March 2010

Bridges

Sun-dried bridges

March 26, 2010
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is boldly going where no other state department of transportation has gone: solar. In December 2009, the department entered a...
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Assume at your peril

March 26, 2010
I am often confronted with questions from contractors regarding ambiguities discovered in plans and specifications during construction. Most project management personnel are well...
Trucks

Custom fleet

March 26, 2010
ASL Paving Ltd. added five new Kenworth T370s to its fleet in 2009, and for good reason. Since 1950, ASL Paving has provided commercial paving services to cities and towns across...
Roadside Maintenance

Cash clippings

March 26, 2010
Keeping traffic on the move and invasive weeds out of roadside areas is a full-time job in a bustling city like Atlanta. The region’s long growing season, high humidity and subtropical...
Bridge Construction

True pioneer

March 26, 2010
The $180 million Pioneer Crossing Project in American Fork, Utah, comprising 6 miles of a new arterial connection between two major development centers in Utah County and 1 mile...

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Transportation Management

Best estimate

March 26, 2010
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Safety

Fire-breathing EPA

March 26, 2010
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Software

Data at speed

March 26, 2010
To summarize the first article (see On the flyover, February 2010), citing a study done in 1977 as motivation, development work began in 1995 on a thermal infrared (IR) system...
Road Construction

The great 21st century comeback

March 26, 2010
Turnpikes had their heyday in the 1950s, but the model of a quasi-public entity constructing and operating a highway facility could stage a comeback, according to some sources...
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Safety isn't complicated

March 26, 2010
DIY auto repair A truck driver in China was pulled over this winter when police noticed something odd about his windshield: it was made of cardboard. One of the main drawbacks...
Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS

Gas Fizzling

March 26, 2010
As the debate continues over transportation’s relationship to climate change, reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions has become a primary goal for the surface transportation ...