The Pavement Management Guide, 2nd Edition, was developed to address the issues and challenges associated with managing pavements effectively, including assessing funding needs for pavement preservation and rehabilitation, and setting attainable pavement-related performance goals. It is designed to be used by pavement management professionals, and those seeking general knowledge of pavement management concepts. (2012. 200 […]
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AASHTO Video: The Pavement Management Guide, 2nd Edition
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012The Disparate Challenges To Growth
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
INITIATIVE FOR COMPETITIVE INNER CITY
Do hyper-achieving, fast-growing companies have any limits to growth? That was a question ICIC staff hoped to answer as they scrutinized surveys returned by 2012 Inner City 100 winners this past winter. After all, the average winner had seen its revenue increase at a 40% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2006 and 2010 – the Great Recession notwithstanding. Were winners susceptible to economic gravity?
America’s New Energy Future: The Unconventional Oil and Gas Revolution and the US Economy
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
IHS
An unconventional oil and natural gas revolution is transforming America’s energy economy, with far-reaching impacts on the US economy. It has already created over 1.7 million jobs and, by the end of the decade, will have contributed a total of nearly 3 million jobs. Against a backdrop of a historically slow economic recovery and persistently high unemployment following the Great Recession, the surge in spending associated with unconventional oil and natural gas activity is proving to be an important engine for jobs creation.
Transportation Infrastructure in the Post MAP-21 Era
Monday, October 22nd, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 27
Proponents of a more robust level of spending for transportation infrastructure ignore the political realities. With mounting deficits and the shadow of a $16 trillion debt hovering over all fiscal decisions, Congress is not about to vastly increase spending on transportation. Concern about deteriorating infrastructure has failed to resonate with the electorate during the election campaign.
Infographic: The Cost of Traffic Congestion
Friday, October 19th, 2012
From Nationwide Insurance: We’re in our cars a lot—sometimes for hours at a time—and there are few things more frustrating than getting stuck, bumper to bumper, in a traffic jam. We try not to think about the time and money that are wasted sitting in traffic, but if you do the math they really add […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
SAVE OUR BRIDGES
By accessing the Save Our Bridges Map, users can enter a zip code to immediately see the dangerous bridges in their area. Families can see if their children’s school buses or their own commutes to work or church take them across a bridge that is both structurally deficient and fracture critical. Trucking companies and other suppliers can determine whether the routes their carriers take require that they cross these dangerous bridges.
Great American Infrastructure: Wildlife Crossings
Friday, October 12th, 2012
This is the twenty-fourth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: Our responsibilities to the natural and built environments converge in wildlife crossings which are sprouting up all over the United States, making sure infrastructure serves not only people, but also animals. When: The first documented wildlife crossings were […]
View this complete post...Characteristics of Fatal Crashes Involving 16 and 17-Year-Old Drivers with Teenage Passengers
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY Introduction Teenage drivers are involved in more crashes per mile driven than drivers of any other age group; drivers aged 16-17 are involved in about seven times as many crashes per mile driven as drivers in their forties, fifties, or sixties (General Estimates System, 2012; National Household Travel Survey, 2011). […]
View this complete post...Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed and now operates and maintains a water infrastructure network across the United States that includes dams, levees and coastal barriers for flood protection; locks and dams for inland navigation; ports and harbors; and hydropower facilities.
The Open Road – 1951 Highway Construction Educational Documentary
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012The Open Road – 1951 Highway Construction Educational Documentary – rubythroat281 on YouTube
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