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Doosan’s not just all torque
April 11, 2012
Powered by the six-cylinder Scania DC13 Tier 2 diesel engine with a gross power output of 368 kW (500 HP) at 2,100 rpm, the new Doosan DA40 articulated dump truck is said by the company to offer 10% more engine power than the previous MT41 model. The South Korean firm also says that the machine’s gross torque of 2,373Nm at 1,300 rpm, a 22% increase on the MT41, is the highest in the ADT market.Contributing to an overall 8% reduction in fuel consumption on the MT41 is the new ZF transmission offering eight f
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Concrete barrier challenge
April 11, 2012
The 5700C-Max unit from Power Curbers has now been used on a tricky shoulder widening job in New South Wales, Australia. The machine carried out the job close to Robertson in the Southern Highlands, about 1.5 hours drive to the south of Sydney. The job required the construction of a 200m long section of barrier, built to the requirements of the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA). The contractor hand-formed the concrete shoulder as it was about 3m wide at the start and narrowed down to 1m at the end.
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Ireland's NRA to spend €20 million on ITS in 2012
April 11, 2012
The National Roads Authority (NRA) in Ireland has announced it will expand its journey time system by expanding deployment of ANPR cameras from 80 to 126, allowing vehicles to be tracked between two points to calculate the flow and speed of traffic.
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Call for action on road markings
April 11, 2012
In Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England, some residents are reported to be so fed-up of waiting for traffic lines to be painted on roads by the local county council that they are threatening to do it themselves. Staffordshire County Council highways bosses say they can only take on four new traffic measure projects a year and have a waiting list stretching to 2028. Media outlets in the county report that the local authority currently has more than 70 requests from all over Stafford borough
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Recycled organic compost stabilises embankments
April 11, 2012
Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is a UK government-funded body designed to encourage greater resource efficiency. This body completed a trial with contractor Balfour Beatty and the Highways Agency to test the innovative use of recycled organic compost along roadside embankments.
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INTERMAT launch for more Cat E-series excavators
April 11, 2012
Caterpillar is introducing a revised line-up of 20-24 tonne E Series crawler excavators at Intermat 2012. The 320E, 323E and the reduced radius 320E RR adopt the EU Stage IIIB Cat C6.6 ACERTTM engine, providing reduced emissions and fuel consumption savings of up to 11% compared to other D Series models. A wider range of cab seating, including heating and cooling options, comes with the new E Series crawler excavators. Time delay lighting, additional safety handrails and improved serviceability are also sai
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FSTech awarded TxDoT back office operations contract
April 11, 2012
Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech) has been awarded a three-year back office system and operations contract by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT).
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Building the Pfänder tunnes
April 11, 2012
The second tube of the Pfänder Tunnel, Bregenz, Austria, where the new main tunnel has been excavated using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), is being constructed by Alpine BeMo Tunnelling. Tubbings have been installed as the inner tunnel lining, and as part of concreting for the inner shell, the FQ 1 crosscut, suitable for vehicles, is being constructed using a tunnel formwork carriage designed and supplied by PERI.
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Intermat launch for more Cat E-series excavators
April 11, 2012
Caterpillar is introducing a revised line-up of 20-24 tonne E Series crawler excavators at Intermat 2012. The 320E, 323E and the reduced radius 320E RR adopt the EU Stage IIIB Cat C6.6 ACERTTM engine, providing reduced emissions and fuel consumption savings of up to 11% compared to other D Series models. A wider range of cab seating, including heating and cooling options, comes with the new E Series crawler excavators. Time delay lighting, additional safety handrails and improved serviceability are also sai
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Bridge inspection unit key to maintenance
April 11, 2012
A new bridge inspection unit is carrying out vital work in Vietnam.
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Beat the Traffic and TrafficLand team up
April 11, 2012
Beat the Traffic, a leading provider of real-time traffic information for broadcast media and mobile devices, and TrafficLand, the largest authorised aggregator of live traffic video in the US, have signed an agreement that allows TrafficLand's video feeds to be incorporated into the Beat the Traffic 3D solution for media partners.
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Texas to get OLEV roadway
April 11, 2012
OLEV Technologies has announced that its On-line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) bus project for the city of McAllen, Texas has been selected for funding through the US Federal Transportation Administration TIGGER (Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction) grant programme.
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Vast majority of Americans oppose raising gas tax
April 11, 2012
A majority of Americans believe new transportation projects should be paid for with user-fees instead of tax increases, according to a new national Reason-Rupe poll of 1,200 adults on cell phones and land lines.
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UK companies in traffic-monitoring project in Uganda
April 11, 2012
UK consultants, Roughton International, working on behalf of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), teamed up with Sky High and Traffic Technology to deploy traffic flow data collection equipment suitable for the Ugandan road network.
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TomTom to provide real time traffic info for Dutch city
April 11, 2012
TomTom will provide the city of Purmerend with real time traffic information to optimise traffic flow.
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