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Tag Archives: road

Toronto recovers from worst winter in three decades

The Municipal Posted on August 28, 2014 by Phoebe MuthartAugust 2, 2023
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, experienced its worst winter in 30 years in 2013–14. Crews spent many hours making roads and sidewalks safe for the public. (Photo provided by Transportation Services, Scarborough District, city of Toronto)

The past winter was one for the record books. No one knows this better than Peter Noehammer, engineer and director of transportation services for the Scarborough District of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto is getting its roads back … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged city, crews, potholes, road, roads, toronto, transportation, winter

New Polaris® RANGER® Powers Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Electric and Welding Equipment

The Municipal Posted on July 2, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023

Fully integrated HIPPO™ Multipower™ System provides mobile power MINNEAPOLIS (June 30, 2014) — Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), has engineered a Polaris® RANGER CREW® Diesel side-by-side utility vehicle with an integrated multi-power system, a first for vehicles in this category. … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Release | Tagged hippo, mps, polaris, power, ranger, road, vehicle, vehicles

Calculating the curve

The Municipal Posted on December 3, 2013 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
Curve-related crashes are a common cause of firefighter injuries and fatalities. Drivers must recognize the hazards of driving a vehicle through a curve, and be mindful that critical speed is reduced under wet and icy conditions. (Shutterstock photo)

How many times have we heard of a fire apparatus crash that occurred while a vehicle was rounding a curve? There are many reasons for this, most of which revolve around speed. Every curve in the roadway has a critical … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged center, critical, curve, mph, road, speed, Truck, vehicle

Fracking and rural roads

The Municipal Posted on November 7, 2013 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
Broken, “pie-crust” roads tend to develop when heavy trucks repeatedly carry large loads of sand, water and equipment to fracking wells. (Photo provided)

Which way would a blind Lady Justice’s scale tilt when weighing the benefits of shale energy development, with its high-volume hydraulic fracking, against rural road deterioration? That’s the major balancing act that confronts state and local powers that be. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged companies, gas, industry, pennsylvania, posted, road, roads, roadway

Fracking and rural roads

The Municipal Posted on October 21, 2013 by Barb SieminskiAugust 2, 2023
“Pie-crust” roads can be pounded back into gravel. With some supplemental aggregate this road could be, and was, actually graded. (Photo provided)

Which way would a blind Lady Justice’s scale tilt when weighing the benefits of shale energy development with high-volume hydraulic fracking against rural road deterioration? That’s the major balancing act that confronts states’ powers-that-be when deciding whether drilling for natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged 000, fracking, gas, heavy, kentucky, road, roads, trucks

This land is your land: National parks feel the pinch as sequestration slashes budgets

The Municipal Posted on September 13, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
Ramsey Cascades at GReat Smoky Mountain National Park

Since 1916, the national park system has been the treasure of the American landscape. With over 400 locations covering 84 million acres across the United States and its territories, national parks attract nearly 279 million visitors, employ 22,000 full-time, part-time … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding & Finances, Parks & Recreation | Tagged cuts, glacier, national, park, parks, road

Milwaukee, WI Company Receives ATSSA 2013 Innovation Award

The Municipal Posted on April 4, 2013 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
Flood Zone Blinker Signs

Milwaukee–Mar. 21, 2013: A Brown Deer, WI company committed to advancing roadway safety was one of three who were recently awarded prestigious American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) “2013 Innovation Awards” for its creative new product used on America’s roadways. … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Release | Tagged atssa, awards, flooded, road, roadway, safety, traffic, warning

BONNELL 272 ROAD DRAG

The Municipal Posted on March 19, 2013 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
MODEL 272 ROAD DRAG

The Bonnell 272 road drag has been redesigned to be more heavy-duty, durable and cost-efficient. Our engineers have upgraded the new 312 Road Maintainer’s tongue section and other stress points to ensure that the money you’ve spent lasts for years … Continue reading →

Posted in Snapshots | Tagged bonnell, road, years

Extended life: best practices in municipal road maintenance

The Municipal Posted on February 13, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
Slurry Seal coating and micro-surfacing have been touted as versatile and low-cost applications that can extend the life of city streets by five to seven years. Both petroleum-based emulsion products are mixed with a fine chip aggregate and spread in thin layers to fill cracks and ruts. (Photo provided)

Keeping roads in tiptop shape is never easy, especially in areas where the weather can be frightful and cities have to deploy a fleet of plows, sand and salt trucks to clear them year after year. There are four key … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation | Tagged devries, maintenance, micro, micro surfacing, road, slurry, surfacing

MODEL 272 ROAD DRAG

The Municipal Posted on February 13, 2012 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
Model 272 Road Drag

Now, maintaining secondary roads can be done with one easy pass — without the additional costs and expenses of operating a motor grader. This perfect road maintainer from Bonnell eliminates ruts and wash boarding by utilizing six cutting and mixing … Continue reading →

Posted in Snapshots | Tagged blade, bonnell, drag, road

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