Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 23, No. 2 Like many other observers, we have found the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group to have made a convincing case for a fresh look at the feasibility of the California high-speed rail project. The Group’s report was issued as eleven House Democrats — eight from California– joined an earlier […]
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A Devastating Verdict
Monday, January 9th, 2012Risks and Rewards of Public-Private Partnerships for Highways
Friday, January 6th, 2012REASON FOUNDATION
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure are contracts between public and private entities for the provision of facilities in areas such as power, water, transportation, education and health. Well-written PPP agreements specify the allocation of risk, which should create incentives for the private provider to deliver more efficiently and in a timelier manner than would be the case if the project were undertaken by a state-controlled entity.
What Lies Ahead for Transportation in 2012?
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 23, No. 1 As we enter 2012 ( and begin our 23rd year of publication), we wish our readers the best in the New Year! As befits this time of year, our thoughts turn to the events that await us in the days ahead. Putting aside the major imponderable — the outcome […]
View this complete post...Building America’s Future – New Hampshire: Bumpy Road
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011Uploaded by InvestNewHampshire on Youtube
Building America’s Future of New Hampshire (BAF-NH), a statewide and bipartisan coalition dedicated to smart infrastructure investment and reform, today announced a television ad to run for three weeks on local network and cable.
“This is a substantial television ad buy intended to educate New Hampshire policymakers and voters on the need for smart infrastructure investment and reform,” said State Senate President Peter Bragdon (R-11), co-chair of BAF-NH. “According to an annual TRIP report, our state’s rural roads rank ninth-worst and deficient rural bridges rank 11th-worst in the nation. The shoddy condition of New Hampshire’s roads and bridges needlessly puts our neighbors in harm’s way, hurts our businesses, makes us less competitive and costs the state jobs. We support a long-term plan, reforms and increased accountability through audits, performance measures and bans on earmarks. Unless we make significant changes in our course and direction, our infrastructure will continue to deteriorate and a real opportunity to restore New Hampshire’s economy will be lost.”
View this complete post...The High-Speed Rail Program Under Congressional Scrutiny
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 22, No. 32 A combative Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood defended the Administration’s high-speed rail program at a December 6 oversight hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to discuss congressional concerns with the program’s direction and focus. “We will not be dissuaded by the naysayers and the critics,” LaHood said heatedly. […]
View this complete post...Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011This is the third in a series of posts.
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
The Precarious State of the Highway Trust Fund
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011On November 18, President Obama signed into law a bundle of appropriation bills for FY 2012 including appropriations for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The measure had been passed earlier in the House by a vote of 298-121 and in the Senate by a vote of 70-30.
View this complete post...Trade – What it Means for Jobs, How it Depends on the Transportation Network
Thursday, November 17th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily Washington State is the most trade dependent state in the country. The state is the fifth largest exporter in the country and has consistently had one of the highest “export per capita” and “exports as a percentage of state GDP” ratios among all states. About one in three Washington jobs is somehow related to […]
View this complete post...Alternative Transportation System Announcement
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Freedom Transit is an innovative sustainable electric transportation system. In the initial stage, it will ferry cars, vans and SUVs between metropolitan areas on an automated high-speed roadway accessed via stations.
View this complete post...Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011This is the second in a series of posts
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
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