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• Choosing fuels for your fleets

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• Sustainable infrastructure rating system checklist announced

  The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has launched a checklist for its sustainable infrastructure rating system.

• DOTs, cities turn to Twitter

  Although each tweet is only 140 characters, the microblogging messages can speak volumes when used by public agencies.

• Public awareness haikus take Twitter by storm

  Arizona’s dust storm safety campaign reaches across the country and around the world.

• State agencies use recycled tires in pavement

  The Rubberized Asphalt Foundation has found that 70% of transportation agencies currently or have previously used ground tire rubber (GTR) in asphalt pavements.

• Americans complacent about disasters

  Survey shows residents are less prepared to deal with an emergency than they think.

• 25 mayors vie to be the next 'World Mayor.'

  Twenty-five mayors from around the world are vying to be the next "World Mayor."

• Workplace safety tips

  U-TECK, a manufacturer of products for state DOTs, municipalities, and the telephone and electrical industries, shares tips on how to improve workplace conditions and reduce injuries.

• Trash travels by rail car in Roanoke, Va.

  In 1992 Vinton, Va. --in partnership with the city of Roanoke and Roanoke county-- became one of the first cities in the United States to use existing railroad tracks to transport solid waste from its transfer station to a landfill.