Website
At Bauma 2010, Cummins Inc. announced the launch of its Tier 4 Website to provide equipment users with an early insight into the performance and operation of field test installations ahead of the January 2011 effect date for EPA Tier 4 Interim and EU Stage IIIB low emissions engines above 173-hp (129-kW). The Website (www.tier4.info) […]
April 21, 2010
Equipment
John Deere Power Systems shows entire Interim Tier 4/Stage III B diesel engine lineup
John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) displayed its entire Interim Tier 4/Stage III B diesel engine lineup and announced engine models and power ratings at the Bauma 2010 show, April 19 – 25 in Munich, Germany. Emissions regulations begin Jan. 1, 2011 for 130 kW (174 hp) and above engines and require a 90-percent reduction in […]
April 21, 2010
Business
ARTBA tells EPA not to give California waiver on off-road diesel retrofitting proposal
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April 14 testimony that it should not give the state of California a federal waiver that would allow a proposal to require the mandatory retrofitting of off-road diesel construction equipment to move forward. ARTBA Assistant General Counsel Nick Goldstein testified during […]
April 15, 2010
Safety
EPA, DOT set federal standards on fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions for cars, light trucks
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have jointly established new federal rules that set the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions standards and will significantly increase the fuel economy of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States. The new standards were established on April […]
April 8, 2010
Equipment
TDOT accepting ‘Green Island’ Biofuels Corridor grant applications
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the next round of Green Island Biofuel Corridor Network grants. The deadline to apply for the grants is April 30, 2010. The Green Island grant program is a competitive funding opportunity available to retail fuel station owners and farmer co-ops interested in promoting and selling […]
April 6, 2010
Equipment
Product Report
Caterpillar projects Tier 4 Interim price hikes By Mike Anderson Billed as “the most aggressive and expensive product development initiative in Caterpillar history,” the equipment manufacturing giant’s Tier 4 Interim diesel engine technology will use a “state-of-the-art integrated system” built upon established ACERT technology. To complement Cat’s Clean Emissions Module (CEM), new powertrain technologies […]
April 3, 2010
Business
Trucks
International’s TerraStar built for business New medium-duty truck brings commercial-grade engineering to the Class 4/5 market By Christina Jesson Schave Navistar’s new International TerraStar vocational truck made its debut at the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show in St. Louis, Missouri, last month. Aimed at the Class 4 and 5 markets, the […]
April 3, 2010
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