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Once upon a time there was the Pet Rock. Today, we have crumbled asphalt, the detritus of pavement gone awry, turned into…

Pothole ScienceAugust 18, 2014

For anyone visiting Montreal, it is difficult to miss the artwork of Roadsworth, a.k.a. Peter Gibson. That's because the artist's…

Cities & CommunitiesAugust 14, 2014

Advocates for road repair and other infrastructure funding in Missouri were handed a solid defeat at the polls on August 5, 2014…

Policy & FundingAugust 7, 2014

Highway Trust Fund Running on Empty Repairs to highways, bridges and transit cost more than the gas tax takes in and the HTF is…

Policy & FundingJuly 8, 2014

The Spring 2014 pothole epidemic is being felt in the mid-South, including Memphis, Tennessee where station WHBQ-TV/Fox 13 brought…

Cities & CommunitiesMay 2, 2014

To the surprise of no one, the brutal winter conditions in certain parts of the United States have led to a pothole epidemic in…

Winter & WeatherApril 24, 2014

The American South was hit harder in the winter of 2014 than is typical. While the upper Midwest shivered under sub-zero…

Winter & WeatherApril 24, 2014

Freeze-thaw cycles are best known for how they undermine pavement integrity. But when things get really cold, asphalt cracks up in…

Winter & WeatherApril 22, 2014

The story of spring potholes in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2014 might be told in terms of road salt tonnage. Because what was used…

Cities & CommunitiesApril 9, 2014

Where do serious pothole reporters turn to for historical pothole information? Pothole.info, of course! But seriously, Jessica…

Cities & CommunitiesMarch 25, 2014

What does it mean that snow accumulations between at least two and 24 inches are still found in early March 2014 in 44 of the 48?…

Winter & WeatherMarch 5, 2014

It might seem that the extremes of weather the "polar vortex" freeze in the U.S. and Canada during the winter of 2014, or the…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 8, 2014