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Friday, May 18th, 2012Advocates of Higher Spending Are Facing a Skeptical Audience
Thursday, May 17th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 17
“It is our belief that once citizens become aware of the significant costs and risks associated with a compromised transportation system operating at less than optimal capacity, they will feel more compelled to demand calls for action that will, in turn, prompt policymakers to act.”
View this complete Infra Blog post...Guest on The Infra Blog: David Foster, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
David Foster is the Executive Director of the BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy. From 1989-2006, Foster served as Director of United Steelworkers District 11, a 13-state region spanning from Minnesota to Washington State and Alaska. From […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Great American Infrastructure: Baltimore, MD: Carrollton Viaduct
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
This is the eighteenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete Infra Blog post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Norman Mineta, Former US Secretary of Transportation
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta founded the Mineta Transportation Institute, which is part of the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San José State University in San José, Calif. He is an internationally recognized expert in transportation policy, with many distinguished accomplishments in transportation and business. Currently he is vice chair of Hill & Knowlton Global […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Revisiting the Senate Highway Bill
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 16 “I have not been a student of the Senate bill because the Senate bill has been academic to me. But now that it’s becoming a potential reality and I’m a potential negotiator, I will become conversant with the Senate bill line by line and then I’ll have an opinion,” Rep. […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Kate Slevin, AICP, Executive Director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Kate Slevin is Executive Director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC), a leading advocacy and policy organization working for sustainable transportation policy in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. She became Executive Director in 2007 after four years as Associate Director and one year as the organization’s spokesperson. Kate has guided TSTC to a position […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Is Congress Soon to Become Even More Dysfunctional?
Monday, May 7th, 2012Transportation Issues Daily To paraphrase one of my favorite Frank Sinatra songs: “The Worst is Yet to Come” when contemplating the future of Congressional activity. At least that’s what Politico’s Charles Mahtesian and Jim VandeHei lay out in “Congress: It’s going to get worse.“ This could be very bad news for future federal transportation bills. […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Guest on The Infra Blog: John Robert Smith, President & CEO, Reconnecting America
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
John Robert Smith is the former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, and a long-time leader on behalf of passenger rail. He is co-chairman of Transportation for America, a former Chairman of Amtrak’s board, and a former member of the transportation committees of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, as well as […]
View this complete Infra Blog post...Great American Infrastructure: Seattle, WA: Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge-Evergreen Point Bridge
Monday, April 30th, 2012
This is the seventeenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
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