John Hennessy III,
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ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS
The goal of this report is to understand the short- and long-term effects of public infrastructure spending on the U.S. economy, as well as to contribute new suggestions towards alternative financing of future road construction.
Safety concerns have lead to some restrictions on the Thomas Buford Pugh Memorial Bridge in Prince, West Virginia. The WV Division of Highways is looking into the possibility of closing the bridge. Publice Hearing: February 15, 2012 at the Prince Amtrak Station from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. There will be no formal meeting. – TheWVDOT […]
View this complete post...February 6th, 2012. One of the first arches is raised during the construction of the Adams Street Bridge project in Troy, Ohio. Each one of these concrete molded beams was individually transported one per semi. – 003sullivan on YouTube
View this complete post...From Transportation For America: Friday was a shocking day in the House of Representatives. A House committee majority went ahead with their plan to punish everyone who rides public transportation, as well as jeopardizing thousands of jobs in the public transit, construction and manufacturing industries. In doing this, House leadership and this committee ignored broad, […]
View this complete post...From America 2050: Last week, more than two years after the nation’s last five-year surface transportation law expired, the House of Representatives introduced its proposed legislation for rewriting the nation’s transportation laws. And boy, it is a doozy. Facing severely reduced gasoline tax receipts, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has proposed to cut many […]
View this complete post...One of our top complaints? Interstate 5 is terrible! We know! We’re repairing as we get money, it one panel as a time. Interstate 5 is the most important highway in the state. It’s part of an interstate system that connects Mexico to Canada and is our economic lifeline. The roadway, designed in the 60’s […]
View this complete post...(Re-posted with permission from Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2)) This time-lapse video shows accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques being used by a local contractor with standard equipment to replace a three-span bridge on U.S. 6 over Keg Creek in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The $2.7 million reconstruction project is a cooperative effort involving FHWA, the […]
View this complete post...Transportation Issues Daily The House Transportation multi-year transportation proposal (“American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Financing Act of 2012”) maintains the roughly 80/20 split of funding to highways/transit. But it contains several changes to the transit section: Mass Transit Account to be renamed Alternative Transportation Account Mass Transit Account funding for 2012 to be transferred to […]
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RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY
Some commentators and decision-makers have long assumed that biking and walking are strictly a “big city” phenomenon, and that rural America can’t benefit substantially from bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure. Previous research has found that rural Americans walk and bicycle at 58 percent of the rate that urban Americans do. However, the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) tell a different story.
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Cincinnati area cyclists created a visual spectacle of serendipitous art with the first ever BRIGHT Ride in December 2011.
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