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National Pavement Expo 2019

When: February 27 – March 1, 2019 Where: Nashville Music Center 201 5th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203 Over a 3-day span, the National Pavement Expo delivers over 55 conference sessions as well as hosts 200+ leading brands from the paving and pavement maintenance industry. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to network with leading contractors in the paving industry.

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Tips and Rules for Driving in Work Zones

Let’s be honest: driving through work zones is one of those things that’s almost universally disliked. Being forced to lower your speed, sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and travel over rough roads is no fun, so it’s understandable that many drivers get frustrated when they see those distinctive orange signs. There is no excuse for being reckless while passing through a

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How Certain Structures and Equipment Can Make Roads Safer

Unless you work in the transportation or road construction industries, chances are, you don’t give much thought in your daily life to traffic calming methods. As their name implies, traffic calming methods are techniques used to reduce traffic speeds (and the practice of “cutting through” private streets) in order to decrease the risk of accidents and promote better safety for

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Ford Proposes new system of marshalling traffic?

I don’t know about this one?  What do you think? Marshalling Traffic Through Car-To-Car Crypto Communications Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for an apparatus for vehicle-to-vehicle communication methods that involves the exchange of crypto tokens to facilitate traffic flow!  

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Texas Chosen as Testing Grounds for Automated Vehicles

U.S. Department of Transportation selects Texas as 1 of 10 testing locations for autonomous vehicle technology AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has named Texas a national Automated Vehicle (AV) Proving Ground for the testing of connected and automated vehicle technologies. The designation establishes Texas as a leader in the research and development of new transportation technologies that could

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U.S. DOT Awards Six States Grants

The goals of the grants include reducing congestion, improving connections to mass transit and enhancing safety in six states. Six states will have extra money to expand freight corridors and implement connected vehicle technologies with the help of $56.6 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week. Officials in Denver will receive $6 million to enact efficiencies in

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U.S. driving up 3.3% in first half of 2016

FHWA’s ‘Traffic Volume Trends’ report shows gains in nearly every state New data released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving reached 1.58 trillion miles in the first six months of 2016, beating the previous record of 1.54 trillion miles set last year. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest

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How to set yourself up for successful thermoplastic application

Thermoplastic Application is a science. When the process is performed correctly, the result is clean, skid proof, crack resistant, durable lines and symbols on asphalt or Portland cement. The product should have an effective performance life that adds value to parking lots and street paving projects. Using good products from reputable manufacturers and suppliers means that pavement markings have significant

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Arrow Boards are an Effective Form of Traffic Control

Arrow Boards are additional advance warning traffic control devices used where a lane(s) is closed and traffic must merge with other traffic in an adjacent lane. Transline has several Arrow Board options available to suit your work zone safety needs. Trailer Mounted Arrow Boards Two types of trailer mounted Arrow Boards available are Vertical-Mast Arrow Boards and Folding-Frame Arrow Boards. Vertical-Mast

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