It always comes down to that, doesn't it? How will we pay for a modern system of roads that can support the millions of cars and trucks currently overwhelming our highways? Repair, upgrade, maintain, repeat. Year after year. This isn't a one-time deal that we can check off our list and move on. And we can't pass it...

It’s kind of a big deal.   We spend a lot of time talking about roads and bridges and how it’s important that we repair, maintain, and improve them. But if you’re a little puzzled by all the hubbub, allow us to catch you up on how amazing the IHS truly is.   We spoke to Earl Swift,...

Many clever and delightful (we have no doubt!) people have signed up to receive our monthly Be Prepared to Stop Newsletter. As you can see from the thumbnail images below, they're jam-packed with info, exclusive video, and links to interesting posts. Our Newsletter comes out the third Thursday of the month and we'd love to share it with...

Time for a “Be Prepared to Stop” production update, don’tcha think?   We’re barreling towards the home stretch as we continue to edit our tale of pothole politics and the indispensible-yet-ignored interstate highway system. We’ve had the pleasure of speaking with so many passionate people about the state of our union of roadways, and we’ve enjoyed sharing some...

According to the latest stats from the US Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2013, over 2.3 million people were injured in traffic accidents. 32,719 people were killed. 3,964 of those fatalities involved large trucks.   Those are just numbers unless your family was involved. Or if driving on our increasingly dangerous roads is your...

Back in December Jon Stewart made a passionate return to The Daily Show to talk about the Zadroga Bill for 9/11 First Responders health care. That passion paid off when the bill passed a week later, tagged last minute onto the massive year-end ominbus appropriations bill. Stewart’s influence and his call for supporters to take to social media...

“It’s hard to imagine what kind of economy we would have in the United States without the Interstate Highway System.” Casey Dinges, Senior Managing Director at the American Society of Engineers, kicks off our new video about the condition of our roads and bridges with a reminder of our dependency on the roadways that connect us all. Those...

Wreaths Across America is a project whose mission is to place wreaths in veterans cemeteries from coast to coast each year in December. That effort has grown from a small number of donated wreaths transported to Arlington cemetery in Washington, DC, in 1992 to this year’s amazing event involving thousands of volunteers placing hundreds of thousands of donated...

On December 4th we wrapped principal photography for Be Prepared to Stop. Which is just a fancy way of we are done shooting and are now up to our eyeballs in transcripts and outlines and great, great footage of wonderful interviews. So, to Steve Williams who was first in the hot seat, Earl Swift who brought the history...

[Photo: Pap in his truck. Inset: Jennifer and Uncle Bob] A few months ago, I introduced you to my grandfather, Pap who owned a trucking company and who showed me that the rules of the road were often good rules for life. I recently spent some time with his brother, my Uncle Bob who worked with Pap. One...