It’s a Friday afternoon after a week of frigid temperatures and winter storms and Gary Johnson is speaking with the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition about the necessity for viable and sustainable federal transportation investment.
View this complete Infra Blog post...Dozens of media reports flood our inboxes, and there are newspaper articles daily about the COVID relief bill that Congress is expected to pass very soon. How large will it be? What will the funding cover? When and how will the funding programs work? These are all good questions! But, once we get the answers, […]
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Please register below to join me, Accelerator for America Action and our New Partnership on Infrastructure coalition, CityAge, Senator Cathy Cortez Masto of Nevada, Representative Greg Stanton of Arizona, and Mayor David Holt of Oklahoma City for Building to Recovery: America’s New Playbook for Infrastructure on Monday, March 1, at 12 pm PT | 3 pm ET.
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One billion dollars worth of business a day and three percent of yearly GDP move over that bridge alone. But this southeastern nexus between the Bluegrass State and Ohio has been functionally obsolete (capacity wise) for 20 years. At 3 a.m. two weeks ago, colliding semi-trailers, with one hauling the caustic chemical potassium hydroxide, resulted in a catastrophic accident, a fire, traffic backups, and a damaged and temporarily closed bridge.
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Member organizations of the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition took part in a recent national Radio Media Tour (RMT). They advocated a Congressional furtherance of the FAST Act and for a longer-term federal investment plan to rebuild aging highways, bridges and public transit.
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During 2021, our goal is to secure ongoing support for this project in order to ensure it continues to be a robust advocacy platform for many years.
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A partnership of key transportation infrastructure industry organizations has formed the “Resilient Roadways Roundtable,” a group working together to influence infrastructure decision-makers by sharing knowledge about products, processes and performance which drive superior return on investment when building more resilient, longer-lasting roads.
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The events of the past week are powerful reminders – which we should not have needed – that the physical fabric of a community is only as strong as the social contracts beneath it. That parks and housing and schools and jobs and transit need to be accessible and safe for everyone. And they aren’t. Not even close.
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Over the next few months 33 state legislatures will approve funding for new budgets. The remaining states already have a budget for 2020. A quick look at funding requests indicates an extremely positive marketplace for companies that contract with government. The following overview outlines some of the interesting projects that will be launched in the […]
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Written by Mary Scott Nabers President and CEO, Strategic Partnerships Inc. Renovate or replace – these are the options government entities must decide between constantly. The tools, systems, facilities, programs, and technology necessary for efficient operations in cities, counties, schools, and state agencies are high priorities. Aging operational infrastructure is outdated, ineffective, costly, and, in […]
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