Better Roads Road Science Article Index

Road Science Articles
from our monthly issues

The following listed road science reports are from issues of Better Roads Magazine. In-depth articles by Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor. Our most popular collection.

Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor

Tom has received national recognition for his writing, including the
Robert F. Boger Award from the Construction Writers Association, in 1998, 1995 and 1993 (honorable mention in 2003), the American Society of Business Press Editors in 1997, and the Jesse H. Neal Award from the American Business Press, in 1983.

In 2005 he was a finalist (one of three) for best how-to article among all magazines in the A-magazine class (up to $3 million in annual revenues) for the 2004 Jesse H. Neal Award competition.

He is a member of the Hot Mix Hall of Fame Committee of the National Asphalt Pavement Association; of the Road Gang, Washington’s transportation fraternity; and is a director of TRIP, The Road Information Program.

*Road Science Reports as they appeared in Better Roads* provided by issue - click month/topic desired Some pages have longer load times due to photos**
2006	January Searching for Solutions to Congestion Conundrum	February Future Fright: Stakeholders Grapple With Infrastructure Funding	March Concrete Pavement’s New Road Map	April Taming Oregon’s Cracked Bridges
	May How Interstate Design Has Evolved Since 1956	June For Long-Lived Roads, Understand Your Soils	July New Tools, Attitudes Boost Environmental Streamlining	August Control of Dust Is a Major Must
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2005	January	February Erosion Assaults the Unpaved Road	March Versatile Europavers Find Specialty Niche in U.S.	April Making High-Volume Roads Last Longer
	May Salvage Troublesome Soils With Premium Road Bases	June Synthetic Aggregates Promise New Options for Engineers	July Oil Prices Fuel Growth in Recycling	August Precast Concrete Dominates the Short-to-Medium Bridge Markets
	September Pavement Preservation Fights for Respect	October Science Gives Asphalt Rubber Recycling a Thumbs-Up	November Polymer-Modified Asphalt Comes of Age	December Trends to Watch in 2006

2004	January Reclaimed Byproducts Boost Concrete Performance	February Why potholes occur, how to patch them, and how to prevent them in the first place.	March Perpetual Pavement, Two Years Later	April High-Performance Concrete Pavements Come of Age
	May Asphalt Rubber Makes a Quiet Comeback	June Warm Mixes are a Hot Topic	July Small Science Will Bring Big Changes To Roads (Nanotechnology)	August America’s Quest for Premium Aggregates
	September New Mixes Alter Compaction Technology	October Surface Treatments: When Your Seals Make Sense	November Polymers Add Performance to Asphalt Emulsions	December Paths to Progress, 2005

2003	January Making Edge Drains Work	February NCAT Pavement Track Puts Superpave to Test	March New Technologies Boost Concrete Pavement Smoothness	April A New Era For Permeable Pavements
	May Correcting Problem Concrete Pavements	June When Prevention Is The Cure	July Does Superpave Have a Local Future?	August Voids Add Value To Pervious Concrete
	September Stone Matrix Asphalt is Catching on in the U.S.	October Creating Friction Where Rubber Meets the Road	November Asphalt's Generation of Change	December Hottest Trends for the New Year