Texting Ban May Soon Be Enforced in Florida
Dec 30, 2017 Florida, with some of the nation's deadliest roads, is one of the last states to not fully ban texting while driving, but it will soon consider a bill that would.
New Map Reveals How Roads Devastate Nature
Jan 18, 2017 Scientists call for urgent protection of ecologically valuable roadless areas.
Highway Trust Fund
Jan 14, 2014
Rural N.Y. Communities Use Fracking Waste to De-Ice Roads
Dec 9, 2013 Maybe this is why there’s a New York city named Fishkill. Road crews in some rural areas around the state are using toxic fracking waste liquid to de-ice roads, despite a moratorium on fracking in the state and a federal EPA warning against using the juice. Exactly what’s in the liquid? Only the frackheads know, and they’re keeping it a secret.
Out of the Closet
Jan 23, 2013
Let’s Get Ready to Crumble
Aug 18, 2012 The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded America’s roadways a grade of D-, rated one in four bridges as “structurally deficient or functionally obsolete” and warned that thousands of American dams are on the verge of failure.
A Major Bump in the Road
Nov 16, 2011 Much rides on America’s highways, vital arteries in the movement of people and goods. The problem is, the roads are crumbling at a time when money to fix them is hard to come by. (more)A Look at the Flooding in Vermont
Sep 1, 2011 The 24/7 news cycle and the accompanying cacophony of voices competing for attention meant that little time remained to understand the extent of the damage Hurricane Irene caused in Vermont.
Vermont Feels Irene’s Wrath
Aug 29, 2011 While New York City escaped the worst of Tropical Storm Irene, much of Vermont did not. The state saw bridges washed away, roads battered and power lines downed in the midst of what officials say is the worst flooding in more than 80 years. (more)
