Potholes

Man Steals Manhole Covers To Pay For Drugs

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Con Edison, Andrew Modica, Con Ed, Manhole Cover, Potholes, Stealing Manhole Covers, New-York-Theft, NY Crime, New York News

A man was arrested on Wednesday for his connection to the disappearance of several manhole covers across the city, and confessed he stole the covers i...

Read Whole Story

Quinn, Emanuel Argue Over Casino, Potholes

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Gambling, Casinos, Mayor Emanuel, Infrastructure, Chicago Politics, Illinois Gambling Expansion, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Potholes, Chicago Casino, Casino Expansion, Governor Quinn, Chicago Potholes, John Cullerton, Chicago Casinos, Illinois Infrastructure, Chicago News

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel exchanged some feisty words in dueling press conferences Tuesday, suggesting that a bit of ...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: 'Pothole Killer' Takes On Damaged City Streets

Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Streets, Video, Pothole, Chicago, Potholes, Pothole Killer, Roads, Chicago Roads, Cdot, Department of Transportation, Chicago News

As the city's battle against Chicago's unending pothole problem rages on, Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein has added a new weapon to his arsenal...

Read Whole Story

Our Field of Dreams in Bristol, Connecticut

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Son Luke, Right Fielder, Stories, Jim Wallis, Ditches, Washington, Bleachers, Bristol Connecticut, Connecticut, Delaware Pennsylvania, Field Fence, Mexican, Twin Towers, Poor, District of Columbia, Hope, Potholes, Field of Dreams, Scorebook, Young Boys, Green Grass, Fences, Baseball Player, Parents, Vacation, Baseball Team, Story, Baseball Diamond, New York City, Egalitarian, Rediscovering Values, Baseball, State Champions, Family Member, Baseball Tournament, Little League Baseball, Little League, D.C., Religion News
Jim Wallis

Political fights in Washington are done for the moment. We're on vacation now. We got to Bristol. My children are full of excitement. And it is time to play ball!

Read Post

The Problem With Potholes: Neglected Road Repair Poses Huge Liabilities for Many States

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Road Repair, Transportation Spending, Potholes, Pavement, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Smart Growth America, Smart Growth, Politics News
Geoffrey Anderson

For decades, states have invested disproportionately in road expansion and left regular repair and preservation underfunded. As a result of these spen...

Read Post

Let's Fix LA From the Ground Up, One Pothole at a Time

Al Abrams | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Neighborhood Councils, L.A., Los Angeles, Potholes, Street Services, Infrastructure, Streets, Operation Pothole, Los Angeles News
Al Abrams

Fixing potholes is the least the city of L.A. can do. Guess what? They're doing it, in an enterprise called "Operation Pothole."

Read Post

Pothole 101: How Your Car Can Survive Pothole Season

The Expired Meter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Weather, Chicago Streets and Sanitation, Pothole Season, Potholes Chicago, Potholes, Chicago News

WHAM! The impact shakes the entire vehicle, and the sound startles you and any passengers almost as much as your full-throated scream of expletives...

Read Whole Story

Leveraging Technology for a Better City

Eric Garcetti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Garcetti 311, Potholes, Graffiti, Citysourced, Los Angeles City Council, iPhone Apps, 311, Los Angeles News
Eric Garcetti

This weekend I am launching a new, free iPhone application called "Garcetti 311" that will allow users to snap and submit photos of potholes, graffiti, and other problems in my council district.

Read Post

The Worst Potholes In New York

Gotham Gazette/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Potholes, Worst Potholes, New York City, New York, Potholes, New York News

Watch out, there may be some rough roads ahead. After snowstorms and other winter wear, some New York City streets have come to resemble war-torn...

Read Whole Story

2 Millionth Pothole Draws Mayor Bloomberg

nytimes.com | KAREN ZRAICK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roads, Mayor Bloomberg, New York, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Potholes, New York News

The annual post-winter war on potholes -- a herculean effort, by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's telling -- had descended on Slater Boulevard to mark a m...

Read Whole Story

Potholes and the Daytona 500: NASCAR Did Exactly the Right Thing.

Ed Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona 500, Ed-Berliner, Potholes, Jimmie Johnson NASCAR, Mark-Martin, Mike Helton, Jamie-Mcmurray-Wins-Daytona-500, Track Repair, Motorsports, Sports News
Ed Berliner

NASCAR is far from infallible. But in this case, they acted properly. Jamie McMurray's victory should thus carry only one footnote. In this sport, nice guys sometimes do finish first.

Read Post

Oxford Cyclist Pete Dungey Fills Potholes With Flowers

The Guardian | Susan Greenwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Potholes Primroses, Pete Dungey, Oxford, Fill That Hole, Cyclist Potholes, Potholes Flowers, England, Potholes, Green News

The pothole situation has worsened dramatically this winter when water which had seeped into cracks in the road then froze, opening them up. But one ...

Read Whole Story

NYC Gripes: Unrelenting Potholes

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelin Tires, Upper Est Side, Nyc, Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg, Guiliani, Potholes, 311 Pothole Hotline, R. B. Stuart, NYC DOT, Aaa, Anthony Fiorentino, Rudy Guilini, New York News
R. B. Stuart

Drivers tip toe and sidestep their Michelin's in an urban ballet that if not calculated precisely....can cost the driver hundreds if not thousands in repairs.

Read Post

City To Use Stimulus Funds To Fix Thousands Of Potholes

CLTV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Potholes Stimulus, Pothole Repair, Video, Fixing Chicago Potholes, Chicago Potholes, Potholes, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

City officials say that they will use federal stimulus funds to help repair the hundreds of thousands of potholes that are plaguing Chicago drivers, C...

Read Whole Story

It's Pothole Season: Over 1,300 Already Reported (VIDEO)

Chicago Tribune | James Janega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pothole Problems, Chicago Department of Transportation, Video, Chicago Potholes, CDOT, Potholes, Chicago News

On an average December day -- last week, say, or last year, the worst pothole winter in a decade -- the city's Department of Transportation logs 300 n...

Read Whole Story