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Spring is pothole season so you are seeing them everywhere. So why are there more potholes on residential and commercial streets…

Policy & FundingFebruary 23, 2023

Unusual weather conditions bring a raft of road crevasses from San Diego to Minneapolis and just about everywhere else – along…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 25, 2023

Extreme weather creates future potholes. Compounding this is how roads in the South might suffer more because the asphalt…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 3, 2023

The top ten states, starting with the worst potholed roads, are: Michigan, Indiana, Rhode Island, Washington state, Vermont,…

Winter & WeatherDecember 2, 2022

It's pothole repair season across the country. Reports indicate this year's pothole season is among the worst in recent memory,…

Winter & WeatherMay 4, 2022

A heavy body, long travel suspension, and wide sidewall tires hold up best to bumps and dips in the road. Where it comes to…

Drivers & DamageMarch 31, 2022

It's that time of year, that month that is the dividing line between winter and spring, when hope springs eternal but car shocks…

Winter & WeatherFebruary 23, 2022

It's that time of the year: If the black ice doesn't get you, the potholes might. And so might the ice bumps. Ice bumps? Well, yes…

Winter & WeatherJanuary 20, 2022

Asphalt is cheaper to install, and easier to repair, than cement concrete. But both require regular maintenance to ward off…

Repair & MaterialsNovember 10, 2021

Why aren't there any driveways in pictures of middle class homes from the 1890s? Because they didn't have cars! The rest is…

Pothole ScienceNovember 5, 2021

No driveway lasts forever. But just like with human health, the wellbeing of asphalt pavement depends on attentive maintenance:…

Repair & MaterialsSeptember 16, 2021

The 2021 US infrastructure bill leapt closer to becoming law in August with a strong vote of support from the Senate. So what…

Policy & FundingAugust 16, 2021