October 2003

Benjamin Franklin once said, "We must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Who knew he was talking about traffic congestion?

Recycling: it's an integral part of our world, at home, at work, at school--and on the road. Thousands of miles of streets and roads in the U.S. are deteriorating, and pavement...

Contractors constructing projects for the federal government are likely familiar with the subcontracting plans requirement. Contractors who focus on state and local government...

Truck manufacturers often produce vehicles that are customized by truck equipment manufacturers (TEMs), or body builders, as part of the integration process that combines a truck...

A Marion Type 21 shovel loads dump trucks for the Chester Vulcanite Pavement Co. of Rochester, N.Y., in 1926. The shovel was powered by electricity furnished by an on-board gas...

Although most of the new products in this section are bigger and more powerful than their predecessors, there are still machines available for every application. This month, Roads...

The downtown movie theater and bowling alley--gone. The red-brick road--reduced to a mere crosswalk.

Poor roads and not enough funds to fix them. "Not in my back yard" responses to requests for new permits for quarries and asphalt plants. Dwindling supplies of virgin aggregates...