U.S. Department of Transportation
EPA, DOT propose fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are jointly proposing standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon pollution. According to DOT, the… Keep Reading
DOT releases infrastructure analysis
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt unveiled “Beyond Traffic,” a forward-looking infrastructure analysis from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The analysis is “offered to the public as a draft to ignite a national conversation about the… Keep Reading
LaHood weighs in on highway funding at Cat event
Built for it. Caterpillar’s new slogan raises a number of questions: Are we built to handle the new highway bill? Are we built to grow, despite the current depletion in government funding? These are questions Ray LaHood, former secretary of… Keep Reading
Build America to help develop financing strategies
The Build America initiative, formed after the president announced a government-wide plan to increase infrastructure investment and economic growth, is aimed at offering education, technical assistance, project delivery and innovative policies for state and local governments, public and private developers,… Keep Reading
Blasting, explosives safety seminar set for September
RAM Inc. will hold its annual two-and-a-half day fall Blasting and Explosives Safety Training (BEST) Seminar at the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 3-5. The continuing education course will include in-class training as well as… Keep Reading
NSSGA offers support for the Grow America Act
NSSGA has offered its support of the Grow America Act, a $302 billion, four-year surface transportation reauthorization bill U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled April 29. “We welcome the administration’s involvement in the reauthorization debate through introduction… Keep Reading
Former U.S. DOT secretaries in NSSGA panel discussion
NSSGA is bringing together a distinguished panel of former U.S. Department of Transportation secretaries to share ideas and insights into how to achieve passage of a multi-year, surface transportation reauthorization bill. The panel discussion will be a part of NSSGA’s… Keep Reading
2013 Equipment Online
Even in today’s increasingly digital world, Pit & Quarry readers tell us they prefer the print magazine as their top source for industry information. Still, the magazine isn’t the only media platform aggregate producers are leaning on these days. Websites,… Keep Reading
Transportation secretary wants more bang from taxpayers’ buck
Anthony Foxx, the newly sworn-in transportation secretary, emphasized a need to improve the efficiency and performance of the existing U.S. transportation system in a blog post on the Department of Transportation's (DOT) website Thursday. "That's no small challenge," Foxx writes.… Keep Reading
