When the USS New York’s bow stem, made from 7.5 tons of steel retrieved from Ground Zero, broke through the waves en route from New Orleans to New York City, Julius Williams and some of his fellow shipbuilders took a break from their jobs and watched.
As Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) spent a good portion of 2009 working on the highway funding bill that authorizes federal surface transportation programs for highways. At press time, work on the bill and the nation’s many infrastructure needs continued. Rep. Oberstar shared his insights on the year ahead with Road King.
It was one of those early October mornings just made for trailer trucking. I was piloting my rig along a two-lane rural highway, enjoying the cool temperature, the star-filled sky and a lack of traffic.
Last year, the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) had 935 exhibitors displaying their wares and sharing business ideas throughout the more than 1 million square feet of display space at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. They were met with enthusiasm from the 70,299 trucking professionals from 50 states and 51 foreign countries.
Picture a high-rise covered in algae, with robotic arms pulling out sections of the building and moving them in a constant shape-shifting ritual. This is not a scene from a science fiction movie. Well, it’s not exactly real life either. But it could be. Two Boston design firms want to convert a partially completed downtown […]
