“There’s just no credible reason for not investing in manufacturing for infrastructure materials and supply chain items…Public policy has got to be in the right direction this way.”
“We need to make sure we protect the steel industry we have, and also build it for the future of the infrastructure projects – not for one bridge but multiple bridges, transit, and also any type of construction of infrastructure.”
“We need to build things in this country to have a successful economy…If we’re going to really rebuild this country we need to help the economy in this country by using US domestic products in the supply chain.”
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Guest on The Infra Blog: John E. Shinn, Director, District 4, United Steelworkers (USW)
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013One Way States Can Improve Veterans Transportation
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013Transportation Issues Daily This action to improve veterans transportation seems like a no brainer, but few states are doing it. According to this chart – from early in 2013 and so admittedly now outdated – few states actually include veterans in their transportation coordination efforts. Doesn’t this seem odd? Still, many transportation providers work with […]
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Monday, September 30th, 2013Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 24, No. 13 (update)
In the longer run, greater state fiscal autonomy and financial sophistication could modify the federal-state relationship in transportation. There would be less need for direct financial aid to state DOTs and more emphasis on credit assistance to support transportation investments of truly national scope and significance. (High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor comes to mind). At the same time, federal oversight of state transportation programs could be reduced to reflect the smaller federal fiscal footprint.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard. M. Daley, Former Mayor of Chicago
Thursday, September 26th, 2013“You can’t say ‘Okay, we have X amount of money, go do something. You have to spend it within a year.’ I think the debate got caught up into not looking at long-range infrastructure projects that are sustainable and allow a much more efficient operation dealing with sustainability of businesses using the infrastructure or the private sector…America has to get back because it’s not just the roads, it’s the water systems, it’s the energy systems, it’s transportation, its looking at things and how, with sustainability, we can be more efficient.”
View this complete Infra Blog post...Tolling the Interstate Highways
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 24, No. 14
Robert Poole, co-founder of the libertarian Reason Foundation and its Director of Transportation Policy has produced a study that is bound to create more than a ripple inside the transportation community…The study makes only one major policy recommendation: that Congress allow tolling of Interstate highways “for the specific purpose of reconstruction and widening with toll revenue used only for those purposes.” The author concludes that permission from Congress is “the one needed enabler… to begin this transition.”
November 5-7, Los Angeles: High Speed Rail Conference
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013Business and political leaders will come together with the world’s top experts to bring high speed rail to America. Construction is about to get underway on the first phase of the state-wide, 800-mile state-of-the-art transportation system set to revolutionize mobility. This new rail system will carry more than 100 million people each year once built out – saving time, money, energy, and lives daily for decades. Don’t miss it!
View this complete Infra Blog post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Rob Gramlich, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, American Wind Energy Association
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013“If the wind stops blowing in one place it’s most likely blowing somewhere else around that region and therefore across the region, and these are regional electricity markets that we have in the country. Across the region wind itself is not variable…if you spread it out with transmission across such a wide region.”
View this complete Infra Blog post...October 31: CG/LA Infrastructure Short Film Expo
Friday, September 6th, 2013Rewarding Creativity, Vision and Ingenuity Washington, DC – October 31, 2013 The Infrastructure Short Film Expo aims to unleash the power of film to tell a powerful story about North American infrastructure, its vision, projects and impact. Held in conjunction with the 5th North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, the Expo will show how infrastructure […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Interactive Map: Clean Energy Jobs Across the Country
Friday, August 30th, 2013Cleanenergyworksforus.org, started by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) in August, 2013, aggregates clean energy job data from around the U.S. and makes the information available to the public along with articles, videos and other clean-energy media. Their interactive map is a great tool to see what’s happening in your state, region, or anywhere in the country.
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