Alaska and Wyoming are the biggest benefactors of Monday's announcement by the Department of Transportation that it intends to set aside nearly $62 million for states to cover repair costs for roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters and accidents.
Just about everyone who worked to build the new Interstate Highway 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, knew that their project would never be "just a bridge." It would never occupy the same category as thousands of other concrete and steel behemoths that millions of American drivers thoughtlessly cross every day.
For most people, driving over a bridge is a matter of course. For Marybeth Miceli, the experience can be frightening.
My son Alden called me at work one morning recently. He wanted to know my thoughts about the word "mankind" and whether it's OK to use the term in an essay. So I blurted out, "Not if you don't want to exclude more than half of the human race!"
Before you take a road trip this summer, check out which routes could make your journey a smooth one and which ones have the potential for trouble.
Oil prices soared on Friday to their highest level since October as investors grow hopeful that a recovery of the world economy is in sight.
The idea of making money from used auto parts conjures up images of thugs in chop shops tearing apart fancy stolen cars. But auto salvage is a perfectly respectable business, and Chicago-based LKQ has turned scavenging into a science. Since 1998 a group of former Waste Management executives have been revolutionizing a mom-and-pop industry by rolling up dozens of scrap yards that turn junkers into usable parts, and convincing insurance companies and body shops that recycled parts are just as good as ones straight from the manufacturer. After the company went public in 2003 the stock returned better than 500% through its peak early last year, landing LKQ (the name stands for Like Kind and Quality) at No. 58 on our 2008 Fastest-Growing Companies list. "Basically, they've got thousands of acres with a bunch of cars lying around," says analyst John R. Henderson of Morgan Keegan. "But there's a lot of money in ripping them apart."
Every state has committed at least half its highway stimulus funds so none will lose any of its allocation, the Obama administration said Thursday.
Some 14 states have only a few weeks left to gain approval for highway projects or risk losing millions of stimulus dollars.
CNNMoney: Summer travel tipsupdated: Fri May 22 2009 11:43:00
More Americans are expected to travel by car this holiday season - an estimated 2.5% more than last year or 27 million people. And, even though gas has jumped by 30 cents a gallon over the past month, it's still far below last summer's $4 a gallon price levels.
Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared with a year earlier, according to a report Monday from the Federal Highway Administration.
Millions of California motorists have had to put down their cell phones or risk a ticket as a new law takes effect requiring hands-free devices for those behind the wheel
The average price of gasoline rose nearly 10 cents over the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.
CNNMoney: Gas prices tick downupdated: Sat Jun 21 2008 08:58:00
Gas prices have dropped slightly, according to a daily survey released Saturday by motorist group AAA.
At a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Americans have curtailed their driving at a historic rate.
Holiday travelers are facing high gas prices this Memorial Day weekend. CNN's Kara Finnstrom has the story.
CNN's Charles Hodson speaks with two currency experts about the fall of the dollar.
Retail gas prices hit record highs for the 20th day in a row, motorist group AAA's Web site showed Tuesday.
Marion Somers may be an expert on caring for elderly people, but that didn't mean it was a cinch persuading her father to quit driving.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters notified state transportation departments Thursday to immediately inspect all bridges of the same design as the one that collapsed Wednesday in Minnesota.
Investigators trying to figure out what caused Wednesday's massive bridge collapse are focusing on the southern end of the span, which "behaved differently" as it fell, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.
Nearly a quarter of the nation's roughly 600,000 major bridges carry more traffic than they were designed to bear, according to reports based on federal government data.
Are America's bridges safe?
In a few days we're all going to be hitting the road to visit friends and family. This year 83 percent of holiday travelers are going to be piling into their cars.
Washington D.C. is considered deadlier for young motorists than any state, according to a recent survey.
TO READ the headlines, America the Beautiful has turned into a beast: ten or more may be dead in bridge fall. america is buckling and leaking. garbage barge earth. gridlock! In December, New York C...
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