Transportation keeps the global economy moving. Any operational disruptions have wider consequences for society, making the management of the associated risks a priority that should transcend industry boundaries
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Navigating Risk in the Transportation Sector
Friday, October 7th, 20162017 Strategic 100: North American Infrastructure Report
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
After years of underinvestment, infrastructure is having a moment in the policy discussion. Across North America, policy-makers are moving toward using public sector infrastructure investment as a strategy for promoting economic growth, while private infrastructure developers are seeking projects that yield healthy investment returns – returns that are harder to find over the long-term while low growth rates remain the dominant macro-narrative. This focus on infrastructure investment’s potential benefits is laudable, reflecting the advice of top economists and the emerging limits of other policy tools. Such investment, if well-targeted and well-executed, can be a path to achieve near-term economic policy objectives while dramatically improving the foundation for long-term economic prosperity.
View this complete post...EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
Global consumption of petroleum and other liquid fuels is estimated to have grown by 1.4 million b/d in 2015. EIA expects global consumption to increase by 1.5 million b/d in 2016 and by 1.4 million b/d in 2017, mostly driven by growth in countries outside of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Non-OECD consumption growth was 0.9 million b/d in 2015, and it is expected to be 1.2 million b/d in 2016 and 1.3 million b/d in 2017.
View this complete post...Can We Achieve 100 Million Plug-In Cars by 2030?
Friday, September 9th, 2016
This paper explores recent trends in the market penetration of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in selected countries around the world, and the implications of this for a potential transition to a fairly dominant PEV market presence within the next 15 years.
View this complete post...2016 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard
Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
The third edition of ACEEE’s International Energy Efficiency Scorecard examines the efficiency policies and performance of 23 of the world’s top energy-consuming countries. Together these countries represent 75% of all the energy consumed on the planet and over 80% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013. We evaluated and scored each country’s efficiency policies and how efficiently its buildings, industry, and transportation sectors use energy.
View this complete post...Interactive Report: The Real Price of Gas
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
With transit bills, electric cars and other non-gas-guzzling transportation options reeling from late-2014’s sudden drop in oil prices, a lot of us are wondering just how cheap our gasoline really is. A new interactive report released by Bloomberg ranks the affordability of gasoline around the world, showing how we stack up against our international peers.
View this complete post...Why Trains Suck in America
Monday, August 29th, 2016
Investor Insights about Infrastructure Growth
Monday, August 8th, 2016
This factsheet outlines key insights that will help policy and market makers understand how to meet investor expectations and expand the infrastructure market.
View this complete post...Thom Hartmann: Why Can’t We Unite About Our Crumbling Infrastructure?
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Thom talks to caller Bob about the fact that we should all be upset by our national need to invest in infrastructure.
View this complete post...Global Infrastructure Spending Outlook
Friday, July 1st, 2016
PWC
OXFORD ECONOMICS
Oxford Economics estimates that if conditions stay as they are – what we are calling the baseline projection – capital project and infrastructure spending growth will likely remain low, hovering at about 2%, over the coming year, before inching up in 2017 and reaching about 5% in 2020. The improvement would be driven mainly by higher oil. However, even at 5% growth, infrastructure spending growth would be well below its double-digit levels before the global financial crisis.
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